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The 2022 1% Challenge

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  • craftingmad
    craftingmad Posts: 3,360 Forumite
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    Only me again :) 
    Checking in with another £13 which I have added to my savings pot (£12 from a FB marketplace sale of old craft supplies I no longer wanted and £1 from using a coupon yesterday).

    Total is now £1962/£2506 which is 75.46% - I'm over three quarters of the way to my goal :) 
    Mortgage - £2338.07 paid off Feb 2023 BTL 1 £51,089.10 £35789.36 paid off July 2025 BTL 2 £81,504.52 BTL 3 £77,497.02
  • craftingmad
    craftingmad Posts: 3,360 Forumite
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    Me again checking in with another £5 (I know its not a lot but its still £5) added to my savings pot.
    This was earned from using coupons with my shopping/days out etc this week :) 

    Total is now £1967/£2506 which is 75.65% :)
    Mortgage - £2338.07 paid off Feb 2023 BTL 1 £51,089.10 £35789.36 paid off July 2025 BTL 2 £81,504.52 BTL 3 £77,497.02
  • craftingmad
    craftingmad Posts: 3,360 Forumite
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    sorry twice in one day but I have to update as soon as I transfer the money into my savings or else I will forget ;)

    I've just added a further £6 to my total so it now stands at £1973/£2506 which is 75.88%.
    I edging closer to another percentage :) 
    Mortgage - £2338.07 paid off Feb 2023 BTL 1 £51,089.10 £35789.36 paid off July 2025 BTL 2 £81,504.52 BTL 3 £77,497.02
  • craftingmad
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    Another £8 added to my savings today from a FB sale :) 

    That takes me up to £1981/£2506 which is 76.19%.

    It may be slow progress but I am getting there a % at a time :) 
    Mortgage - £2338.07 paid off Feb 2023 BTL 1 £51,089.10 £35789.36 paid off July 2025 BTL 2 £81,504.52 BTL 3 £77,497.02
  • craftingmad
    craftingmad Posts: 3,360 Forumite
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    Me again ;) 
    Popping in to declare a further £64 made up of a £12 website sale and £52 FB of sales.

    Total now stands at £2045/£2506 which is £78.65%.

    I'm determined to reach this target by the middle of September so better get my bottom into gear and list more on FB marketplace as lots of my %'s seem to have come from there.

    How is everyone else doing? 
    Mortgage - £2338.07 paid off Feb 2023 BTL 1 £51,089.10 £35789.36 paid off July 2025 BTL 2 £81,504.52 BTL 3 £77,497.02
  • craftingmad
    craftingmad Posts: 3,360 Forumite
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    I didn't post for a whole day but I'm back again today to declare £11 from Quidco and £70 from my paypal account from sales of craft items, handmade things etc.

    So that brings my total to £2126/£2506 - which equates to 81.76%

    Just £380 left to reach my 100% :) 
    Mortgage - £2338.07 paid off Feb 2023 BTL 1 £51,089.10 £35789.36 paid off July 2025 BTL 2 £81,504.52 BTL 3 £77,497.02
  • craftingmad
    craftingmad Posts: 3,360 Forumite
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    I've only gone and done it. The £2506 target set by me on 23rd June has been reached after getting my August funds (£425)  from Etsy today. I'm so happy :) 

    I've decided to set myself a new target of £1500 and see if I can reach this by the end of the year. Ambitious but you never know until you try :) My new 1% is £15.

    I'm cheating a little bit as my Etsy funds took me over my target so I'm adding the additional £53 into this new challenge and declaring £53/1500  so I'm already at 3.53%
    Mortgage - £2338.07 paid off Feb 2023 BTL 1 £51,089.10 £35789.36 paid off July 2025 BTL 2 £81,504.52 BTL 3 £77,497.02
  • Me again just cashed out a £5 amazon voucher from Mistplay so transferred £5 into my savings account.

    My total now stands at £58/£1500 which is 3.86%.

    Small progress but still progress :) 
    Mortgage - £2338.07 paid off Feb 2023 BTL 1 £51,089.10 £35789.36 paid off July 2025 BTL 2 £81,504.52 BTL 3 £77,497.02
  • Guess who :wink:
    I've not managed to add anything into my pot in the last few days but finally managed to add a further £26 to the pot today (£8 from FB marketplace sales, £15 from website sale and £3 from finding a free spot to park for my son's orthodontist appointment).
    Not loads but it all adds up.

    My total now stands at £84/£1500 which is 5.6%.

    Slow steps but still steps in the right direction :)  
    Mortgage - £2338.07 paid off Feb 2023 BTL 1 £51,089.10 £35789.36 paid off July 2025 BTL 2 £81,504.52 BTL 3 £77,497.02
  • Another £28 added to my savings pot today.
    This was made up of a £26 FB marketplace sale (craft supplies I no longer use) and a £2 coupon from the Lidl app.

    My total now stands at £112/£1500 which is 7.46%.

    The percentages are creeping up ;)
    Mortgage - £2338.07 paid off Feb 2023 BTL 1 £51,089.10 £35789.36 paid off July 2025 BTL 2 £81,504.52 BTL 3 £77,497.02
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