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Prosperous & Creative Soul Year 4

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  • jwil
    jwil Posts: 22,298 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    Great progress with the lunch
    "Good financial planning is about not spending money on things that add no value to your life in order to have more money for the things that do". Eoin McGee
  • lucielle
    lucielle Posts: 11,557 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    Glad you enjoyed lunch and pushing through boundaries. 
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    Total Debt Dec 07 £59875.83 Overdrafts £2900,New Debt Figure ZERO !!!!!!:j 08/06/2013
    Lucielle's Daring Debt Free Journey
    DFD Before we Die!!!! Long Haul Supporter #124
  • TallGirl
    TallGirl Posts: 6,273 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Photogenic Name Dropper
    Great progress and lovely to hear the business is still plodding along sounds like you are getting closer to taking the scary step of going more public with your art. Well done for doing the lunch too!
    Save £12k in 25 No 49
    PB Win 21 £225, 22 £275, 23 £900, 24 £750 Balance Dec 25 £32.7K  
    Plan to move to Denmark for FIRE by Autumn 2025 “May your decisions reflect your hopes not your fears”
    New diary aiming for fire https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6414795/mortgage-free-now-aiming-for-fire#latest

  • doingitanyway
    doingitanyway Posts: 10,234 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper Mortgage-free Glee!
    That art group has all sorts of pluses  :)
    If you have built castles in the air, your work should not be lost; that is where they should be. Now put the foundations under them

    Emergency fund 800/1000
    Buffer fund 0/100
    Debt Free (again) 25/072025
  • Merlin's_Beard
    Merlin's_Beard Posts: 1,527 Forumite
    Eighth Anniversary 1,000 Posts Name Dropper
    congrats on making that connection!
    Start mortgage date: August 2022; Start mortgage amount: £240,999; Original mortgage free date: August 2056
    Current mortgage amount: £226,957.97
    Start student loan 2012: £29,750; current student loan: CLEARED July 2025
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