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julicorn's journey 3 - The House on the Hill

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  • South_coast
    South_coast Posts: 6,165 Forumite
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    On my bucket list too, thanks for sharing 🩷

    Figures looking great, as always 😀 On the upping income front, how about looking for something 1 day per week doing something completely and utterly different to your normal day job? It would likely fall short of increasing your hours again from a cash perspective, but maybe just getting a bit more coming in and using your brain a different way would be enough of a boost?
    Mortgage start: £65,495 (March 2016)
    Cleared 🧚‍♀️🧚‍♀️🧚‍♀️!!! In 5 years, 1 month and 29 days
    Total amount repaid: £72,307.03. £1.10 repaid for every £1.00 borrowed

    Finally earning interest instead of paying it!!!
  • julicorn
    julicorn Posts: 2,673 Forumite
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    On my bucket list too, thanks for sharing 🩷

    Figures looking great, as always 😀 On the upping income front, how about looking for something 1 day per week doing something completely and utterly different to your normal day job? It would likely fall short of increasing your hours again from a cash perspective, but maybe just getting a bit more coming in and using your brain a different way would be enough of a boost?
    It's definitely worth a thought, thank you! I wonder what kind of Monday jobs there are out there... 
  • julicorn
    julicorn Posts: 2,673 Forumite
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    That holiday sounded amazing, seeing the northern lights is on my bucket list! Fab pic.
    Great figures to end the year on too! Well done! 
    It was really fabulous. I think one of my favourite moments was seeing a tiny bit of Northern Lights behind the clouds as we entered the Troll Fjord at midnight - it was really eery and a bit spooky. I keep thinking back to that. 
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