What do you want to achieve in 2015?

Historybuff

I'd like to have an emergency fund saved of at least £1000 and a Christmas fund saved of at least £365. I'd also like to be paying off around £6500 of debt mountain.
On the home front, I'd like my downstairs decorating and furnishing to be finished, my upstairs craft/ workshop organised and usable and my garden pleasant to sit in in the warm weather.
Happy New Year and good luck to all. HB

Laconic

I have studenty ambitions:

1. To submit at least one original paper for publication
2. To attend at least one (preferably two) international conference
3. To be able to hike 10 miles
4. To pay off my student loan
5. To save min. 5k
6. To join and stick with at least one (preferably two) societies. I'm too much a homebody/labmonkey
7. To finally learn how to dress fashionably!

Laconic

sexyshark wrote: »

oh yes 1 to add to mine and i am ashamed to admit it I need to lose 124lbs


yes 124lbs

Hang in there. I'm not far behind you in this regard!

girlsmum

I am to clear my debt in total..and start saving

Teacher2

In 2015 I would like to:-

-be nicer to others
-lose the 2lb I put on over Christmas
-keep saving for my husband's retirement
-help my children in starting their independent lives which means persuading one to think seriously about the future and help the other save for a house deposit
-phone my mum more frequently

claire1a

Happy new year everyone! I'd like to join this post too if that's okay (and actually keep posting!)

I have had a pretty awful last few years so i'm hoping 2015 is the year for me. I'm going to be turning the big 30 this year so need to get my life sorted for the better as i'm fed up with living a half life. Here to no more worrying about ex relationships, money worries and low self exteem.

So my goal are;

1. Pay off all Debts and stay debt free (Currently have 2 CC debts on 0% so have spent the last year putting any payments into a savings account to pay off this year. One finishes in March and the other July. So collectively I have £1000 left to pay off)
2. Loose weight!!!!!! (I have two weddings in August and a holiday to florida in April (wanted to be out the country for my birthday) so NEED to loose at least 1 stone by April and 1/2 stone for August!)
3. De clutter the house.
4. Saver a nest Egg (one the debt is paid off. I really want 3 months wages in savings incase I loose my job. Feel I need to aim for one month by the end of 2015).
5. Be HAPPY
6. Stop spending to cheer myself up (stolen from someone else but I really relate to this)
7. EBAY as much as I can (relates to 3)
8. Eat out of my freezer and cupboards rather then buying more food!
9. Start spending my spare time crafting.
10. Be more social. ( I def do not go out enough at the moment and have turned into a recluse, unfortunatly my friends see no issue with spending £50 on a weekly night/meal out so I possibly need to find myself some new friends haha!)

Good luck to everyone on here and I hope we all reach our goals. I'm going to try and update weekly/monthly! xx

LeeThePlumber777

Newyorkdreams wrote: »

Hi Lee the Plumber - welcome aboard. It's great to have you here with us on this journey. I think your goals are fab, especially 4 and 5 - your time with your sons will be the most precious thing ever to them!


Come on here and ramble all you want - we will provide moral support all the way - we all need it!!


I might need some parenting advice from you and others soon enough!!


NYD x

Thanks for taking time to reply, appreciate it. Yes haven't got the best dad, well in fact he's not a dad at all and I will never treat my boys that way.

Anyway little update, I got offered the job I went for on Monday, and I start this coming Monday, so that's a good start to the year :beer:

Have my boys tonight, I coach the football team for my eldest, they're under 8s and tonight we have our first training session of the new year, so that should help to shift some of the turkey and pigs in blankets x

claire1a

COngratulations on the job LTP!!

LeeThePlumber777

Thanks Claire,

Going to be weird going to employed after working for myself for so long but it has to be done I'm afraid, makes life much easier to get my first mortgage

sophieo16

Could i join please!

My new years resolutions are:

1. Pay off my debt to family (£2200)
2. Build my emergency fund back up to at least £1000
3. Improve my grades at lead climbing (i rock climb as a hobby)
4. Climb outdoors
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)