Resolutions: Return to this thread December 2017

katsoocam

I will get into our new house without having a nervous breakdown or a major fight with my husband.I will spend time on my hobbies.
We will get out of our overdrafts - we aren't in them at the moment but despite best efforts I think we will be for a couple of months in the summer after we move.
I will work on my work/life balance.
We will grow more of our own food - it went really well last year so fingers crossed we do ok again.

ElusiveLucy

- Lose a stone for my holiday at the start of May and keep it off until the end of the year
- Run 5k (I am not a natural runner by any stretch of the imagination!)
- Get my living room/stairs/landing re-decorated (been meaning to do this for the last 3 years)
- Get new carpets throughout (dependent on decorating being finished)
- Get my downstairs loo refurbed (I have lived with a pistachio green suite since I moved in 15 years ago. It took me 13 years to get the beige bathroom done, so now it is the cloakroom's turn)
- Clear out my wardrobes (did make a start on that but then stalled)
- List unused electronics and other items on eBay

mcmanlyn

Okay here's mine (Love this idea!!):

- Lose 3 stone
- Have enough savings to begin looking for our first house
- Exercise regularly & actually feel fit & healthy enough to run for a bus
- Make it through the run up to wedding in October without becoming a basket case...
- Join some meet up groups & reconnect with friends to have an actual social circle!
- Clear all credit cards
- Visit parents more than once a month
- Stop buying clothes that I 'might fit into one day'
- Stop being a slob that makes clothes live on the spare room floor

belfastgirl23

Just bumping this thread in case anyone wants to check in on their goals while it’s not too late to do something about them!

onomatopoeia99

onomatopoeia99 wrote: »

Piano lessons is the plan. Was going to start in November this year, but that never happened.

And still hasn't, though I've had some problems to deal with this year.

166million

Will there be a new thread for 2018? I don't think I posted on this one but it's good idea

Barny1979

Barny1979 wrote: »

Aims for 2017:
- Cut down my drinking of alcohol
- Cut down my drinking of Coke Zero/Pepsi Max
- Try to get to near 50 Parkruns, currently on 4
- Do a Half-marathon!!!

- cut down reasonably on alcohol
- did well on fizzy drinks for first two/three months, but slipped into habit again
- up to 40 parkruns last Saturday
- did the Great North Run in September, got a charity place in the London Marathon for next year.

System

xXMessedUpXx wrote: »

Seeing as i never managed any of last year i'm going to keep it simple.

1)Pay off at least £1000 of my overdraft. I'd like to think i'll get it all paid off, but i want to keep this manageable. Ok hands up i didn;t manage this. i ended up borrowing money off the bf that im paying back and as soon as thats gone i will beat this goddamn overdraft its taken me a year to realise where i was going wrong but i have a plan now

2)I need to cut back on alcohol. I've developed a small problem with drinking when i'm at mine and i need to try and curb it. So for now lets say i can only drink 1 night a week. And i hope to stick to that (with the goal of drinking less as the year goes on) I did manage to cut back, still having the odd night but not on work nights and only a few drinks

3)well january marks 2 years since i last self harmed so ideally i'd like t make it through another year without resorting to old habits. :j this one im proud to say i've managed 3 years free in january and i'll be adding another butterfly to my leg

4) Be more honest about my mental health and instead of putting it off always seek help when i need it even if i feel i'm being stupid about it. I;ve not seen my GP many times when i really should have done and i need to get past that shame and accept help when i need it. I've actually done this, tried to get re reffered to mental healthteam but didnt meet criteria. BUT i;ve done a 7 week managing depression group and i'm down for the bipolar one next year so i feel i have made some progress and got some better coping mechanisms

2 1/2 out of 4 i think better than last year (ALSO I LOVE THE IDEA OF THIS THREAD!!!)

Gavin83

Gavin83 wrote: »

1) Lose a little weight, 8 pounds should do it
2) Get back into running again
3) Pay off a little debt and get some proper savings
4) Improve my career in some way, be it a promotion, payrise or move
5) Pass my MCSA
6) I have another which will remain secret for now, but I'll say if I did it or not at the end of the year.

1) I lost weight but not 8 pounds, so I consider this one partly achieved.
2) Not even close.
3) I did both of these and have started saving for a house so consider this one successful.
4) I’ve improved my salary by about 30% this year so I’ll consider this as done too.
5) I passed my MCSA fairly early in the year having passed each exam first time so I smashed this one.
6) My secret one was to get engaged. I proposed to my girlfriend, she said yes so this one has been completed too. We’re due to get married next year.

Overall a pretty successful year, 4.5 out of 6 ain’t bad!

uberalles

^^^^^^^^^

Well done and congratulations to you both.
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I never did complete this for 2017 as I was ashamed of meeting few off of the 2016 list.

However I finally managed to complete mine this year for 2016 including selling my 'too big' house.

So mortgage free and funds in the bank, earning very little, retirement planning is in process, looking at the ripe old age of 53. Three years and 4 months to go.