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My friends were without a permanent home for 12 months they sold well before they found a home they truly loved . They lived in a house for 12 months that was a friends , they are glad they waited as the home they eventually found is perfect to them . You will find what you are looking for eventually. Have a good day , DIA . I will see what photos I can take . It’s rather gloomy at the moment .Life is an adventure, never stop exploring.6
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Thanks @mark55man
Thanks @Sunshine_girl2 I hope it brightened up at the Lakes. Your encouragement is appreciated.
Today I can tick everything on my list- library and CV writing
- declutter bag to CS
- store a bag at DS
My CV is complete thanks to a few excellent books on CV writing. I've just finished it so I will leave it overnight, reread, then if ok, send.
There still feels like lots to do before I leave.
Tomorrow is such a full day I'm almost scared to get up...- Another bag for the unit. Do on Sunday
- Friend's to pick up post take a bag to leave Do on Sunday
- Taking niece for breakfast
- Meeting and dog walk before 10am
- Final cleaning and decluttering of flat
- Pick up train ticket
- Finance checking/balancing
- Another bag to another relative
- Return library books
- Pick up dry cleaned coat
Tired after hours doing the CV, but done now.
Hope everyone is ok.
Off to bed or as @another_casualty might say, I'll leave it there...
If you have built castles in the air, your work should not be lost; that is where they should be. Now put the foundations under them
Emergency fund 100/1000
Buffer fund 0/100
Debt Free (again) 25/0720256 -
It's the final push, followed by a period of rest.Mortgage started 2020, aiming to clear 31/12/2029.3
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Well done on the CV. You have achieved so much you should be very proud.Achieve FIRE/Mortgage Neutrality in 2030
1) MFW Nov 21 £202K now £174.8K Equity 32.77%
2) £2.6K Net savings after CCs 6/7/25
3) Mortgage neutral by 06/30 (AVC £24.3K + Lump Sums DB £4.6K + (25% of SIPP 1.2K) = 30.1/£127.5K target 23.6% 29/7/25
4) FI Age 60 income target £16.5/30K 55.1%
5) SIPP £4.8K updated 29/7/254 -
great idea to put it aside and read again. plus doing from scratch will make it fresher. one final tip, when you read it pretend you are the person who has the vacancy and ask would you hire you?I think I saw you in an ice cream parlour
Drinking milk shakes, cold and long
Smiling and waving and looking so fine5 -
Thanks everyone
Sometimes it is a good idea to sleep on it. I've realised I can do two things on my list for today, tomorrow morning. These two To Dos are some distance away and require longer travel. I'm not going until tomorrow evening. This spaces it out nicely. All my travel costs are on one day so I can buy a 1 day pass. MSE and much less stressful this way.
Tomorrow- Another bag for the unit.
- Friend's to pick up post take a bag to leave
Have a good day everyone.If you have built castles in the air, your work should not be lost; that is where they should be. Now put the foundations under them
Emergency fund 100/1000
Buffer fund 0/100
Debt Free (again) 25/0720256 -
Well done on the CV and application.
It's great that you've managed to spread out your tasks so less pressure today. Have a good day"Good financial planning is about not spending money on things that add no value to your life in order to have more money for the things that do". Eoin McGee4 -
Glad you are practicing self care. Well done on the application. Best of luck tooAchieve FIRE/Mortgage Neutrality in 2030
1) MFW Nov 21 £202K now £174.8K Equity 32.77%
2) £2.6K Net savings after CCs 6/7/25
3) Mortgage neutral by 06/30 (AVC £24.3K + Lump Sums DB £4.6K + (25% of SIPP 1.2K) = 30.1/£127.5K target 23.6% 29/7/25
4) FI Age 60 income target £16.5/30K 55.1%
5) SIPP £4.8K updated 29/7/254 -
Hope you get through everything you need todo today whilst still being kind to yourself 🤞🤞6
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One debt remaining. Home improvement loan.5
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