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"The Save £12k in 2024" challenge

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  • Caeraugirl
    Caeraugirl Posts: 606 Forumite
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    #19 Caeraugirl adding £1000 for September

    Regular savers and pension contribution will be going out in next day or two so updating total now.

    Have "flexibly retired" from NHS last month, and just waiting for my pension payments to start - hoping I can save more as a result as plan is to save the pension and live on the reduced salary as a practice run for retirement. Ultimately I'd like to live off the pension and save the salary, but that's going to be a big reduction and might take a few steps before I can achieve it.
    #15 Save £12k in 2026 £4500/£12000


  • KeepOnKnitting
    KeepOnKnitting Posts: 863 Forumite
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    Well August has been a complete nightmare. The story of the squatter is on my diary, but that combined with needing a new mobile phone and to pay for a bit of a family event has meant that August has been a fail. I could wait for monthly interest to be paid, but I'm going to roll that into September and draw a line under August now.

    #29 reporting -£220.07 for August. Yes, minus. :(
    Save £12k in 2025 #33 £2531.77/£5000 (If this carries on I might have to up my target!)
    April take lunch to work goal - 3 of 12
  • enthusiasticsaver
    enthusiasticsaver Posts: 16,263 Ambassador
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    Spreadsheet updated.  I really cannot believe it is September tomorrow.  

    I will be saving zero in September as we leave for South Africa next week so I will not be around much and will be spending a  fair bit this month.  @Suffolk_lass is doing a grand job though as co updater so I leave you in her capable hands.  Lots of bright green on the spreadsheet now so a fair few reaching their targets now. Keep saving. 
    I’m a Forum Ambassador and I support the Forum Team on the Debt free Wannabe, Budgeting and Banking and Savings and Investment boards. If you need any help on these boards, do let me know. Please note that Ambassadors are not moderators. Any posts you spot in breach of the Forum Rules should be reported via the report button, or by emailing forumteam@moneysavingexpert.com. All views are my own and not the official line of MoneySavingExpert.
    Save £12k in 2026 Challenge £12000/£2000
    365 day 1p Challenge 2026 £667.95/£165
    Click on this link for a Statement of Accounts that can be posted on the DebtFree Wannabe board: https://lemonfool.co.uk/financecalculators/soa.php
  • linz
    linz Posts: 2,002 Forumite
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    edited 1 September 2024 at 12:38PM
    #35 linz please could you add £1000 for September for me 

    Thankyou  :smile:
    #5 - Save £12k in 2026
  • Kim_13
    Kim_13 Posts: 4,248 Forumite
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    #33 Kim_13 £315.67 saved in August 

    £400 saved so far in September
  • george4064
    george4064 Posts: 2,951 Forumite
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    #4 declaring £0 for July and £0 for August.

    Been away a lot recently and paying renovation costs, means zero saved!
    "If you aren’t willing to own a stock for ten years, don’t even think about owning it for ten minutes” Warren Buffett

    Save £12k in 2025 - #024 £1,450 / £15,000 (9%)
  • juststuff123
    juststuff123 Posts: 319 Forumite
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    #12 reporting £3013 for august
    Thanks
    GOAL:- £450k in Savings by March 2028 SAVINGS: – £400,520 COMPLETE GOALS - Debt Free, Mortgage Free, £400k Savings Save 12k in 2026 #21 = £7567 / £25,000
  • Toastie2018
    Toastie2018 Posts: 44 Forumite
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    #22 reporting £1311.67 for August 2024. September's savings likely to be low as I have a holiday and renovations planned. 

    Thanks for updating. 
    #22 
  • Angelica123
    Angelica123 Posts: 379 Forumite
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    #48 £1875 pay in for Sept. 


    All my payments into regular savers
    #24 Save 12k in 2026
  • george4064
    george4064 Posts: 2,951 Forumite
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    Angelica123 said:

    #48 £1875 pay in for Sept. 


    All my payments into regular savers
    How many regular savers do you have to squirrel away £1,875 per month?
    "If you aren’t willing to own a stock for ten years, don’t even think about owning it for ten minutes” Warren Buffett

    Save £12k in 2025 - #024 £1,450 / £15,000 (9%)
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