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I had an appointment with an HSBC financial wellbeing advisor this morning which I think is another name for a financial advisor. She told me I could borrow 115k roughly. Unadvisable I think.Credit card 1891
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Having a lovely holiday already. Am feeling 50% less stressed already. We cooked a lovely stew last night and had a lovely active morning this morning. I want to do my knitting but I need some new needles. It’s going to get colder. I must help my mum do some jobs around the house.
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Just listening to my favourite World music show on radio 6.Credit card 1891
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Just drinking some fizzy water. Going to try and persuade my mum to watch a film on Netflix after dinner. French or Chinese I think.Credit card 1891
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I’m feeling really ground down from working. I’m getting to the point where I don’t feel fully recovered on my holidays. Advice from anyone who has managed the elusive work/ life balance very welcome!Credit card 1891
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I only did one unit of the PA course as it was narrated by AI. I found it very uninteresting.
Anyway I’m going to start a new diary in the debt free section as I now have some debt again.
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