It's always interesting to see the varying personal circumstances.
In 3 years we've gone from mortgage free and a chunk of savings to saving nothing monthly apart from the children's ISAs (£50 ea), burning through what we have saved, and a mortgage that is fine to manage but I'm not totally comfortable with.
I'm definitely in the debt averse, get rid of the mortgage, category despite understanding that investing (or the like) may get me more money one day. It's worked well for us once and am aiming to do so again once we've stopped this place falling apart.
In 3 years we've gone from mortgage free and a chunk of savings to saving nothing monthly apart from the children's ISAs (£50 ea), burning through what we have saved, and a mortgage that is fine to manage but I'm not totally comfortable with.
I'm definitely in the debt averse, get rid of the mortgage, category despite understanding that investing (or the like) may get me more money one day. It's worked well for us once and am aiming to do so again once we've stopped this place falling apart.