New year's resolutions

katkin

Some great ideas in here - very inspirational

I've been having a good think and I'm goign to keep this year focused on a few things:

1) Be healthier and look after myself more.

2) Recycle even more more and reduce waste.

3) Keep on with the "spending less" - less consumerism in my life.


Thanks to OS and everyone here I'll do better I feel - many thanks to you all for your help :T:money::j:A:cool:

Brambleberry

Great thread folks! :beer:
I have found that long lists of resolutions don't work for me, so I thought I would go with one main resolution which is to finish tasks I start, but then I spotted dandy-candy's meal planning and remembered I really need to do that too!
So putting the two together into a mini-mantra, I have "Plan to finish" to keep me focused this year.

HornetSaver

Money saving wise, my three related ones are to plan my meals at least a week in advance, never buy a takeaway lunch at work, and never spend more than £3 in a shop unless holding a shopping list (obvious exception for petrol).

Non money wise I want to lose weight too, but given how atrocious my diet was in 2015 doing the things above will almost guarantee that.

Skint_yet_Again

I would like to be more laid back and worry less about things I cannot change


I would like to set up some longer term savings - I save each month for Christmas, birthdays house and car maintenance and bills but there is a big change coming in my job over the next 10 years so I need an escape plan


To achieve this I aim to stop buying takeaways in 2016. Each time I think I need a takeaway I will transfer the money into my savings account !


Saying that we are having KFC for tea

benbenandme

1. Save £6000 as part of the 2016 challenge
2. Not pay for any more carrier bags

gran3

BebBenandme, haven't seen you on here for ages, was it the DWF board you were on, didn't have debt but used it to keep you on track?

No a stalker, lol, but used to enjoy your posts.

benbenandme

Yep, the wanderer returns I have started a new diary on the dfw board, very impressed with your memory gran3

Frugal_life

My challenges for 2016 will be as follows:

Meal plan every week for the full year
Upgrade weekly takeaways to monthly meals out - will feel like more of a treat if I get to doll myself up
Try and shift a few lbs
Up cycle/ generally reuse as much as possible
Sleep more
Drink less
Deactivate my social media accounts and spend more time living rather than reading about how other people are living - I'm looking forward to this one
Save as much as possible

Towser

My challenges for 2016 will be as follows:

tidy the house
ebay one thing a day
cook vegetable meals
walk the dog twice
look after myself better
not buy so many clothes
only spending my disposable income in charity shops on quality not quantity

Sue_Chum

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Wish you a productive new year 2016.