NST: August Adventures

apple_muncher

NST: August 2019
August Adventures
Jobs fill your pocket but adventures fill your soul.

New Month.
New Mindset.
New Focus.
New Intentions.
New Results.

The first step towards getting somewhere is to decide that you are not going to stay where you are.

J. P. Morgan

A good life is when you assume nothing, do more, need less, smile often, dream big, laugh a lot and realize how blessed you are.


Adventurising. I'm shamelessly nicking this idea from mothernerd's July challenge. Get out and about. Explore. Do new things. Eat new things. Wear different clothes. Listen to different music. Thrill your soul.
Unplug. From tech for an hour before bed. From mindless interweb browsing. From gawping at the gogglebox. From toxic people in your life.
Generosity. Let this be a quality where you excel. Donate items to charity. Support your local foodbank. Give your time to people who need it. Volunteer. Smile at people.
Ugly and Useless. Again lifted from July. Let ugly and useless items (sorry, but not people!) have no place in your life or your home. For someone else they may be beautiful and useful. Let them go!
Spontaneity is the best kind of adventure. Give it a go!
Think long term. Finances, obviously, are key to the NST challenges. Do things that your future self will be grateful to you for. Health - look after your health now or pay for it later. This is physical health, mental health, spiritual health. Do what you need to do for yourself.


Some rules:

• The challenge runs for the month of August. It is a funny month with school hols, returning to school in some areas, exam results, or simply work, work, work.
  
• Pay to your debt/mortgage/savings first and live off the remainder.
• Budget for the month - look at all your outgoings and plans. If you do not have enough money to cover it all, then cut back.
• Take your lunch to work; take drinks and snacks when you go out; take picnics. Eat your own yummy food rather than pay through the nose for bland unpalatable fare.
• Aim for 15 NSDs (keep one if you only buy reduced goods, or medication, or fuel). If you have random things to pay for, look ahead to see how much this should cost this month and put that money aside, ready.

Who is up for August Adventurising with me? No pith hat or khaki drills necessary...

apple_muncher

August Adventurers:


1 apple muncher
2 Kerty Woman
3 Deni debt-free dreamer
4 mothernerd
5 sashanut
6 dolly84
7 Toni'sfriend
8 Calling14
9 f0xh0les
10 fmess
11 crazy_cat_lady
12 Karmacat
13 SSDD23
14 nannygladys
15 PhoeniX
16 Shrewbie
17 shabbychic12
18 Dottydaisy

Kerry_Woman

Can you please add me. Thanks.

Deni_debt-free_dreamer

Me please apple ! I have some time off in August and am going to stay at my sister's house in East Anglia where I grew up and am looking forward to visiting places I haven't been to for 30+ years. We will take lots of picnics and have lots of walks by the sea. Thank you for running the thread, it sounds great
Dx

mothernerd

Wonderful challenge apple. Sign me up please

sashanut

Hi there:j

Count me in please, Apple

dolly84

I'm in apple. Thanks for running August. I am away for a few days at the beginning of August and a few days in the middle so will be missing for a bit of it.

Toni'sfriend

Me too please, Apple.

Calling14

Can the new me join please?



Adventure is out there:j:j:j

f0xh0les

Me please Apple, I will have to duck out from 5th - 15th and I am going to look into a sneaky YHA weekend after the exam results come out at the end of the month before school goes back. I need one pair of school shoes but the rest is all sorted, so I can abandon ship anytime up until school starts back on 29th.

Fmess

Count me in please