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Road To Financial Recovery

FootyFanDan · 2024-02-24 23:32:37

Ah, time to get back into the race so to speak, can’t believe I am doing this again.It is time to start taking finances seriously again. It is a rubbish feeling to be back in a position where I feel my finances are back in a mess. There isn’t any major debt so that is a positive of course but feel like a plan is needed…

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daisy_1571 Posts: 3,230 Forumite

28 August at 8:26AM

£25 a month is £300 thats a 'huge' amount not an 'only' amount- sort it now and s/o that money somewhere so It doesn'tget lost.
maybe next year set up a regular saver at a decent percentage then once a year you know you have that coming out. Getting one to finish in the June to use for extra summer school holidays expenses and every year thereafter you know you have a regular saver plus interest due out at a point in the year you need it.

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