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Pay off all your debts by Christmas 2025!

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  • #8 - a lovely £1,206.61 / £5,500 so far.
    Debt | £177.38 / £2,217.25 L1 | £2,149.03 / £2,149.03 CC1£0 / £6,004.07 CC2 | £791.64 / £21,368.80 M | £3,118.05 / £31,739.15 Total

    Savings | £0 / £1,000 EF | £1,892.41 / £2,375 Other | £1,892.41 / £2,375 Total
  • #24 - £711.74/£7113.80 realised today I've paid off 10% of my debt so far. I've paid off my Very account now so only 5 more debts to go. I've also got a couple of minimum payments to come out later this month. I took some time to sense check my budget each month and I should be able to pay off everything by December if all goes to plan.
  • #7  £150 paid today. Total is now £1,256/6500

    Challenges

    NSD - May - 1/10

    1. 2026 Mortgage-Free Wannabes #61 £19,133.06/£29,000, MF target June 2026, current mortgage balance - £9,569.36

    mortgage @ Jan 2025 - £75,600

    2. Loan  - Jan 2026 £1,029.22 - bal £0- fully paid 

    3.52 Week Envelope Saving Challenge #2  £106/£1,378 -( 1/52)

    4. EF - £842

  • RedLipstick
    RedLipstick Posts: 241 Forumite
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    edited 12 February 2025 at 9:45AM
    Good evening! Could I join please? Brand new debt on 0% CC until Jul 26 but I'm desperate to get rid of it asap. Thank you!

    £1350/£8000 (17%)




    Mortgage: £173,700 Sep 22  £157,700 Feb 26

    MF Date: Sep 52 Mar 52

    CC Debt: £15,250 Nov 25 £9,200 Feb 26

    NSD: Jan: 17/31 | Feb: 12/28

    2026 Challenges:

    MFiT-T7 #5

    DFbyXMAS #7

    Sealed Pot Challenge #022

    2026 Grocery Challenge: 20/01 - 19/02 £132.79/£200

    2026 Grocery Challenge: 20/02 - 19/03 £31.85/£200


  • Thriftymissus
    Thriftymissus Posts: 363 Forumite
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    edited 16 February 2025 at 10:30AM
    #33 ThriftyMissus I’ve now paid £2048.47 of £7881. 

    *edited my post as got total debt figure wrong 🤦🏻‍♀️
  • #11 £100.80 sent to family debt today.

    £1008.43/4746.64
  • st182
    st182 Posts: 248 Forumite
    Seventh Anniversary 100 Posts Photogenic
    few planned payments and a little overpayment this week:

    #30 £225 / £7400

    Keep up the hard work  :)
    Pay Off Debts by Xmas 2026; £0 / £6201.56
  • Thriftymissus
    Thriftymissus Posts: 363 Forumite
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    edited 16 February 2025 at 10:40AM
    #33 ThriftyMissus 

    I’ve now paid a total of £2631 of my debt of £7881.
    This is 33.38% paid. 
    I got the total and percentage paid wrong in my last post so that’s just a symptom of how wrong I can be with money 🤦🏻‍♀️


  • To get a 'percentage paid', divide the total you've paid by the total outstanding then multiply by 100. In my case (£2,144.15 ÷ £12,934.78) x 100 = 16.57. So I've paid 16.57% of my total outstanding.

    It's actually more tricky than that, when you consider overpayments reduce the total interest paid so the reduce total outstanding. How do you work that out each time 👀
    Debt @ LBM 01/11/24 - £14,161.59
    Debt current - £10,845.80

    "When it's good, it's fun. When it's bad, it's funny". Trying to take things one step at a time.

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