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Hustling My Way to Debt Freedom. - Take 2
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Today’s Payment - £3 (from Vinted). New Total - £100.06.
Need to get cracking with Vinted and Prolific next week. Been a bit slack due to the heat. Setting myself the challenge of getting £50 Vinted and £50 Prolific by Friday so it’s enough to clear this card (obviously won’t actually have all the money as it takes time to come through, but at least it’ll be on the way)xx
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Evening - watching the tennis, rooting for Zverev.
Today's Payment - £1 (from Vinted). New Total - £99.06
I'm going to put my targets for this week (Monday-Friday) on here so I hold myself accountable. Need to ignore the heat and crack on, as I don't think it's getting any better.
eBay - £500 (£100 a day - that's in payments, which include postage etc, so that won't be all profit, and clearly I need to pay tax etc).
Vinted - £100 (£20 a day, doable I think if I list 10 items a day)
Prolific - £50 (£10 a day - I've done this before, so it's possible).
xx
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and it’s now below £100. You and @misstara are the best at just chipping away
June 2026, Mortgage free, Emergency fund fully funded & £200/200 cash maximum pb holding .:jWeight 12st challenge 11st 2lb
Gift to children challenge £40k in 2 years. Short term gift challenge 7 presents and $1300 can by September.
Determined to stop defining myself by my mistakes. Progress not perfection. I’m not perfect but I’m good enough.
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Morning
Will update on my targets tomorrow (no sales yet, but have been listing, so fingers crossed). Have done 1 survey on Prolific - that was worth £12!! That's already paid out too.
Today's Payment - £12.75 (from Prolific). New Total - £86.31
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Morning. So busy yesterday, I never got round to making a payment. I'll update my totals at the end of the week for my challenges. Had a wasted morning waiting for a video consultation with the transplant hospital that never actually happened, and they haven't even contacted me.
Yesterday and Today's Payments - £8 (£4 yesterday and £4 today, both from Vinted). New Total - £78.31.
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That's awful that they haven't been in touch, hope you hear something soon.
Debt Busting Again in 2026!
Starting Debt 03.05.26 = £5345 Current Total 01.08.26 = £3987
Clear M&S Card Starting Balance 03.05.26 £600 Cleared 05.07.26 ✅
Clear V12 Finance Starting Balance 05.07.26 £600 Current Total 01.08.26 £297
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That's disgraceful Emz. Hope you hear from them tomorrow with an apology as well. x
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Thank you. Still haven’t heard anything. I even tried to call them whilst I was waiting, just got a very rude operator and the phone just rang in the clinic and eventually the line went dead. Gave up in the end. I know they’re busy, but you can’t just keep patients waiting with no explanation and then act rudely towards them when they call to ask what’s going on. I shall be bringing it up with my CF team. xx
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Slim pickings at the moment:
Today's Payment - £2 (from Vinted). New Total - £76.31.
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Today's Payment - £3.99 (from Vinted). New Total - £72.32.
xx
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