Messenger2010
Status: A busy mind, is a sick mind... a slow mind is a healthy mind... a still mind is a divine mind...
Mood:
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- Now that I can stay in the UK and am done with Visas, I just got done applying to become a citizen of the UK. I'll keep my citizenship as an American and will (hopefully) become a dual citizen! The process is long and somewhat costly - close to...
- A day of thanks and celebration for me today. After looking on-line, there seems to be quite a group of people who celebrate it and one company has even made a wooden coin commentrating it. 10,000 days sober. Thank you HP!
- Gave myself a pat on the back today and also shook my head in disbelief. A belief that if I had this kind of discipline in my youth, I would be retiring in comfort without any money worries. Yet, I wouldn't have had the experiences which gave me the...
- When I started my journey to get out fo debt, I felt nothing but shame. It was 2010 and I was in my 50's. I should have had a nice nest egg headinbg into my retirement but instead I was $65,000 in the hole, with no savings, a small 401K, and a...
- Another year and another year with no debt. It has now been 5 years for me with incurring long term debt. I have credit cards and use them a lot but I always pay them off in full every month. The reason I use them is to continue to build a credit...
- Ten years! Seemingly a long time, yet in hindsight a very short time. Ten years ago, I was deep in debt, going through a divorce, contemplating bankruptcy and very much ashamed of how my life turned out.At 52 years old and besides having a small...
- Having lived in the UK for the past three plus years, it has come time to cash in my 401K and get the last of my money out of America and get it over here. With the UK trying to leave the EU the British Pound has lost some value, while the...
- Brief history... in 2010 I was $65,000 in the hole and my credit rating was 360. By the end of 2015, I was out of debt, had five CC's and a credit score of 790.Then, I picked up and moved from Nebraska to England. One thing I didn't know was...
- Hard to believe it has been over two years since I posted. To say a lot has happened in that time would be putting it mildly. Where to start? OK, I moved from Nebraska and now live in England! To answer the next question - Karen and I are...
- Well the first month is 3/4 over but for me, it's just beginning. I started the new year in a hospital. A cancer hospital. On Halloween of 2016, I was diagnosed with throat cancer (specifically tonsil) and spent three weeks in the hospital...
- I'm still learning about money here. I mean I know how to earn it and yes how to spend it, but I'm still learning how to be frugal and make my money grow.The UK has a lot more coins than America. Both countries have a penny. Than America has...
- Started doing some remodeling in our flat. I really like that word "flat" instead of apartment!!!!Anyway, last week I did some work for my landlord. I made some storage shelves for his possessions in the loft (attic). And it got my creative...
- I recently got a pay raise because the UK minimum wage increased. Less then a month later I am on the verge of getting an even bigger raise.I've been constantly looking for another job and today I got hired to do IT work for Sky Communications. It...
- Since I moved to the UK I kind of felt "exposed." I had a majority of my money still sitting in America, so the cash I came with was it. I had no checking account or savings, no CC's - nothing.I came here with $3,000 in cash - still have $1,500.I...
- USA taxes for this year are done and my paystub from my last paycheck from America is in my possession. I recently got my first paycheck in the UK and am learning about the tax laws.UK's year end is April 1st. So Americans living here have until...