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Make £2023 in 2023
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Could I join and get a number please?I already have a few survey accounts but have pinched some of the ones by reading through all the posts here so hopefully I can up it more.
I earn quite a bit through my side hustles so I won’t count those unless they are overtime on the side hustle, otherwise I would hit the £2023 in a few months. Trying to hit £2023 without the side hustle will be a massive challenge but I like a massive challenge
I will have a look at backdating to Jan 1st midweek so I can work out where I am currently at
Total Debt May 21 £20,490.44 DEBT FREE DATE 29/7/22
Mortgage balance May 21 £177,096.19. Now £146,747.17
Mortgage free date. At start of sole mortgage = July 2042
2024 SAVINGS FOCUS - get rid of the car finance. Savings balance/outstanding balance = £11,857.56/£12,706.25
2025 Savings Focus - 33.3/33.3/33.3 split; savings for house renovations (bathrooms/garden/kitchen; whichever collapses first), save for a family holiday (probably our last one!) and paydown/offset the mortgage1 -
#36 good month on the surveys with £83.92 so far, also joined Asda rewards don't shop there often but now have £8.68 in my cash pot.
Premium bonds win really pushed me up this month though.
Rainy day saver is going to be less rewarding for awhile once I've paid the gardeners tomorrow.
Feb total : £651.41
Total £791.06Make £2023 in 2023 (#36) £3479.30/£2023
Make £2024 in 2024...1 -
#64
+£15 teaching my friends daughter piano
£447.47/£2023
Going to check out this YouGov finance thing too, and maybe do another bank switch this week...1 -
#58 February update, I work worked two extra days this month, so will add next month when it gets paid. I have also been busy setting up my caravan on Airbnb as another income stream, rather than letting it sit unused for most of the year, + I have already got my first guests booked! I have linked my bank account to YouGov finance as well.
bank interest 3p
bank cashback 8p
FB sales £155
Vinted sales £2
Asda rewards £2.50
road kill £4.37 (lucky find in a coin star)
Lidl voucher £5
Feb total £168.98
£267.07/£2023
#43 DFBXMAS2023 £2893.94/£10377
#58 Make £2023 in 2023 £2733.23/£20231 -
#46. Since my last update on 22/1/23 I have had £43.01 interest. TSB gave me £30 as an apology for a complaint I had. I got £50 from YouGov finance, £10 for signing up to wombat invest, £50 for signing up to CMC invest, £10.56 worth of free shares from Trading 212, £5 reward from TSB, £15 reward from Halifax accounts, £3 (post fee) from Natwest reward account, £6 post fee from RBS reward account, found £1.44 on the floor. I came across a box that said free please help yourself which contained a bicycle back wheel, a bicycle speedometer, 76 screws, 32 nails, a keyring, something that appears to be a manual screwdriver type thing, 23 cards (a mixture of birthday, Christmas, driving test, and christening cards), a mercury thermometer and a set of poker dice. I got a free set of bike lights, a reflective bag cover, and a 1 day bus ticket from university. I found 2 pens during this period too.This takes me to £473.26 in cash, 20 nectar points, 7 leaver arch folders, 3 saucers, a bone china bowl, a wooden picture frame, 1 paperclip, a copy of the garden answers magazine, a railcard, 3 plates, 2 bowls, a Polish Zyloty, a bicycle back wheel, a bicycle speedometer, 76 screws, 32 nails, a keyring, something that appears to be a manual screwdriver type thing, 23 cards (a mixture of birthday, Christmas, driving test, and christening cards), a mercury thermometer, a set of poker dice, a set of bike lights, a reflective bag cover, 2 pens and a 1 day bus ticket in total.3
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Number 3 with my YTD update:
Love to shop voucher from work (reward) £20
RBS bank rewards Jan and Feb both £3
Santander bank rewards £6.42 each month
NatWest bank rewards £3 each month
Halifax bank rewards £15 total YTD
Airtime rewards £10
Yougov surveys £50
Opinium Research surveys £25
Compensation from a bank from 2020, £250
Total YTD £404.84
and because of that….
I became debt free today!!!!!!!
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#65
Coming in with £436.33 this month so £577.12 so far this year, this pace is relentless probs drop off a bit in the summer but looking good so far.#19 Make £2025 in 2025 £8.32/£2025"Remember not to do too many things at once" said me to herself.Mortgage Free Wannabe #25 2025 OP £500/£60001 -
No numberJust adding £81.46 for Prolific surveys and picked up 5pGoing to start adding in any delay-repay refunds I can get when my OH's train is late as I end up doing the claims and the train company makes it hard work!Water sewerage refund: £170.62,Topcashback: £34.46,Prolific: to 28/2/23 £183.26,Haggling: £45, Wombling(Roadkill): £1.77, Interest: Jan&Feb £2.90,Chase CB £2.10, WeBuyBooks:£8.37,Ebay sales: £99,Facebook marketplace sales: £105Total: £652.48/£2023 32.25%
Make £2025 in 2025
Prolific £229.82, Octopoints £4.27, Topcashback £290.85, Tesco Clubcard challenges £60, Misc Sales £321, Airtime £10.
Total £915.94/£2025 45.2%
Make £2024 in 2024
Prolific £907.37, Chase Intt £59.97, Chase roundup int £3.55, Chase CB £122.88, Roadkill £1.30, Octopus referral reward £50, Octopoints £70.46, Topcashback £112.03, Shopmium referral £3, Iceland bonus £4, Ipsos survey £20, Misc Sales £55.44Total £1410/£2024 70%Make £2023 in 2023 Total: £2606.33/£2023 128.8%1 -
#5 February totals;
£200 - Premium Bonds
£101.43 - Santander esaver interest
£89.55 - Ebay
£28.89 - Prolific
£25.32 - HSBC interest
£10 - (B&Q voucher - Consumer Pulse)
£8.30 - Chase interest
£4.36 - Kroo interest
£3.20 - Delay Repay
£2.88 - Weare8
£2.70 - CuriousCat
11p - Roadkill
= £476.74
YTD = £845.99/£2023
#39 - Save £12k in 20251 -
Numero 28 signing in for Feb.
Last few additions
Swagbucks - £5.00,
Ipsos Reward (Amazon) - £5.00,
Nationwide interest - £5.63.
Feb final total is £333.96,
2023 subtotal now £748.07.
March could be anything, I've quietened down on the surveys and had a week off the 'consultancy' shops but I should have one or two pending payments soon plus bits of interest here and there so we'll see.1
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