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My 10 Day Challenge
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Cool idea! My husband's away next week as well, so I'll have a think and try and come up with five for me, if you don't mind me joining in?0
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OK, Mr Minx has been waved off Manchester-wards and here's my list:
1) Do 50 eBay listings for clearance stock for my business
2) Write 5 blog posts for the business blog
3) Re-price and re-list 5 types of gemstone bead
4) Declutter 50 items (including getting Merlin's old saddle up for sale - even if it doesn't go this week, I'm counting it as 1!)
5) Get 25 more items (5 a day) listed in my Etsy shop
That's quite ambitious, compared with what I normally get through in a week, so I'll see how I go....0 -
Today's progress - not brilliant, but Mondays are always my busy day for posting out orders (that's my excuse and I'm sticking to it
)cazmanian_minx wrote: »1) Do 50 eBay listings for clearance stock for my business 11 done
2) Write 5 blog posts for the business blog 1 done
3) Re-price and re-list 5 types of gemstone bead not started
4) Declutter 50 items (including getting Merlin's old saddle up for sale - even if it doesn't go this week, I'm counting it as 1!) found the saddle cover!
5) Get 25 more items (5 a day) listed in my Etsy shop not started0 -
cazmanian_minx wrote: »OK, Mr Minx has been waved off Manchester-wards and here's my list:
1) Do 50 eBay listings for clearance stock for my business
2) Write 5 blog posts for the business blog
3) Re-price and re-list 5 types of gemstone bead
4) Declutter 50 items (including getting Merlin's old saddle up for sale - even if it doesn't go this week, I'm counting it as 1!)
5) Get 25 more items (5 a day) listed in my Etsy shop
That's quite ambitious, compared with what I normally get through in a week, so I'll see how I go....
Welcome Caz - and well done on your progress. :TMortgage - £2338.07 paid off Feb 2023 BTL 1 £51,089.10 £35789.36 paid off July 2025 BTL 2 £81,504.52 BTL 3 £77,497.020 -
Update for 1st day of challenge - 21st Oct:-craftingmad wrote: »
1. Make 100 items (these can be for me to sell at craft fairs, Christmas presents, cards for people etc). 9 Lipbalm crackers made
9/100
2. Book 10 Craft Fairs / Events / Parties etc for me to sell my handmade items or facepaint /tattoo. None booked
0/10
3. Earn 1000 nectar points. 63 earnt watching adpoints
63/1000
4. Win 1000 stars on Woohoo Free BIngo. 34 bronze, 8 silver & 3 gold won
45/1000
5. 5 x NSD's NSD yesterday :j 1/5
6. Earn / Save £100 in these 10 days Sold some more left over Avon for £20 :j £20/£100
7. Earn 1000 Swagbucks 25 earnt - kept getting disqualified from surveys :mad: 25/1000
8. Find 10 things and put them on Facebook Selling pages/ Ebay None found today
0/10
9. Enter 100 competitions None entered as didn't get time
0/100
10. Promote either of businesses on Facebook each day for 10 days Done - asked friends to like page and recommend to their friends - extra 5 likes received
1/10
Not a bad start but I would have liked better
Mortgage - £2338.07 paid off Feb 2023 BTL 1 £51,089.10 £35789.36 paid off July 2025 BTL 2 £81,504.52 BTL 3 £77,497.020 -
This is such a good idea!! Can I join in?2019 Aim: Save £10,000
Don't sacrifice what you want most for what you want now0 -
Of course you can ladymay - the more the merrier xxMortgage - £2338.07 paid off Feb 2023 BTL 1 £51,089.10 £35789.36 paid off July 2025 BTL 2 £81,504.52 BTL 3 £77,497.020
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Hey, is it okay to join too?
My eve's are pretty boring and I need motivation to make things
(sew & card making)!
Joined woohoo bingo today too. What's swagbucks? Also where do you find the comps to enter?
Thanks
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Today's progress (Great British Bake Off final means I'm not going to do any more tonight, I don't think!!)
1) Do 50 eBay listings for clearance stock for my business - now up to 17
2) Write 5 blog posts for the business blog - no progress today, still 1/5
3) Re-price and re-list 5 types of gemstone bead - not started
4) Declutter 50 items (including getting Merlin's old saddle up for sale - even if it doesn't go this week, I'm counting it as 1!) - three pairs of holey pyjamas and my two favourite fleeces (sniff - but they're about 18 years old, threadbare and have holes in) off to the recycling 5/50
5) Get 25 more items (5 a day) listed in my Etsy shop not started0 -
Thanks craftingmad! I'll have a think tomorrow, definitely got some things I can pop on ebay to sell and a lot to sort out before I move for work.2019 Aim: Save £10,000
Don't sacrifice what you want most for what you want now0
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