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10 positive steps a day Challenge! - November

Welcome to the November positive steps challenge :)

Hello again to all who joined me before and of course to anyone interested in joining us this month!

For any Newbies to the thread:

I started this challenge in September so its pretty new but we have achieved a lot already :)

Joining MSE for me has changed my view of my debts and turned paying them off into a fun game rather than a huge uphill struggle - and i have met some good new friends as well.

If you are new to the challenge here is my intro info:

I decided to start this challenge as it is something that i find useful and i believe it could be used in many different ways - for example i am currently using it to try and increase my income and pay off my debts, however in the past i used the same principle to help me cope with my severe depression.....

Ok so these are the 'rules' of the challenge as i do it, however do feel free to modify them for yourself a little bit

The goal as i said is to increase my income and pay off my debts, so quite simply i attempt to take 10 positive steps a day to help me achieve this. As i personally need to stretch myself a bit for a challenge to be effective i also state that i have to do 10 UNIQUE things a day (that also means i don't get bored cos i'm a bit prone to that )

Some modifications could be doing 5 things a day, or even 1 if you feel you need to start slow. Or you could do 10 of the same things in a day but make each day have a unique theme ( I do like this one myself too!)

Last month we decided to include a :) reward chart and that worked well for us so i am including it again this month! You earn 1 :) for each day that you reach your own target, when you get to 10 :) they change into :D

We also sometimes have little mini challenges along the way too :)


I hope you will join us, enjoy the challenge ;)

Fairyclicks
Debt at Aug 2010 (LBM) £21,908.86, Debt Freeeeee Date 4th Nov 2013 :j:j:j Massive Thanks to the £10 per day thread :A Next goals:
Savings £1203.16/£10,000******Mortgage to Zero: £52,579.46 to go
Feb Earnings: £711.20/£500 March: £434.41/£500
Currently compiling an A-Z of earning sites and happy to share it ;)
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  • fairyclicks
    fairyclicks Posts: 3,884 Forumite
    Debt-free and Proud!
    edited 3 November 2011 at 10:58AM
    Everyone taking part in November

    Aesop - 10
    Dealwithdebtdot - 3
    ashleighsalem - 5
    hedgesparrow - 5
    Southern Sadie - 5
    katied - 5
    craftingmad - 5
    justamummy - 5
    suzitiger - 5
    georgiebrown0 - 5
    beccie - 5
    fairy - 10

    A very big warm fairy welcome to you all!! Lets make this is lovely :) thread again this month ;)
    Debt at Aug 2010 (LBM) £21,908.86, Debt Freeeeee Date 4th Nov 2013 :j:j:j Massive Thanks to the £10 per day thread :A Next goals:
    Savings £1203.16/£10,000******Mortgage to Zero: £52,579.46 to go
    Feb Earnings: £711.20/£500 March: £434.41/£500
    Currently compiling an A-Z of earning sites and happy to share it ;)
  • Aesop
    Aesop Posts: 23,773 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    I'm in again for 10 -not unique though. :)
  • Thank you for starting, the challenge and the thread fairy clicks...
    I'm in for 3 a day, not so much about upping my income though maybe.
    Pay off as much as you can in 2012 challenge No. 64: 328.75/2,500
  • Hello fairyclicks,
    can i join? I'd like to start with 5 if that's ok.
    thanks
    :xmastree::TDebt Free by Xmas '12 #100 5701/5701 100%:T :xmastree:

    :D2013 - OH's year to be debt free:D
  • just posting as I forgot to subscribe :o
    Pay off as much as you can in 2012 challenge No. 64: 328.75/2,500
  • Count me in. I need some motivation this month. I will aim for 5 a day - one of those being unique to give me a kick up the bum.
    Grocery Challenge £114.22/ £110
  • Hi fairyclicks,

    I'm a newbie wanting to join in :wave:

    I think I'll aim for 5 steps a day, but each one will be related to a different area of my life. So every day I'll try and do one thing to pay off debts and save money, one thing to keep fit, one thing for my family etc. Does that make sense?

    Sadie
    Save 12k in 2012: 0/12,000

    No guts, no glory!
  • -katied-
    -katied- Posts: 305 Forumite
    loved this can you count me in for 5 please:)
    :)£5 a day challenge april £338 /£150


  • fairyclicks
    fairyclicks Posts: 3,884 Forumite
    Debt-free and Proud!
    Wow hello everyone :wave: Think i should go AWOL more often :rotfl:

    A big warm welcome to all newbies and ummm oldies......ah no regulars sounds better :p

    I think this month i will try to do 10 positive things but maybe not all of them will be for earning.....not sure yet so will just play it by ear!

    I have managed a few things today, not sure how many yet:

    1. Went to my sewing class and got very little done :o poor ted is still headless
    2. Walked to the post office with my ebay parcels :D
    3. one poll - up to £12.50 today :)
    4. started knitting an elephant :rotfl:
    5. ohhh boosted swaggers up to 412 points - i'm aiming for another £5 this week on there ;)
    6. JPJ - no luck :(
    7. op cashback - now at £28.47
    8. woohoo still at 291 golds :(
    9. booked in 3 new MS assignments
    10. mysurvey up to 445


    :)
    Debt at Aug 2010 (LBM) £21,908.86, Debt Freeeeee Date 4th Nov 2013 :j:j:j Massive Thanks to the £10 per day thread :A Next goals:
    Savings £1203.16/£10,000******Mortgage to Zero: £52,579.46 to go
    Feb Earnings: £711.20/£500 March: £434.41/£500
    Currently compiling an A-Z of earning sites and happy to share it ;)
  • Aesop
    Aesop Posts: 23,773 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    edited 1 November 2011 at 11:13PM
    1, Market research tonight - £50 and free product :D

    2, JPJ

    3, Sun B!ngo

    4, X B!ngo

    5, e-rewards

    6, My surveys

    7, swagbucks tool bar :D

    8, Belvoir fruit farms

    9, mccain

    10. coffee clicking


    my first :)
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