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Resourcefulness: The budgeter's friend
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I listen to the No Shame in a Gain podcast (which is hilarious btw and they’re all originally from our neck of the woods) and they’re doing a steps challenge. They were discussing stride lengths and saying that people with shorter legs do more steps to cover the same area as taller folks so it wasn’t fair 🤣
I get knocked down but I get up again (Chumbawamba, Tubthumping) -.literally have been run over by a bike, mobility scooter and a car - still here 💪2 -
Yes to both the above! He is 5'11" with size 11 feet! I am only 5'3 & a quarter inches. Our strides are very different.
2026's challenges: 1) To rebuild our Emergency Fund to at least £5k.
2) To read 50 books (12/50) 3) The Re-Shrinking of Foxgloves 8.1kg/30kg
Remember....if you have to put it on a credit card, extend your overdraft or take out a loan to buy whatever it is, you probably can't afford it, as that's not your money, it's somebody else's!2
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