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To ask what your best investment in yourself has been?

604 replies

HeyItsPickleRick · 04/05/2025 23:08

Come on mumsnet, creep my lifestyle!

Inspired by the personal stylist post - I’m wondering what is the best thing you’ve bought for yourself?

Mine has 100% been my peloton and all the dumbbells. First exercise I’ve ever stuck to!

OP posts:
financialmuddle · 05/05/2025 17:59

@nomas, You have to be obese to have them prescribed, BMI over 30, or BMI over 27 with a comorbidity such as high blood pressure.

RemusLupinsBiggestGroupie · 05/05/2025 18:00

WendyWagon · 05/05/2025 17:52

@nooschmoo you've inspired me to have a 60 list.

Me too! They're really great suggestions. I'm going to write my 60 before 60 list!

indignantpigmy · 05/05/2025 18:11

My dog. Unconditional love, cuddles whenever I want. Just home after a beautiful walk with the best companion. I've had her for 2 years and have lost 4 stone from just walking her.

Shoezembagsforever · 05/05/2025 18:12

@Observedand @Bogofftosomewherehotyes he was the one!

nomas · 05/05/2025 18:14

financialmuddle · 05/05/2025 17:59

@nomas, You have to be obese to have them prescribed, BMI over 30, or BMI over 27 with a comorbidity such as high blood pressure.

I thought so but I didnt think a size 14 would qualify.

Mummabear04 · 05/05/2025 18:15

Paid for private women's health physio after basically giving birth to a toddler. Absolutely worth every penny!

Seventree · 05/05/2025 18:18

Membership at a nice gym instead of my local council run one.

It turns out I'm pretty shallow and infinitely more likely to work out if the changing room, pool, and sauna area are pretty, the gym itself is nicely set up, and there's water stations with cucumber or lemon floating in them.

financialmuddle · 05/05/2025 18:25

@KeenDuck, if you are 45 or older you shouldn't need any blood tests to be prescribed HRT on the NHS. If you are younger, is your GP refusing tests?
You should not have to pay for them in desperation.

iseethembloom · 05/05/2025 18:27

Whatwouldnanado · 04/05/2025 23:23

Braces. Should’ve done it years ago. Did it same time as my kids. Have never smiled so much.

Did you use Invisalign?

Crazyladee · 05/05/2025 18:31

Breast enlargement surgery. I used to be so flat, the floor was jealous! Went up to a very natural looking large B cup and haven't looked back. My confidence in my body soared.

KeenDuck · 05/05/2025 18:37

financialmuddle · 05/05/2025 18:25

@KeenDuck, if you are 45 or older you shouldn't need any blood tests to be prescribed HRT on the NHS. If you are younger, is your GP refusing tests?
You should not have to pay for them in desperation.

Hello No the GP did prescribe oestrogen and prostaglandin for me which I took for about 5 months. I put two stone on.
My belly looked nine months pregnant with bloating in fact I don’t think I even looked at that pregnant when I was pregnant.
My face puffed up
And I felt like I was having an out of body experience most days literally just floating above myself watching myself go through the day, not taking part in any of it.
Which is not ideal for a HR director and single parent.

What I was hoping to get by a private prescription was tweaking it so that it would work for me more effectively and I also would love to get my hands on that testosterone to see if it can help me to lift my head up off the pillow. I have the same levels of tiredness that I did in the first weeks pregnancy.

AmythestBangle · 05/05/2025 18:48

Private medical insurance
Mounjaro
Under eye fillers

Uninspiredusername · 05/05/2025 18:49

bramblefoot · 05/05/2025 12:23

For me it was a paid course in financial literacy and investing, and I suppose various books on the topic also. I grew up in a home where we weren't taught even the most basic financial literacy, my mother deferred to my father for that and so on and I realised in my late twenties that I had started to perhaps do the same to a lesser extent. A frank assessment made me realise it actually was DP dealing with most bills (in the admin respect) or him leading most of the financial conversations when we engaged providers because he confidently understood the topic and I had to face that I simply didn't (investment, our best option for mortgages etc)

The realisation that these things are not actually that complex and that this was a confidence issue at its core was as life changing as the actual learning itself in a way. I've significantly improved my personal finances, future financial prospects, turned money doing nothing into a consistent passive income over the years and more than any of that the change is knowing I can function as my own entity whatever happens and that makes me feel good about myself in a way nothing else has to the same extent.

Sounds really interesting - can you recommend which course you took?

love this thread - thanks OP!

Fuckitydoodah · 05/05/2025 18:49

EleanorReally · 05/05/2025 07:03

my dog

Same here - getting my boy has been brilliant for my fitness and mental wellbeing. Plus, I absolutely adore him.

financialmuddle · 05/05/2025 18:51

@KeenDuck, you can tweak the oestrogen by getting oestrogel prescribed by your GP, then you can determine how many pumps you use. And change your progesterone source (Utrogestan, Mirena?)

You can find an NHS specialist menopause clinic here: thebms.org.uk/find-a-menopause-specialist/

Perhaps start a thread in the Menopause board? Lots of good advice there.

2025willbemytime · 05/05/2025 19:00

Therapy.

Very very very happy to be divorced. Without it, probably still with the knobhead.

CoubousAndTourmalet · 05/05/2025 19:06

My dog. I love her. She's wonderful to be around, and she gives me a reason to get out, which helps my state of mind. Walking for an hour each day has toned up my arms, legs and bum with very little effort. Manhandling her ginormous puppy bulk got rid of my flabby menopause belly within weeks of her arrival, and I have a waist again at 61, which was an unexpected bonus.

Bellyblueboy · 05/05/2025 19:07

Weight loss injections.

I hope to stay in them forever. I have lost three and a half stone and no longer spend all day everyday thinking about food, planning my next meal, arguing with myself over ho much I am allowed to eat, blaming myself for eating too much.

Notsuchafattynow · 05/05/2025 19:09

WL injections
Lazer hair removal
Botox
Filler
Hair analysis

Finally comfortable in my own skin at 55. (And a hairless size 10!)

ThatHappyPanda · 05/05/2025 19:10

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namechangenelly1 · 05/05/2025 19:13

LillyPJ · 05/05/2025 07:33

Doing a degree at 40 and retraining to go into a job with a pension. Retired at 57 and so grateful to have invested time and energy into those years. Well worth it.

What did you do your degree in?

LillyPJ · 05/05/2025 19:22

namechangenelly1 · 05/05/2025 19:13

What did you do your degree in?

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English. It was always my favourite subject but I didn't get the right grades at A level to get into an English degree then. I'm glad now - I got much more out of my degree as a mature student and didn't have the same distractions as the youngsters.

Popadomorbread · 05/05/2025 19:24

A divorce!

comoatoupeira · 05/05/2025 19:27

What I don't like about the idea of laser hair removal is actually killing something on my body ... can anyone argue against?

ZeldaFighter · 05/05/2025 19:31

crystalize · 05/05/2025 06:26

Doing pilates at home on YouTube. At 55 I never thought i could get so toned and fit... Ive got strong abs now and toned arms! It helps to ease my achy back and stiffness. I used to go the the gym but for me, pilates beats it hands down for results.

I do Pilates once a week and have for several years. I'm assuming you found doing it everyday made a big difference? Thank you x

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