20 20s for 2020

nannygladys

Making headway by starting first book, saving 4x1 coins and 3x50p coins, and hoping to have my first £20 grocery week, will know that on Tuesday night!
Nannyg

JuliaP

Update for first week in January, quite pleased so far, though not done all that I should (20 mins learning something new every week). I can always double another week up
1. Lose 20lbs
2. Read 20 non fiction/'Classics' books
3. Go on 20 walks
4. Do 20 good deeds/random acts of kindness
5. Save 20 £20 notes from personal funds 2/20
6. 20 date nights with OH
7. Visit 20 new places
8. Make 20 hand crafted items 1/20
9. Give 20 compliments 1/20
10. Swim 20 times
11. 20 cinema visits
12. 20 days out with Mum 1/20
13. Spend 20 mins a week learning about something new
14. Reduce personal possessions by 20 3/20
15. Make 20 charity donations
16. Have 20 adventures
17. 20 phone calls to friends/family
18. Unsubscribe from 20 digital subscriptions 8/20
19. Write 20 letters
20. Buy no more than 20 things (not including essentials :- food etc)

DundeeDoll

Doing well on the try 20 ice-cream flavours :P 3rd was yam flavour. I'm in Singapore (work trip) and decided to try something i'd be unlikely to find at home. i asked for sweetcorn (!) but (and i'm not entirely sure i'm sorry) they were right out of sweetcorn. So i went for yam - not unpleasant though rather bland. I am NOT trying durian cos even the smell makes me retch.

dolly84

1. Save 20 £20. 1/20
2. Go for 20 challenging walks (we walk a lot but I love to spend a Saturday doing 15-20 miles)
3. Drink 20 glasses of water each week 2/20
4. Run 20k each week (changed from miles due to time) 7.5/20k
5. Have 20 family days doing something different
6. Declutter 20 items per month 8/20
7. Plant/grow 20 new things - veg, flowers, shrubs, fruit trees
8. Try 20 new things, could be a recipe, a craft etc
9. Sell 20 things and donate the money to charity 2/20
10. Do 20 outstanding jobs on the house/garden
11. Read 20 new books
12. Watch 20 films I've never seen before 2/20
13. Use 20 items from my make up stash 2/20
14. Do 20 litter picks
15. Refuse 20 things
16. Have 20 no spend weekends
17. Apply for 20 jobs
18. Unsubscribe from 20 emails 8/20
19. Lose 20lbs - this may be a bit much but I will see
20. Do 20 things outside of my comfort zone.


Struggling with the water, I knew I would do.

DundeeDoll

dolly84 wrote: »

Struggling with the water, I knew I would do.

thinking back to the OP does the thoughts of 20 glasses bring joy? If yes think why is it a struggle and what could make it more fun? If no joy I'd change it to something else (like 20 ice-cream flavours lol) DD still tweaking and loving every minute!

Prinzessilein

1. Lose 20 pounds (which will bring me to my own target of being a 'normal' weight...down from obese iii)...edit....a few pounds were 'added' over Christmas...the weight loss starts NOW!....5 1/2 pounds lost in first week!...mostly water I think!

2. Make 20 donations to charity

3. Write 20 letters (not eMails….handwritten...some older relatives like to get a 'real' letter)

4. Make 20 crafted items (embroidered cards...knitted hats/bags et.c)

5. Drink 20 glasses of water a week (not coffee/tea...not fizz...just good old, plain water....20 glasses a week is around 3 a day....coffee et.c will still be drunk, but in addition to the water, hoping to up my fluid intake)...well on track...3 glasses a day

6. Read 20 fiction books...new-to-me ones not rereading of old favourites....books and kindle will count

7. Read 20 non -fiction books...including some that have been on my bookshelf for some time!

8. Put 20 coins a week into my piggy bank.

9. Tell myself 20 times that I am beautiful! (Serious body issues here!!!)

10. Linked to number 9...I have been given the word 'beautiful' as my word for the year in Bible Journaling...I will journal 20 pages in my Bible on this word.

11. Donate/Give away 20 books (limited bookshelf space...and I suspect new books will be given for Christmas...this will clear up space!...20 over a year is less than 2 a month!)...edit to add...yes, new books DID appear and will be read as part of my challenge!

12. I will write 20 thankyou letters to companies - it is so easy to complain...if people do a good job they deserve praise!...emails will count...letters are better!

13.I will watch 20 'new' programmes on TV.....that are new to me...I tend to watch the same old stuff.....I will try some new things...maybe only one episode but it will give me a chance to see what the fuss is with some shows!....Forst 'new' show watched...'Dracula' on BBC....I watched most of the first episode, and really didn't enjoy it!

14. I will wear jewellery 20 times (I have a lovely little box with earrings and necklaces et.c...and I so rarely wear them...I sort of think I'll keep them for 'special' days...well, every day is special!!!

15. I will do 20x20 minutes of study...various topics...including the free OU modules.....this will need to rejigged...20x20 minutes will be done really quickly...currently enrolled on 5 OU free modules, almost ready to collect my first certificate

16. I will accept help from people 20 times with my disabilities...I am a right little tinker about overdoing things because I want to 'do it myself'...which is commendable, but I also need to accept my limitations!...I asked for help in putting up a picture - no way I was going to stand on a stool...not with my lack of balance!

17. I will write 20 pages (minimum!) ...I would love to commit to more, but need to be realistic...and maybe getting 20 done will inspire me to do over this! ( I have 2 books I am working on...one is non-fiction...almost finished...last chapter or so, and then need to do the reworking/rewrite of a few earlier bits, this is a personal project...the other is more exciting really...I have a novel in me.....more than one...and this one is telling me it wants to be written! something tells me that once I get going I will do rather more than 20 pages of this!!!)

18. I will write 20 pages with Mum...she is writing her life story...she dictates to me in German, I type it out for her on the laptop...we didn't get much done over the past few months!

19. Remove all size 20 (and larger) items from my wardrobe...I am NEVER going to fit into them again!...not sure if I have 20 items in the wardrobe...but will count those already in the charity bag! (charity shop was closed over Christmas so I haven't donated them yet!

20. "Earn" 20 Guide Badges ….I have 'earned' Accident Prevention...Friend to Deaf...and Interpreter (too easy really, I am a polyglot with fluent German!)

Update so far

boultdj

Update and a few alterations.

1. Meet new people 1/20
2. Try new foods 0/20
3. Walk's on a beach 0/20
4. Be 20lb lighter 0/20
5. Save £20 note's 1/20
6. learn 20 yoga moves 0/20
7. Do 20 Qigong video's 0/20
8. Save 20 £10 notes 0/20
9. 20 day's where the computer and phone are turned off at 10pm 0/20
10. Watch 20 new to me films 4/20
11. 20 day's of me being in bed for 11 pm 0/20
12. 20 weeks of £20 food shop 1/20
13. Buy local 20 times 1/20
14. Meditate 20 times 0/20
15. Try 20 new recipes 0/20
16. Declutter 20 items a month 0/20
17. Knit 20 items of clothing for me & OH 0/20
18. Lower blood pressure by 20 point's 0/20
19. Write for 20 minutes a day for 20 day's a month 0/20
20. 20 me treat's. 0/20

chocolatebum

plodding along slowly, kicking myself as i seen a book advertised the other day that looked really good but forgot to write down the name and now i can't remember it

1. Read 20 new books
2. 20 dates with OH
3. Declutter 20 items per month (JAN 3/20)
4. 20 cinema trips
5. Print and frame 20 pics
6. save 20 £20 notes
7. visit 20 new places
8. try 20 new recipes/foods
9. make £20 per month on surveys/selling (JAN £7.76)
10. lose 20% of body weight
11. 20 board game nights with children
12. 20 mins 'me' time each day for self-care (JAN 3/31)
13. 20 x 8,000 steps per month (changed this to 8000 steps as that is what my target is on fitbit) (Jan 1/20)
14. 2020 miles walked
15. 20% debt reduction
16. 20 family days out
17. Use historic Scotland membership 20 times
18. 3 x 20 mins working in garden every week
19. 3 x 20 mins each week working on bank of lesson ideas for starting teaching in august
20. 20 swims

Cottage_Economy

Morning all.

DundeeDoll wrote: »

I am NOT trying durian cos even the smell makes me retch.

You are not alone _pale_

So, another seven day update.

Have decided to change one of them. I had 'drop 20 bad habits' but realised that is too general to be useful so I decided to change it to 'work on changing a bad habit for 20 minutes a day'. That's much more realistic and doable.


20 minutes of French on 20 days of the month (6/20)
20 minutes journaling each morning (11/31)
Minimum 20 minutes tidying the garden on 20 days of the month (5/20)
20 x 45 minute workouts a month (3/20)
Lose 20lbs (1.6lbs a month) (0/20)
Read 20 classic fiction books (0/20)
Read 20 non-classic fiction books (2/20)
Read 20 personal development/career books (1/20)
Declutter 20 items a month (3/20)
Identify 20 medium to long-term life goals (26/20)
Spend 20 minutes a day working on my career in some way (3/21)
Say yes to 20 social activities this year (0/20)
Suggest 20 social activities this year (3/20)
Get involved at work 20 times this year (0/20)
Try 20 new recipes (1/20)
Work on changing a bad habit for 20 minutes a day
Finish 20 outstanding DIY jobs in the house (1/20)
See 20 performances/events (1/20)
Update blog 20 times a month (0/20)
Make unsolicited contact with others 20 times a month (2/20)

Karmacat

Karmacat wrote: »

7. 20 meetups with friends
8. 20 new eco ideas in house and garden.

Met up with a friend this week, though it wasn't my initiative, she was in my town on business, but its rare enough for it to count! And I just spontaneously took up an eco idea, which has been really irritating me, minor though it is. I went on a half price holiday last year, and ever since then I've been inundated with brochures. I meant to write to them, then realised they had a freefone number, so I've just phoned them. They *say* they've taken me off the mailing list, but it will take up to 28 days, things are already with the mailing house, some such blather. So its an achievement, kind of, but also a note so I can date when their promise was made.
Otherwise, I'm doing my accounts - thats plenty of a challenge to me