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An in-between phase

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  • doingitanyway
    doingitanyway Posts: 10,846 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper Mortgage-free Glee!
    Grief strips you of energy so you are doing well to engage with the building process as well as you are.
    If you have built castles in the air, your work should not be lost; that is where they should be. Now put the foundations under them

    Emergency fund 1400/1000
    Buffer fund 100/100
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  • Watty1
    Watty1 Posts: 7,853 Forumite
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    Hang in there, you are doing well even if it might not feel like it just now
    Made 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 !!
  • peb
    peb Posts: 2,028 Forumite
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    Just hugs...
  • Thank you all for being lovely.

    Got PB money so shares to current account, flat pot and Christmas pot 
    https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6466032/an-in-between-phase/p1

    'self-blame can be as egotistical as self-praise... any work worth doing is greater than we are... we must not overrate our importance to it, either for good or ill' Margaret Kennedy Lucy Carmichael
  • Client work all day
    Walk getting dinner using a voucher
    Found some glossy magazines
    Client work this evening 
    https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6466032/an-in-between-phase/p1

    'self-blame can be as egotistical as self-praise... any work worth doing is greater than we are... we must not overrate our importance to it, either for good or ill' Margaret Kennedy Lucy Carmichael
  • foxgloves
    foxgloves Posts: 13,113 Forumite
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    Good to hear you've got some client work, PiP.

    2026's challenges: 1) To rebuild our Emergency Fund to at least £5k.
    2) To read 50 books (5/50) 3) The Re-Shrinking of Foxgloves 8.1kg/30kg
  • doingitanyway
    doingitanyway Posts: 10,846 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper Mortgage-free Glee!
    Ooh glossy mags. Some much needed relaxation.
    As someone on here often says, keep plodding
    If you have built castles in the air, your work should not be lost; that is where they should be. Now put the foundations under them

    Emergency fund 1400/1000
    Buffer fund 100/100
    Debt Free (again) 25/07/2025
  • Thanks @foxgloves, the money will be very gratefully received 

    I do like a bit of glossy escapism @doingitanyway, as long as its free! 
    Like our pal @beanielou, I'm keeping on plodding. Still processing the senselessness of the death, still being mucked around by broker over the valuer's nonsense measurement assessment 
    https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6466032/an-in-between-phase/p1

    'self-blame can be as egotistical as self-praise... any work worth doing is greater than we are... we must not overrate our importance to it, either for good or ill' Margaret Kennedy Lucy Carmichael
  • beanielou
    beanielou Posts: 98,222 Ambassador
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Academoney Grad Mortgage-free Glee!
    Always good to be plodding but boo to the blooming broker. It takes a long time to grieve someone who was so important to you & they will always be there with you 🤗🤗🤗
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