Aims for 2009??

garrydh

What a great thread, and just in time as I've been mulling these over for the last few days. My goals for 2009 are:

1. Lose weight (ideally between 4 and 6 stone:eek:).
2. Think carefully before spending anything. Save as much as possible.
3. Make extra money where possible (selling old stuff, cashback, clicks, etc.). Proceeds to be used to pay off debt.
4. Move into a smaller and cheaper flat in July or August when my current lease ends.
5. Improve my career prospects through study and other means.

And most importantly:

6. Join any MSE forum challenges that tie up with these goals then monitor my progress and stay motivated by becoming more active in the forums in 2009.:beer:

So hopefully you'll be hearing more from me very soon!

Shoe_Gal

Good luck everybody!

Mine are:
1: Clear all the debts in my signature
2: Lose 2 stone

LilacPixie

thank you everyone.

I am absolutely pants with MSE challenges. I start off promising and then sort of fall by the wayside.

OliveOyl_2

Def. the right time for me to re-think my goals and aims, things have been sliding for a while
So for 2009:

• bring my DF date forward -dare I admit to wanting June???
• Clear the house/loft for when Popeye returns in 2010 with another house load of stuff
• Get the garden under control without resorting to paid help
• lose weight and get fitter
• finish writing a play....

Now it's written down.........

~evanesco~

1. Clear our debts, for real this time, no messing, no excuses, just do it.
2. Book our wedding, we we're supposed to do this with my Dad at the end of Jan, but he has the threat of redudancy hanging over his head, so it would be insensitive and selfish to push it. We're probably going to pospone it a year.
3. Stop smoking. We're going cold turkey Jan 1st. We smoke 25g tobacco a week, so not much really, £5 each.
4. Lose 18lbs. I've trying, not very hard, to lose this for ages, I did lose 14lbs, then put it back on again.

luxor4t

1. De-clutter (again!)in the hope that a tidy house = a tidy mind
2. Plan meals & remember my shopping list
3. Start a container garden for herbs & veggies
4. Create a capsule wardrobe to cut out sale bargain impulse buying
5. Keep proper track of all the money I've saved

Skippycat

- lose weight / do more exercise.
- earn extra money through selling stuff on-line, doing surveys and volunteering for out of hours helpline at work. I'm doing my first shift on the out of hours help line tonight and haven't had any calls so hopefully will be easy money on a regular basis!
- enter more competitions (I did really well last year and it would be nice to win a cash prize or hol this year).
- do another Open University course (and maybe see if I can get my employer to pay towards it again ).
- pay some extra money off my student loan (would like to get rid of this as soon as possible!)
- save money in my ISA on a monthly basis.
- watch my day to day spending and shop around for the best deals.

Good luck for 2009 everyone!

Bowski_1011

in 2009 I want to be debt free and more orgainsed! Thats the money side of things.
on the personal side of things.... I'd like to be celibate, only for the first half of the year though ...12 months would be taking it a bit far

clearmydebts

Great thread. Mine are:

1. Reduce the debt to under 10k (will just have 1 loan then)
2. Start a family
3. Start saving for a deposit for a house
4. Lose 1 stone (been promising to do this since last Xmas)
5. Continue with my part-time college course and do my best at it!

jill8beans2

I'm glad you revived this thread - I think it's a great one.

Mine are:

1. Get organized (again). Sell everything I own (decluttering).
2. Pay off credit card debt - save to buy a house.
3. Better focus my attention on building my jewelry business.
4. Live more healthily exercise more.
5. Live each day to it's fullest capacity.
6. Love and accept each person I meet without judgement or prejudice.
7. Give more time to myself.

2009 - and I'm feeling fine!!