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Your MoneySaving New Year's resolution in 3 words
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MSE_Laura_F
Posts: 1,611 MSE Staff
Yes I'm a little early with the New Year chat, but that's just the sort of forward-planning trait I want to embody in 2023.
Please tell me your MoneySaving resolutions in JUST THREE WORDS.
I'll go first:
Go out less
Please tell me your MoneySaving resolutions in JUST THREE WORDS.
I'll go first:
Go out less
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Grow more vegetables!
Maybe not an expected one!Now a gainfully employed bassist again - WooHoo!7 -
Utilise my allotment
No more takeaways
charity shop shopping
holiday at home
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Must relax more
Grow more food
Continue to save
Want not need
Balance my lifeMortgage started 2020, aiming to clear 31/12/2029.4 -
stop being grumpy
(must be my age lol)
please be a responsible pet owner & spay/neuter your pets, too many strays & not enough homes for them sadly.
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Make more money.
Give more generously.
Be more kind.
Do more4 others.9 -
Treat myself kindly
Improve the flatMortgage start: £65,495 (March 2016)
Cleared 🧚♀️🧚♀️🧚♀️!!! In 5 years, 1 month and 29 days
Total amount repaid: £72,307.03. £1.10 repaid for every £1.00 borrowed
Finally earning interest instead of paying it!!!6 -
Stop buying tat!11
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Exercise without injury 🤞Statement of Affairs (SOA) link: https://www.lemonfool.co.uk/financecalculators/soa.phpFor free, non-judgemental debt advice, try: Stepchange or National Debtline. Beware fee charging companies with similar names.4
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Overpay the mortgage 🙂mortgage £800 overpayment 2022. £600/£2400 2023 🙂 savings £1853/£1800 😊5
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More batch cooking.
Control my inventory.
Enjoy the now.
Sell my spares.Grow more food.
Do more weeding!
Plan my patch.Overpay the mortgage.
Build my savings.Avoid garden shows!Use the library.KK
PS - I love this thread! ❤️👍😊As at 15.07.25:
- When bought house £315,995 mortgage debt and end date at start = October 2039 - now £233,521
- OPs to mortgage = £11,816 Interest saved £5,28 to date
Fixed rate 3.85% ends January 2030
Read 40 books of target 52 in 2025, as @ 29th July
Produce tracker: £243 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.7
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