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Grow business, pay £30k debt, TTC, get fit and stay positive!
I left my job earlier this year to set up my online business. This was a dream of mine for quite a long time and it was a real 'now or never' point in my life. At the time, I was so desperate to focus all my energies on my business, I stopped posting on MSE. Things are now more manageable (although I'm still going to be…
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2011 Dee-Dee's Diary
Hi All, My name is Dee-Dee and I am going to start keeping a Debt Free Diary. I added one a while ago but never did anything further with it :o I have been really inspired by the Diaries that I have read on here and can't believe how many kind people who are out there willing to help others with advice and support. I…
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Time to face up to it, appreciate advice.
I got made redundant in 2005, at the time i was sufferning serious mental health problems, i fell into debt as i was unable to face the world. I was pretty financially comfotable b4 all this. I had a few grand in savings, a nice car and 2 credit cards i never used. I had social anxiety to such a level it was debilitating,…
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GOAL Debt free by July 2012
Hi Everyone, hope you all had lovely weekends and are not too bummed about it being Monday tomorrow!!! I've never ever posted on any forum before, but I have been dipping in and out of threads on MSE for the past year or so whilst trying to decide what my plan is and how I'm going to get to where I want to be. I have read…
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The Debt Must Go (REALLY mean it this time)
I'm back yet again looking for the motivation required to get myself debt free, am actually annoyed at myself for still being in debt but I am, and there's not much else I can do about it other than pay it off! At the moment I am on maternity leave, and will receive my full pay for the first 20 weeks (am about 4 weeks in).…
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The Giraffe Diary - £30k in 12month - Standing tall, strong and elegant!
I have been thinking of starting a diary for a while - either a written old fashioned one or one on here for the world to see. As you can see MSE won (as I didnt want to go and buy a journal! :money:) Anyway a bit of background - I am a long time MSEr who generally lurks/spends time on the O/S board. I am married with two…
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I want to be a writer and need to get the finances sorted to do this...
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The start of the journey
Had the infamous lightbulb moment on Wednesday, 16/02/11. We have lots of unsecured debt. Loans, credit cards, overdraft then the odds and sods that mount up to £36k approximately. Just wondering if we can do it and get debt free. I'm going to break it down in stages overdraft first then credit cards then look at the…
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Crawling out from under my hole
After almost two years unemployed I have landed a job in which I start on the first of march. The job is a field Sales role in which hitting target will be essential to staying employed. The basic Salary is £18,000 and the ote is around £30,000. As I said while I know I cant count on that, the simple fact is, if I dont…
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Winnie wants out of the Pooh!
Hi Everyone! My name is Winnie, I'm 29, live with wonderful DH, DS who is 10 and we've just found out I have a 4 week old bean in my belly and whilst we are over the moon :D we have also gone into meltdown with worry! The first hurdle for us is completely out of our control - 4 weeks is very early - so we're praying for a…
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Bankruptcy query
Message posted in wrong thread. Could a mod delete, please? Thanks^^;
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Suzanne's journey
Hi all, Decided i'm gonna write a diary in here, to meet some friends, and also just to vent my thoughts! I find writing thoughts etc down to help and it's easier to do it online so here goes. Im Suzanne, 24, just moved into my first house with my fiance (got engaged nye :D ) Started a new job 5th January which I love,…
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At Wits End
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RE: Debt free diary..... the beginning!
Hi - I think to do a diary will keep me motivated to stick to our budget to clear our £15k of debt by the end of 2011. Have started by spending my day off pulling together a budget spreadsheet & going through Jan to see how much money we actually spent - we managed to spend £500 on food shopping!!! So step 1 is for us to…
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CC Queens New Diary 2011
Hi everybody (assuming somebody reads this!) lol Well i have been on the board for a long time and seem to make really slow progress so have decided to do my own diary and hopefully clear a lot of my debt this year. Tried this last year and had 6 months unemployed so the numbers went in the wrong direction. :mad: First…
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Pay off debts and start saving for travelling
Hi all, been lurking for a while and now time to post! After living with my head in the sand for several years and paying off minimum amounts I'm now determined to be debt free by the end of May 2011 and to be able to start saving for a travelling adventure and then for a deposit for a house :) I actually made a start in…
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Diary 2011: Getting where I wanna be!
Hello all I’ve seen a few people keep a diary online and just thought I would try the same thing, since I’m desperately trying to keep on top of my finances and get saving at the minute for a new house. Don’t worry about commenting or replying – just doing it for myself really :) Oh but if you do spot anything that is…
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Eek. Slightly confused but raring to go. What's a paddle? I think I need one.. :o(
Hi everyone! I think I need some help before I end up in a pickle. I'm not sure if here is the right place. I usually am on the Old Style thread but haven't been on MSE for ages. I am now officially giving facebook a rest and doing something positive instead, like sorting out our debts. I'm a stay at home Mum. We have 2…
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Mama's getting her groove back...
:D Hi, everyone! I'm Jodes, I'm 31 and live with my husband, my two kids (DS is 8 and DD is 4), my mum, and our 4 dogs :eek:. The past year has been tough, my dad had a horrible illness and during his 4 months in hospital, I struggled to cope with juggling everything, so signed up to a DMP with Gregory Pennington. My dad…
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equita...please help :(
Hi am new to site stumbled across it whilst searching out info on Equita, have read have spent half the day reading through but still cant make head or tail of it :( Council tax debt. First letter from Equita is dated 21/10/2010 states- On 24/8/2010 the borough obtained a liability order for recovery of outstanding Council…