What do you want to achieve in 2015?

sophieo16

My February Update on what i want to achieve in 2015:


1. Pay off my debt to family (£2800) - £1080 of this has been saved so far. I initially thought i owed £2200 but i forgot about another little bit. But i am slowly getting there with paying this debt off. I have now got a permanent job role and a bonus from the job I'm leaving so hopefully this will help pay a lump of it off more quickly :j

2. Build my emergency fund back up to at least £1000- This is now sitting at £306, but at the end of the month when i get paid as well as receiving my bonus I'm going to put every spare penny i have into this and a lump of my debt... i think i may even reach the £1000 :T

3. Improve my grades at lead climbing (i rock climb as a hobby) - As i said in my January post all I've done since New Year is climb indoors, and so my grades are coming along nicely

4. Climb outdoors- I had a trip to the lake District last weekend, and the hope was if the weather was nice enough id maybe be able to climb. instead we walked up Buttermere Haystacks. The weather was AMAZING. Best views whist eating some dinner at the Summit.

5. Start & finish the patchwork quilt my sister bought for me many christmases ago (my mam bought me a sewing machine for christmas, so no excuses) I picked up the quilt from my mams house as planned but haven't started this yet. I've been so busy on weekends. But thats no excuse! I will find time!

Well done everyone on making progress with your goals so far!

FlacosFloozie

Update time
1) Stay debt free
Paid another £142 off CC £350 interest free
2) Save 12k towards house deposit
3) Start investing for long term
Rereading Tim Hale's book and pondering...
4) Run 5k in 30 minutes
5) Run 10k without stopping
6) Run in an organised race
Dodgy back prevented any running this week
7) Keep on top of housework
Rather limited re above but managed to get the kitchen and laundry done
8) Declutter the house
Bag of clothes for charity shop.
9) Be more organised about life in general
Birthday card and present sent and arrived on time.
10) Be more sociable
11) Look more put together
12) Finish my course module
Written another 250 words on my assignment.
13) Start my next course module
14) Get my course log up to date
15) Have a holiday abroad


Hope everyone else is making progress.

Newyorkdreams

• Pay off 2 credit cards, 1 loan and £5,000 of debt. 2 credit cards paid off. :j1 loan to go this year (next week).
• Save £50 per month for emergency fund. £100 saved.
• Sort out mortgage. Instructed solicitor, leaving it in their hands for the time being.
• Finish Mini NYD nursery. COMPLETE! YAY!!
• Begin Mini NYD memory book (got the book, just need to start). Not started yet aiming for when I finish up on maternity leave (0.5 weeks)
• Go away for our first weekend/mini break/week as a family in October 2015 paid for by cash, not credit.
• Write business and marketing plan for life coaching business with clear milestones, to start in April 2016.
• Spend quality time with my daughter when on maternity leave, make an effort to go to classes, walks and activities and not dwell on things that don’t matter (as much) e.g losing weight and getting fit.
• Continue to support my dad 100%, research rehabilitation techniques and never give up hope. 3 chapters read.
• Read 4 more books that expand my thinking. Not yet.
• Read the influence blog and apply it to my professional life. Started an e-book on the topic and read 2 chapters so far.

NYD xxx

Stereochild

Stereochild wrote: »

My goals for 2015

1. Become debt free (Feb/Mar)
2. Save £3k into my full Emergency Fund
3. Stick to my budget Still not 100%
4. Lose 1 stone in weight Not going well :mad:
5. Read the books I have before buying more Working on this
6. Save £10k towards my house deposit £1,250
7. Write a letter every other month to my sponsor kids[/QUOTE Have written to all.

Newyorkdreams

Poop. I've been in hospital today with high BP (180/90!!). Was kept in for 5 hours for monitoring and allowed to go home but need to go back.


Mini NYD needs to hold on - only 2 more weeks!


x

in_need_of_direction

Take care missus and don't be worrying. Both mine came exactly two weeks early. Given one was 8 pounds 4 and the other was 7 pounds 11, I think this may have been a good thing.

[Deleted User]

Awe take care NYD.


Can't believe you are due in 2 weeks, its flown in.


Dxxx

theresamum2

Hi everyone hope you don't mind me joining my goals for 2015 are:

1.Pay my rent arrears off which will be paid of in about 2 weeks was at about 700 pound has took me a while but im down at £29.97 have been paying 15 pound a week of it now down to 10pound a week

2.Pay off my council tax arrears which are currently at £1480.41 i pay 45 pound a week of it but going to increase it to 50 pound a week when rent arrears are paid off i know its going to go back up in april with new tax year so we have to rearrange how much i will be paying.

3.Not to buy anything from brighthouse.

4. Hope get the house decorated.
Thats my goals for 2015

optimistic-mummy

hi, I found this thread a few days ago. I have finally caught up with the posts. well done everyone on what you have achieved so far. Please may I join you my goals are


1. save £1000 in emergency fund
2. raise £1000 for charity
3. start and finish decorating
4. save £8000 towards house deposit fund
5. live a more frugal life, be more money savvy
6. stick to budget
7. start college



Thankyou

Knit_Witch

1. Save at least £215 in my ISA (50p per day) - £24.50/£215
2. Save at least £215 in general savings (50p per day) - £24.50/£215
3. Pay off at least £1k (£85 per month) - £180/£1000
4. Read 215 books (4 per week) – 26/215
5. Read first 10 Kathy Reichs books – 4/10
6. Finish 2 colours on tapestry (at least!) - 0/2
7. Stitch the Winnie the Pooh year – 0/13
8. Knit 12 squares – 2/12
9. Knit at least another 10 rows on the sweater – done!
10. Learn Welsh
11. Lose 12 pounds in weight – 4.4/12
12. Wear make-up 52 times – 8/52
13. Do 4 recipes from cookbooks not used before – 3/4
14. Do 13 new recipes – 6/13
15. Make some mead