NST June 2019 - Ninja powers

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Just Unleash Ninja Energy


June is about a laser focus.

With superpowers.

And an eye mask so that no-one recognises you in the street.

And a cape.

And a wand if you want one.

Minimise vs maximise.

Choose your focus and be relentless in pursuing it.

Minimise:
-bills (change provider, reduce your usage)
-car usage (can you walk/bike the journey instead?)
-clutter (Marie Kondo isn’t popular for no reason)
-plastic (‘nuff said)
-screen time (you’ll sleep better, get more done, be more sociable…)
-spending (why else are we here?)
-toxic situations and people (set yourself free from their entangling tentacles)
-unloved items (someone else can love them instead)
-unnecessary spends (well, we’re on a money saving site, aren’t we?)
-wants ( at heart, we are simple folk who don’t need much)
-waste – food and other (don’t throw your hard-earned money down the drain. Or in to the bin)


Maximise:
-dreams (dream big)
-education: learn to do something new (from plumbing to breakdancing)
-fruit and veg intake (we know the health benefits)
-fun + laughter (so important!)
-generosity (donate, give, help others)
-getting niggly jobs done (then they can stop bugging you)
-health (don’t pay for health issues later in life – be healthy now!)
-inner ninja superpowers (we all have them. Dust down the cape)
-meal planning (less waste, less shopping, less stress, less temptation to nip to the shops)
-moving more (goes with health. Get shifting that booty)
-pennies (they are powerful. Treasure them)
-time with those you love (you can’t do this once they’re gone. Make the most of them now)

• The challenge runs for all of June from the first to the last.
• You will have 15 NSDs.
• You will pay to your debts/savings first and live off the rest.
• You will budget to the last penny.
• You will choose your personal focuses (foci?) and let us know how you are getting on. We love daily posts, if you can.

Who is with me?

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Reserved for ninjas:


1 apple muncher
2 Calling14
3 thriftylass
4 Kerry Woman
5 Shrewbie
6 laurenh1
7 Toni'sfriend - lycra-clad chief cheerleader
8 misstara
9 greent
10 shabbychic12
11 Deni debt-free dreamer
12 sashanut
13 mothernerd - July ninja
14 Fmess
15 XSpender
16 crazy_cat_lady
17 dolly84
18 f0xh0les
19 chocolatelover93
20 lindez
21 Dottydaisy
22 bizzie
23 abbi_aurelia
24 indigowarrior
24 SpekySquarehead
25 cuddlymarm

Calling14

Count me in. Thanks apple muncher for the challenge.

thriftylass

Can I join again please. Yes, yet again. But I ain't giving up on these challenges yet. I'm in a better place mentally and hope to crack it this month. Thanks Apple Muncher

O definitely have multiple foci

Minimise:
-bills (just double checked)
-car usage (once DD starts school will cycle more)
-clutter (no buying new clothes for till debt is paid off/xmas....)
-plastic (making a conscious effort like no more sandwich bags but reusable Tupperware, no more clingfilm but silicon lids, no more little yogurt pots but big ones and take some in a reusable jar to work etc etc)
-screen time (meditate before sleep or read)
-waste – food and other (better meal planning etc)


Maximise:
-dreams (wrote them down in my gratitude journal and read them every day)
-education: learn to do something new (once my morning routine is more settled will freshen up my Russian (only language where I wouldn't have to start from scratch, but for some reason quite fancy Norwegian too) or start a book keeping course)
-getting niggly jobs done (one every week on the to do list)
-health (training for races again and enjoying it, side effect, finally cutting down on drinking etc. more)
-time with those you love (and time for yourself, critical for me)

Kerry_Woman

Can I please join for June? Thanks.

Shrewbie

I love it, apple thank you. Especially the learning something new, valuing the people you love, oh and avoiding toxic situations!! Very good nuggets of truth there. I'm in x

laurenh1

Me please lovely xx

Toni'sfriend

Brilliant challenge, Apple. I'm away for the first three weeks in June so I'll cheer from the sidelines. I still can't post on my IPad but I'll catch up when I get back.

misstara

Please count me in apple, disappeared in May but hope June will be better

greent

Oooh - I'd love to be a June Ninja, please, apple!!

shabbychic12

Please count me in x. l cannot believe we are half way through the year, where has the time gone? xx