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Watty's Awakening

Watty1 · 2024-01-01 14:40:40

Time for a new diary I think. It is 2024, my last diary began over 10 years ago and so much has changed. My introduction in case we have not “met” My first diary told the story of, what I thought was a long and happy relationship, paying off a mortgage aiming to get my financial freedom from the world of work by paying off…

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rtandon27 Posts: 6,631 Forumite

19 April at 9:33PM

@Watty1 - I love hearing the thought process behind getting rid of things! Good call on the mushroom coffees - the very thought makes me shudder 🤣🤣🤣 - so far OH & I have only found one electrolyte we both like - I'm tempted to have some sent from across the pond!

Over the past two weeks I've mostly decluttered things to the recycling bin & recycling bank, it's amazing how making space clears the mind as well as the physical environment even when it's at a slow methodical pace.

4 YEARS 10 MONTHS DEBT FREE!!! (24 OCT 2016)

(With heartfelt thanks to those who have gone before us & their indubitable generosity.)

...and now I have a mortgage! (23 AUG 2021)

Original End Date - Sept 2041 New projection - Dec 2039 (reduced by 21 months)

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