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2026 - consolidation and calm
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Sorry to hear of little miss having problems but glad she seems happier…
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 1400/1000
Buffer fund 100/100
Debt Free (again) 25/07/20251 -
PAD (Payment a Day)
Today's PAD - £2
Jan - £172
Feb - £45
Car balance Sept 25 - £11,031 - now £8,453
"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 McGee2 -
Thank you 😊 It's habit now, I just do it on autopilot each morning.
"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 McGee1 -
Thank you, I'm hoping things are turning around for her now too.
"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 McGee1 -
Little jwil has been out with friends today so we took little miss to the cinema this morning. It was the kids showing so was only £1 each! We then bumped up the bill buy buying sweets and popcorn on site 😖 But it was quite a fun film, 'Pets on a train'. It was like Speed but with animals 😆 After that we went to McDs so I feel like my blood is pure sugar today. I've just had soup to try and get some goodness in.
I lost 1lb today which was good enough. I definitely feel like my body can't take a day of junk any more though which is not a bad thing! Looking forward to eating more normally tomorrow.
We've started watching the latest series of the Lincoln Lawyer so we'll try and catch some more of that tonight. I'm hoping for a decent nights sleep, it's been a while.
"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 McGee5 -
PAD (Payment a Day)
Today's PAD - £2
Jan - £172
Feb - £47
Car balance Sept 25 - £11,031 - now £8,452
"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 McGee1 -
I'm trying to be organised today as it's going to be a busy week next week. I'm 3.5lb away from 3 stone, and I want to get there soon! I know that when I'm busy I sabotage so I need to be organised. I have boiled some eggs up and made a quiche. I've got some ready meals in the freezer for grab and go, and I'm just going to pop to the sm to stock up on fruit for snacking, and some quick to put together salad stuff as well.
I reckon I'm a couple of weeks away from finishing the French course on Duo, so am considering what language I'll do next. I need to reinforce the French by immersing myself in it a bit more, so I have some French films to watch and an audiobook in French reserved.
Dh sold another item yesterday so that has been posted.
We won the lottery again - only £2.10 but I'll still send it to the mortgage, every little helps! I'm still waiting for my PB money and trying to decide what I'll do with it. I'm now leaning for £50 back to PBs and £50 to the car balance.
I'm going to try and catch up on a few surveys.
"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 McGee7 -
Being so close to 3 stone lost is amazing! Well done for thinking ahead and food prepping to avoid sabotaging yourself
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 1400/1000
Buffer fund 100/100
Debt Free (again) 25/07/20252 -
Thank you, it would be lovely to get there!
"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 McGee2 -
Oh you'll get there. You are unstoppable of late…
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 1400/1000
Buffer fund 100/100
Debt Free (again) 25/07/20252
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