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Getting FIREd up 😀

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  • South_coast
    South_coast Posts: 6,010 Forumite
    Fifth Anniversary 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    Here you go Jess, I'll show you mine so you don't have to 🤣!

    Is it too late to hope for a rally before I do my official check-in on 01/02 🤔?
    Mortgage start: £65,495 (March 2016)
    Cleared 🧚‍♀️🧚‍♀️🧚‍♀️!!! In 5 years, 1 month and 29 days
    Total amount repaid: £72,307.03. £1.10 repaid for every £1.00 borrowed

    Finally earning interest instead of paying it!!!
  • themadvix
    themadvix Posts: 9,023 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Mortgage-free Glee! Photogenic
    Not exotic, just what comes in my veg box! No chard, celeriac (Although I avoid that these days) or butternut squash, to name just a few!

     Jess, I’m too scared to look too - but it will pass!
    Mortgage free 16/06/2023! £132,500 cleared in 11 years, 3 months and 7 days

    'Now is no time to think of what you do not have. Think of what you can do with what there is.' Ernest Hemingway


  • themadvix
    themadvix Posts: 9,023 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Mortgage-free Glee! Photogenic
    I braved my ISA and it’s fine - most of mine is in ESG Europe and I’m still up 37%! 
    Mortgage free 16/06/2023! £132,500 cleared in 11 years, 3 months and 7 days

    'Now is no time to think of what you do not have. Think of what you can do with what there is.' Ernest Hemingway


  • QueenJess
    QueenJess Posts: 4,611 Forumite
    Eighth Anniversary 1,000 Posts Name Dropper
    I don’t need to look so it’s fine.. and I know parts of my SIPP will have tanked at least. I don’t need it for 20 years so in no rush there!
    2025 decluttering: 5,229 🌟🥉🌟💐🏅🏅🌟🥈🏅🌟🏅💐💎🌟🏅🏆🌟🏅🌟🌟
    2025 use up challenge: 395🥉🥈🥇💎🏆
    Big kitchen declutter challenge 132/150
    2025 decluttering goals I Use up Challenge: 🥉365 🥈750 🥇1,000 💎2,000 🏆 3,000 👑 8,000 I 🥉12 🥈26 🥇52 💎 100 🏆 250 👑 500
  • edinburgher
    edinburgher Posts: 14,079 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper
    Nearly £6k knocked off the value of my SIPP (was touching £70k, now at just over £64k). Assuming £10k+ of a drop between this and Mrs E's pensions  :/
  • South_coast
    South_coast Posts: 6,010 Forumite
    Fifth Anniversary 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    I shall review on payday when it arrives (if it ever arrives) 🙄

    In other news, I've now been invited to a one-hour Zoom interview for £60 - but still don't think I can be bothered 🤣!
    Mortgage start: £65,495 (March 2016)
    Cleared 🧚‍♀️🧚‍♀️🧚‍♀️!!! In 5 years, 1 month and 29 days
    Total amount repaid: £72,307.03. £1.10 repaid for every £1.00 borrowed

    Finally earning interest instead of paying it!!!
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