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Frugaling my way to FIRE

lilian1977 · 2025-10-02 07:34:24

Hi all I have always spent most of my time on the DFW boards as have spent the majority of my adult life in debt (thanks to a 1990s education that didn't talk about money, parents who weren't well off but hid it very well and being given loads of credit cards when I started university with no education about what that…

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lilian1977 Posts: 5,188 Forumite

8 January at 10:11AM

Thank you @Humboldt - good luck with your progress too!

I haven't done much in the past few days, I have managed to rack up £600 on a Monzo Flex card over Christmas so all eyes are turning to that now unfortunately. Ugh, it's one step forwards two steps back sometimes!

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