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Make £2023 in 2023
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No numberJust got confirmation of £100 credit from EDF for switching to a smart meterTotal: £1271.01/£2023 62.82%
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%0 -
Another £15 from Swagbucks for me (62), now at £964.69Make £2025 in 2025 total £241.75/£20250
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Can I just say, this is a brilliant idea for a discussion, it's really helping to keep me motivated and to record all the little bits and bobs. I'm not sure if I'll get to £2023, but it's a great motivator! I've got a little book that I mark everything down on, so I know what to write at the end of the month, to report back here.
I've had flurries of putting items on market place etc, but it's never lasted longer than a few weeks, but doing this thread has really helped me to persist more than a few weeks 👍😁
It's great to see it all adding up, so thankyou!3 -
Still no number.
ebay sales left me with a £55.85 profit after postage and fees.
A friend used my Gousto code so I got a £20 credit.
My natwest rewards and various interest amounts were £10, £1.43, £5.52 and £0.18.
I redeemed a costa beans freebie for a £4 coffee.
This brings my running total to £939.20/2023.
I don’t count the first £600 a month earned from side hustling so that hasn’t contributed to the total yet this year but should do in the next couple of months.
The side-hustling is having an impact on the surveying but I am building airtime rewards to use for data roaming when we go on holiday and Neilsen panel is building for holiday clothes vouches so should a fairly ok payout!
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 mortgage0 -
time for an update from me !!I have acheived my challenge of making £500 this year with PA, and completed it in May, so very happy about that!!I have sold a couple of djembe drums = £45.00so new total#47 £988.19Pleased so far, only £23.31 off thre half way mark!!, I do have some income coming in which is business no 2, which is new, but Im not counting that here.
♥️ ♥️ ♥️🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸Decluttering 2025 So far 403 / 2025
Decluttering 2024🏅🏅🥇🏅🏅🏅⭐⭐⭐🌸 DS2🏅🏅DD🏅🥇🌸
25 in 25 So far 1 /25
⭐My rambling savings Diary ~⭐1 -
#46. It's been around 2 1/2 months since I last did an update so here it is.I got 220 nectar points from the daily mail codes£400 switching incentives (Ulster and Natwest)£45 Halifax rewards£30 from sale of clapped out old bike.£12 from Natwest rewards
£9 from RBS rewards£50 Wealthify sign up bonus£10 cashback from Nationwide£135.10 interest on savings
£21.80 found on the floor (including a £20 note)
£20 Amazon gift card for doing a psychology experimentI got 6 coupons out of the newspapers that were being returned at the newsagents I work for, each entitling me to a 6 pack of cheese and onion ringos (36 packets of crisps in total). Lloyds have given me 3 garden answers magazines and a bird watching magazine. I have also found 1 ringbinder folder, 14 polly pockets, 3 pens and a Tesco delivery crate and a marble as well.
This takes me to £1186.16 in cash, £20 in Amazon gift cards, 240 nectar points, 7 leaver arch folders, 3 saucers, a bone china bowl, a wooden picture frame, 1 paperclip, 4 copies 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, 5 pens a 1 day bus ticket, 36 packets of crisps, 1 ringbinder folder and a Tesco delivery crate, a marble and a bird watching magazine in total.1 -
No. 2
Due to pay increases, overtime, cashback, surveys, interest etc i've actually hit the target! 🙌 glad that I've achieved the goal so ducking out now- good luck everyone!!DNF: £708.92/£1000
JSF: £708.58/£1000
Winter season grocery budget: £600.85/£900
Weight loss challenge 2024: 11/24lbs
1st quarter start:9st 13.1lb
2nd quarter start:9st 9.2 lb
3rd quarter start: 9st 6.8 lb
4th quarter start: 9st 10.2 lb
End weight: 8st 13lb
'It's the small compromises you keep making over time that start to add up and get you to a place you don't want to be'1 -
leftatthetrafficlights said:No. 2
Due to pay increases, overtime, cashback, surveys, interest etc i've actually hit the target! 🙌 glad that I've achieved the goal so ducking out now- good luck everyone!!0 -
leftatthetrafficlights said:No. 2
Due to pay increases, overtime, cashback, surveys, interest etc i've actually hit the target! 🙌 glad that I've achieved the goal so ducking out now- good luck everyone!!February NSDs: 0 / 10
February PADs: 2 / 29
February Groceries Challenge: £59 / £250
February Make £5 a Day: £255 / £145
Current Debt: £3159 | CC £1490 | N £571 | C £725 | E £373
Weight Loss Challenge 2024: 0 lbs0 -
I'm not doing very well with survey sites recently. I'm getting really annoyed with sitting for 20-40 mins for the site to then crash or say 'sorry this provider.. blah blah...' I'm spending such a long time on some sites and getting nowhere, hoping for better very soon!!February NSDs: 0 / 10
February PADs: 2 / 29
February Groceries Challenge: £59 / £250
February Make £5 a Day: £255 / £145
Current Debt: £3159 | CC £1490 | N £571 | C £725 | E £373
Weight Loss Challenge 2024: 0 lbs0
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