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Payment a Day - Chapter 2024
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Morning all,
The total PAD for 23 May 2024 was £93.28
Although it's never easy, we need to have a balance in life and some form of a plan, before it is too late, as...
Debt Free Diary:- The Mental Debt Struggle
(Original Debt on 15/07/2016 was £33,056.76) 🙈 but Debt Free on 09/02/2025 🎉1 -
£2 to Nationwide Loan. Feeling like an uphill struggle at the moment, but the daily PAD is helping me along.Mortgage free wannabe 2025-2030. Successfully used PAD-ing to clear consumer debt - now for the mortgage challenge!
Mortgage Balance:
31 Dec 2024: £70,550
Mortgage Savings Balance:
31 Dec 2024: £01 -
Debt Free Diary:- The Mental Debt Struggle
(Original Debt on 15/07/2016 was £33,056.76) 🙈 but Debt Free on 09/02/2025 🎉1 -
Morning all,
The total PAD for 24 May 2024 was £889.31
Sometimes we're just plodding along in life, and that's okay. It may be overwhelming to keep going, or from not having a concrete plan of action, but...
Debt Free Diary:- The Mental Debt Struggle
(Original Debt on 15/07/2016 was £33,056.76) 🙈 but Debt Free on 09/02/2025 🎉1 -
Morning all :-)
£10 to CC1Jan 2022
Owed approx 70,000 in consumer debt
Dec 2024/Dec 2025
Loan 1 4750/0
Loan 2 10690/0
Card 1 10764/6378
Card 2 5674/3564
Card 3 5158/3532
Card 4 0/10785
Total 37036/24274
Emergency Fund 0/2000
2022 Over 70k debt. Time to change!
2022-25 Paying off debt.
2025 Cash lump sum used to pay down debt quicker than hoped.
2025+???? Stay happy and in control of my finances2 -
Morning, just £5 to the sabbatical today please
LMD xLife gets in the way...PADding is addictive...Saving's better than spending...My savings diary - Now for a healthier, wealthier me2025 1p challenge #7 | Cash envelope challenge #01 | SPC #017EF £1000/£1000 | Sabbatical £4055/£60001 -
Morning, £2.97 PAD today. @MFW2023 I hope things start to flatten out soon, well done on keeping PADding!1
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Keep going @MFW2023
Every single PAD, however big or small, makes a difference.
My own PAD today is£23 please27/5/17 Mort 64705 BTs 1904031/12/17 Mort 59815 BT 1673007/04/20 Mort 49208 BT 1572128/07/20 Mort 47387 BT 1263414/11/20 Mort 45905 BT 10134 20/05/21 Mort 42335 BT 686811/08/22 Mort 32050 BT 2915Sealed Pot Challenge 16 Number 51 -
Thanks everyone for the support
£2.15 to Nationwide Loan today.Mortgage free wannabe 2025-2030. Successfully used PAD-ing to clear consumer debt - now for the mortgage challenge!
Mortgage Balance:
31 Dec 2024: £70,550
Mortgage Savings Balance:
31 Dec 2024: £02 -
Morning all,
The total PAD for 25 May 2024 was £48.52
I've recently come across the term 'soft life', and it has made me think of all the things in life that I could make some subtle or major changes to, that would reduce stress and provide a relatively chilled lifestyle. I'm inspired to think more on this, and figured that it's ultimately everyone's goal, but we just chase different concepts of what makes a good life. So if anyone is interested or wondering what the hell I'm on about, here it is...
Debt Free Diary:- The Mental Debt Struggle
(Original Debt on 15/07/2016 was £33,056.76) 🙈 but Debt Free on 09/02/2025 🎉2
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