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Pay All Your Debt Off By Christmas 2024

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  • Rud0lf
    Rud0lf Posts: 225 Forumite
    Fifth Anniversary 100 Posts Name Dropper
    I don't have a number yet but have paid £110 off which is about 1.5%
    Mortgage free 2021 

    Debt free 2024

    Starting to save for early retirement whilst balancing having fun whilst we can!

    4275/8000 savings 
    2000/4000 holiday 
    2849/4000 Lisa

    Save £12k in 2025 #51 £9134/£16000
  • Looking forward to the end of the month to get some more debt paid off. Aiming for £2,000 - £1240.83 is the monthly amount plus £600 I can pay on pay day and the remainder to be paid during the month out of my weekly budget 🤞
    Aim to pay off £13,000 by December 2024
    £1,208.22/£23,059 #26 
    Pay All Your Debt Off By Christmas 2024
    2024 £1 a day savings challenge - £98.43 2024 52 week challenge - £120.37
    22/20 February No Spend Days 20 Target 20/23 March No Spend Days 23 Target 7/22 April No Spend Days 22 Target (excludes direct debits, standing orders, debt and savings payments)


  • IrishRose12
    IrishRose12 Posts: 1,790 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Combo Breaker

    So far I've paid £70/£3,500


    I'm going to try and pay 100 payments of £35 this year to try and get this card paid off/  
    Hi IrishRose12, that’s a great idea of dividing the total of your debt on one card by a hundred and aiming to make one hundred payments. I’m going to look at my different cards and choose one to make extra payments on top of the fixed ones going out each month. Even if not to clear the whole thing, just to clear some extra debt. 
    I have to say that this seems to be working for me.  I have printed of a 100 square and colour in each sqaure when I've made a payment.  It's working so far I think with a few extra smaller payments.


    Checking in today with my update so far.

    £537/£3,500

    Pay all debt off by Christmas 2025 £815.45/£3,000£1 a day challenge 2025 - £180/£730 Declutter a bag a week in 2025 11/52Lose 25lb - 10/25lbs Read 1 book per week - 5/52Pay off credit card debt 18%/100%
  • #19  - £1,407.35/£10,000

    used a payment from TopCashBack and a refund from Asda to make a payment towards my largest credit card debt 
    VCC - £18,547.36
    BCC - £6,161.51
    ACC - £2,914.67
    Loan 1 - £829.71
    Loan 2 - £3,256.16
    Very - £681.99
    Next - £2,570.35
    #19 - pay off debt by Christmas - £2,427.35/£10,000
    #62 save 365 day 1p challenge - £38.20
  • Number 13 £975

    I’ve paid 500 off this month. The month has not been kind… £1400 repair bill for my car has wiped out my savings. But al least I didn’t have to add this to my debt total.

    Am so happy my debt has dropped well into the £7000’s which is better than in the 8000’s. Still makes me feel sick though
    # 36 1p challenge 2024 - £536.60

    #13 POYD by Christmas 24  £2875 / 8138
  • MissPennySave
    MissPennySave Posts: 433 Forumite
    100 Posts Second Anniversary Name Dropper Photogenic
    edited 23 February 2024 at 8:31AM
    Morning all, payday today so £970.08 paid towards by balances, my total is now:

    #15 £2005.84 / £14000

    MPS  B) 
    November 2022 - £46,626.96 / September 2025 - £1,100.00
    Debt paid off so far - £45,526.96 (97.64%)

    Current Challenges:
    #10 DFBXMAS25 £14020.00 / £15120.00 (92.72% paid off) 

    Completed Challenges:
    #15 DFBXMAS24 £16972.80 / £14000.00 (121.23% paid off) COMPLETED!
    #41 DFBXMAS23 £14751.96 / £12000.00 (122.93% paid off) COMPLETED!

    MissPennySave's Debt Free Diary - DFW Diary
  • #25 £565.45/£2162.22
  • blubella
    blubella Posts: 581 Forumite
    Tenth Anniversary 500 Posts Name Dropper Combo Breaker
    edited 24 February 2024 at 4:23PM
    Made my minimum payments this month + OP's, totalling £233.08. Managed to pay off and close one CC account, so I'm now down to 2. Working on making OP's on the one with 0% ending soonest, this also happens to be the one with the lower debt. Going to focus all my attention on this one!

    #4  £364.31/£5,000

     
    #4 DFBXMAS24 - £2,322.85/£5,000
    NSD Challenge - Jan 15/12, Feb 3/12, Mar 10/10 Apr 10/12, May 5/12.
    SPC #44


    Success is the good fortune that comes from aspiration, desperation, perspiration & inspiration ~ Evan Esar
  • Been paid so made some more payments today 

    #19 £2,427.35/£10,000
    VCC - £18,547.36
    BCC - £6,161.51
    ACC - £2,914.67
    Loan 1 - £829.71
    Loan 2 - £3,256.16
    Very - £681.99
    Next - £2,570.35
    #19 - pay off debt by Christmas - £2,427.35/£10,000
    #62 save 365 day 1p challenge - £38.20
  • @blubella that is incredible! It is only Feb and one debt is cleared, fab work!
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