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Mortgage free in Forever Home :-)
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Just catching up, yes you might have coped better with the idiots at the old job - but - and I think this is worth considering - if you had coped better with them you could still be there. So every day you would have an awful commute, would be coping with idiots and an awful commute back. Instead, you have a very short drive, love the people you work with and enjoy the job. Those are huge wins you would have missed if medication had helped you "cope" with idiots. Serious reframe required here KK - said with much love - but please reframeMade it to mortgage free but what a muddle that became
In the event the proverbial hits the fan then co-habitees are better stashing their cash than being mortgage free !!3 -
Watty1 said:Just catching up, yes you might have coped better with the idiots at the old job - but - and I think this is worth considering - if you had coped better with them you could still be there. So every day you would have an awful commute, would be coping with idiots and an awful commute back. Instead, you have a very short drive, love the people you work with and enjoy the job. Those are huge wins you would have missed if medication had helped you "cope" with idiots. Serious reframe required here KK - said with much love - but please reframe
I appreciate your input.
But ... I think I need some time for processing this, as the way they 'offloaded me' from my old job was just awful, causing me significant emotional / psychological damage that I am still recovering from and the drop in salary and especially the matched pension contributions has significantly affected my ability to OP and finish working earlier than SPA ... It makes me feel very trapped at times.
I will process this and I will reframe honest!I need to 'digest it' a bit more first. I suspect it doesn't help that the medical profession have let me down, shrugged me off before (one of the reasons I don't have children) and it's stirring up some of that misery as well.
KKAs at 15.08.25:
- When bought house £315,995 mortgage debt and end date at start = October 2039 - now £232,244
- OPs to mortgage = £12,048 Interest saved £5,675 to date
Fixed rate 3.85% ends October 2030
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The granny square looks really pretty - well done.
Fortune x
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beanielou said:Glad you got the dosage changed & really hope it helps.Fortune_Smiles said:The granny square looks really pretty - well done.
Fortune x
It’s turned quite chilly here - closed the window in the ceiling of the conservatory for the first time in about three months this evening! I also turned on the electric circuit on the dual fuel radiator in the bathroom. I’m hoping with it being cooler, I will be a bit more functional this weekend and have been collating a ridiculously ambitious list of things to do! 😉😂 There will be reading and crocheting mixed in there too … 😊
Minor MSE thing: furtled about in the kitchen freezer and pulled out a part baked roll for lunch tomorrow and hard boiled three eggs for our lunches (means I won’t be buying HB eggs tomorrow - yes, I occasionally do that when I am horribly pressed for time). Gave the cress box a good watering so it will be fresh and crisp tomorrow for my eggy sandwich 😊
Finished another novel - a very engaging and absorbing one about witches and their wild rebellion… loved it 😉🤩
KKAs at 15.08.25:
- When bought house £315,995 mortgage debt and end date at start = October 2039 - now £232,244
- OPs to mortgage = £12,048 Interest saved £5,675 to date
Fixed rate 3.85% ends October 2030
Read 44 books of target 52 in 2025, as @ 21st August
Produce tracker: £299 of £300 in 2025
Watch your thoughts, they become your words.
Watch your words, they become your actions.Watch your actions, they become your reality.2
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