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Pay ALL Your Debt Off By Xmas 2026!
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£890 paid off the credit cards this month!
#no 3 Debts off by Xmas 2026 £15,250 PAIDNSD April 25/22 May 5/22
#no 13 365 days 1p challenge 2026 90/365
£40.95/£667.95
#no 2 £2 coin savers challenge 2026
#no 11 SPC 19 £44 banked restart
2026 PAD challenge £15,250
1% challenge = 100% paid RESTART / £13000
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#cc1 4100 PAID
#cc2 NatWest 3400 PAID
#cc3 Halifax 2150 PAID
#cc4. MBNA 3200/5600 0% runs out soon
#loan1 14000 PAID
#loan2 858/11000 13%
#family loans 4600 PAID#solicitors 8000 PAID
Crisis fund 500/10003 -
#12 - £413.72 / £5,336.77 (7.75%)
Paid the minimum of one account.
"Money can't buy happiness, but it can make you awfully comfortable while you're being miserable."
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Challenges
Pay Debts by Xmas '26!: #12 - £574.13 / £5,336.77 (10.8%)
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Debts
HSBC Credit Card: £150.41 / £3,046.28 (4.9%) | Creation Finance: £327.56 / £1,110.24 (19.7%) | Bank of Mum: £20 / £980.25 (2%) | Bank of Dad: £0 / £200 (0%)2 -
#2 £200/£2200 - £2k to go!
Thanks2 -
Resonated
Am 53 and have yo-yo'd with debt since leaving uni 30 years ago
spells of debt free - then a credit card or two - then a reconciliation loan … cycle perpetuates
i also want to be debt free this year
May 26 NSD 6/16
Mag 26 Grocery challenge £0/£310
Debt-Free April 20266 -
Well done everyone for the great payments in January.
My update is #25 £347.70/£23,253.
I've upped some of the direct debits so it should be more next month.
PAYDBX26 £21161
Make £2026 in 20263 -
i'm going to post my debts
Loan 7 months left £1538.13
Lloyds CC £1370.70
M&S CC £221.42
Total £3130.25
Have had the M&S card for well over 15 years - amounts fluctuate from 0 to £1,000's. The points reward are not as good now and the M&S offer coupons are not great. Might have to go!
May 26 NSD 6/16
Mag 26 Grocery challenge £0/£310
Debt-Free April 20262 -
2 payments from me today
£43.43 off the Capitol one card
£95.96 off the Barclay payment plan - this is my remaining balance after my minimum payment due on Wednesday. So after that the whole lot should be paid off 💪
Thank you so much to everyone who advised me on the surveys, I made £47.02 just this month off the one app (AttaPoll) not bad for minimum effort 😂 all of it went towards the debt free journey
£551.03 of £4,226.52Feb GC 🥬🍑 £6.14/£500
Jan 26 GC 🥞🧇 £570.69/£500
Debt free in 2026 - £551.03 of £4,226.52
NSD FEB 0/10
NSD JAN 8/10
PAD FEB £2.24
PAD JAN £140.385 -
does anyone remember alvin hall and/or spendalholics
May 26 NSD 6/16
Mag 26 Grocery challenge £0/£310
Debt-Free April 20261 -
I'll update figures shortly again later ☺️
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Debt owed;Abound - £0/£7,092.16
DFW Challenges!
365 Day 1p Challenge 2026 #9 £104.30
Pay off all your debts by Christmas 2026! #14 £0/£7,092.16
Make £2026 in 2026! £602.40/£2026
Savings goal £162.79/£10002 -
Highlanddream #9 , £1005/ £8975, more than i realised!
Sept 24 : £32000 Sep 25 - £10356 Feb 26 - £6872
May 25 : £14000 Oct 25 - £9569 Mar 26 - £5998
June 25 : £13000 Nov 25 - £9275
July 25 : £12000 Dec 25 - £8975
Aug 25 : £11436 Jan 26 - £80651
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