20 20s for 2020

DundeeDoll

Prinzessilein wrote: »

Oh drat! I should have added 'smuggle myself into Dundeedoll's suitcase/trunk ' on my list (although I'd only need to do that once!!!!)

:rotfl: we were in the lobby with a harpist. all very civilised

tinkerbelluk

Hope you don't mind me joining (late to the party I know ) but after reading this thread I was inspired to actually get things done this year, rather than just thinking about them!. Also, after talking to DH and 2 DD's (8 & 10) this weekend, they are also now in the process of coming up with their own 20 20's :T

Anyway, I've already made a start on some of mine as I had some of them as goals for the year anyway, but here's the list as it stands today:

1. Watch 20 new to me films / documentaries - 1 / 20
2. Read 20 books - 1 / 20
3. Go for 20 walks over 30 mins
4. Make 20 new meals
5. Have 20 date nights
6. 20 bike rides
7. Play 20 board games - We love board games, but have built up a large selection of un-played games so the aim is to get through these before we look for any more! - 1 / 20
8. 20 meetings with friends or family - 1 / 20
9. 20 donations to charity / food bank
10. Visit 20 places of interest / experiences - Not going to count holidays / weekends away as 1 or I'll cheat and count our 2 1/2 week holiday as part of this :rotfl:
11. Save £2020 over the year
12. Lose 20% of my body weight – I've worked out what 20% equates to and I'm too embarrassed to say, so I'm working on percent of achieving that! I started 2 weeks ago and I'm currently at 19.43% of goal
13. Listen to 20 new albums on Spotify - I have a tendency to listen to the same things, or playlists so I may change this to podcasts as well as Albums (embarrassed to say I've never listened to a podcast!)
14. Have 20 family days - Again, won't count holidays as part of this
15. Try 20 new things
16. Sell 20 things on ebay / booty sites
17. Do 20 jobs around the house (that I've been putting off)
18. Spend 20 minutes a day clearing, cleaning, organising - Thought this would be easier to count in weeks - 1 / 52 (working on making up the days missed)
19. Build 20 Lego sets - We have a MASSIVE lego [STRIKE]addiction / problem / collection[/STRIKE] hobby and we have at least a hundred un-built sets :eek: not little ones either, so my goal is to actually build some of these, rather than keep on buying them!
20. Spend 20 minutes per day organising photos - I few years ago I had the idea of doing a photo book a year, but never got round to it. In a moment of madness I've committed and paid for the photo books for the past 10 years :eek: I've got 6 months to finish them, so I need to buckle down and make a start on this!

Hopefully we can all spur each other on to get things ticked off

ancientmum

radioles1408 wrote: »

That's my kind of water ancientmum!

A girl's got to have something to look forward to on a Saturday night!

Nos. (2) and (14) - I've not been doing so good on the walking/car use last week, 18.8miles walking and 25.6 miles in the car.

(3) 20 meat free dinners a month 10/20

(5) 20 swim etc a month 11/20 visits

(8) Read 20 books 2/20. The Handmaids Tale By Margaret Attwood and The Golden Egg by
Donna Leon

(9) Write 20 poems 1/20

I hope everyone else is ignoring Blue Monday. How rubbish to make us expect to feel sad on one particular day. The bluest thing here is the sky - it's a beautiful Sunny Monday.

the_cross_rabbit

1) The hubbster and I will eat 20 veggie/vegan meals a month. 10/20
2) Come up with and implement 20 new eco ideas.Saved a damaged chimenea that FIL was going to take to the tip. The hubbster mended the doors etc and is now in working order. Went to a present swapping event. Cut up a marked duvet cover to make rags. Started having milk delivered twice a week.4/20
3) Save 20 £20 notes. 1/20
4) Try 20 veggie/vegan new recipes.2/20
5) Say hello or have conversations with 20 random strangers a month.10/20
6) Try 20 new hobbies or groups.
7) All housework to cease at 20:20.20/31
8) Visit 20 new places.
9) Replace 20 car journeys with the bus/train/bike.2/20
10) Lose 20lbs.starting weight 10st 8lbs
11)Declutter 20 items a month.20/20
12) Donate 20 items a month to the food bank.20/20
13) Use the libary 20 times for book/dvd instead of buying them.4/20
14) Play 20 board games/games with the family.9/20 - kerplunk x2, turbo top trumps x2, mousetrap x2, cludeo, tutum lootum x2
15) Eat in the garden 20 times.
16) Plant 20 bee/butterfly/moth friendly plants. primroses (native), cowslips, ox-eyed daisy 8/20
17) Wear 20 items from my wardrobe that I didn't wear in 2019 (all those not worn by the end of 2020 to be donated to charity).
18) Do 20 litter picks a month on my dog walks.12/20
19) Donate to 20 seperate charities (money or items).Donated 20 items to local dog rescue charity/donated money to WWF koala protector. Web address if anybody is interested https://support.wwf.org.uk/koala-protector 2/20
20) Have 20 minutes of meaningful me time per day.10/31
Hope everyone is enjoying their 20 20's
CRx

Lurker1972

So a third of the way through the month and it seems everyone else is doing better than I am (and I don’t just mean at updating) but as this is not a completion for any of I’d just like to say good work to everyone....hope your progress is brightening your year!

No progress to report on the good cause cake consumption - have no idea what’s going wrong at work as there’s usually a bake sale every few weeks!

Unsubscribe is now at 10 of 20
Swims 1 of 20 (over 3 separate sessions I have to add)
Outs 1 of 20
Pamper me sessions 1 of 20
Vegetarian Choices 3 of 20

Need to check where we are with the walks and maybe readjust what counts, given that we are daily reserve dog walkers at present. I think it’s at 12 at least so far...

Possibly the most surprising to me is that I am also at 2 of 20 for £20. And they were real paper things, not just the virtual ones that I had predicted.

First food bank meal will happen this weekend as will combine it with a Tesco club card big shop voucher week.

Keep in the happy zone people of the internet

eandjsmum

eandjsmum wrote: »

11 Attend 20 Cultural events
12 20 no spend days.
13 20 no TV days
14 cook 20 new recipes
15 Drink 20 glasses of water a week
16 Tidy the kitchen before bed 20 times a month
17 20 Early nights
18 20 Alcohol free days a month
19 20 Days out on my own
20 20 mins a week logging activities.

I am logging this in my journal and have made a start.
Today I am wearing a Monsoon blouse instead of a t shirt.
I am cooking a new recipe tonight .
Yesterday i Weighed myself so have a starting weight. I also finished a piece of artwork, it just needs framing.
Tomorrow I have booked tickets for the Tate.

Lost 5lbs so far
still " shopping out of wardrobe"
on 3rd book this year .
Invested in water bottle
Cooked new recipes so far
Stayed off the alcohol during the week.
Have one craft project to unpick and start again. The second one is three quarters finished.
Brought flower and veg seeds Today and yesterday.
The TV days are not going so well.
The kitchen is getting tidyed.

CAFCGirl

CAFCGirl wrote: »

1.20 minutes 'healing work' per day (yoga, meditation, tai chi, reiki, hypnotherapy etc)
2. Listen to 20 podcasts per month
3.Grow 20 different vegetables on the allotment Garden now LOL
4.Do 20 different exercise routines/YT videos
5.Cook 20 new meals 3/20
6.Bake 20 new cakes/bakes 2/20 Chocolate Yoghurt cake and Cinnamon Scones
7.Read 20 physical books (Im a Kindle gal)
8.Donate 20 boxes/bags to charity Awaiting collection 15/20
9.Make 20 donations to foodbank
10.Grow 20 bunches of cut flowers on the allotment and give away
11.Loom knit 20 items 3/20
12. Visit 20 new outdoor spaces
13. Listen to 20 new albums 1/20 James Arthur's latest
14. Save 20 £20 notes 2/20
15. Have 20 no spend days per month Jan 15/20
16. Have 20 NO TECH days
17. Generate 20 new orders for my business 1/20
18. Make 20 clay Christmas decorations
19. 20 pieces of woodwork made
20.Watch 20 documentaries

Changed mine up ever so slightly.
Now to get them written down into my notebook and plan how I'm going to track and record them

Need to concentrate on the early ones a bit more :rotfl:

SIRENS

1. Save 20 20p per month 10/20
2. Complete 20 knitting projects 0/20
3. Donate 20 things to the food bank 1/20
4. Save 20 £20 pound notes (and not touch them til the end of the year!) 2/20
5. Try 20 new veggie recipes 1/20
6. Walk 10k steps 20 times a month 6/20
7. Watch 20 films I've never seen before 3/20
8. Do 20 house jobs (that I've been putting off). 0/20
9. Loose at least 20lb 7.5/20
10. Print and hang 20 new photos 0/20
11. Go for 20 walks 0/20
12. Sell 20 items on a selling site 0/20
13. Declutter 20 things 0/20
14. Read 20 books 0/20
15. Do 20 minutes of exercise a week (excluding steps) 0/20
16. Donate 20 books to charity shop 1/20
17. Save or spend £20 a month just for me 1/20
18. Spend 20 min a week on my journal 2/20
19. Try 20 new foods, be it sweet or savoury 1/20
20. Spend 20 minutes a day on me, be it a nice soak, knitting or anything else I fancy

Sorry have not been on since posting list, trying to get back into the swing of work and normal family schedules, I am struggling with a couple, again especially the outdoor ones.
Dundee doll if you're still in Singapore, the sweet corn ice cream is fairly nice, not that sweet though, my Mum is from Singapore, she still misses the food despite all the years she's been here!

Suffolk_lass

Lurker1972 wrote: »

So a third of the way through the month and it seems everyone else is doing better than I am (and I don’t just mean at updating) but as this is not a completion for any of I’d just like to say good work to everyone....hope your progress is brightening your year!

No progress to report on the good cause cake consumption - have no idea what’s going wrong at work as there’s usually a bake sale every few weeks!

Unsubscribe is now at 10 of 20
Swims 1 of 20 (over 3 separate sessions I have to add)
Outs 1 of 20
Pamper me sessions 1 of 20
Vegetarian Choices 3 of 20

Need to check where we are with the walks and maybe readjust what counts, given that we are daily reserve dog walkers at present. I think it’s at 12 at least so far...

Possibly the most surprising to me is that I am also at 2 of 20 for £20. And they were real paper things, not just the virtual ones that I had predicted.

First food bank meal will happen this weekend as will combine it with a Tesco club card big shop voucher week.

Keep in the happy zone people of the internet

Just a quick thank you from me Lurker1972 for starting this thread. I'm not sure you intended it to take off as it has but it's a great idea. I hope you don't feel it's been hijacked and are more like the proud parent, reflecting on your baby's achievements so far! :T

DundeeDoll

SIRENS wrote: »

Dundee doll if you're still in Singapore, the sweet corn ice cream is fairly nice, not that sweet though, my Mum is from Singapore, she still misses the food despite all the years she's been here!

sadly not. hope to go back one day.
Loving all the updates of everyone's progress and really appreciating people's eco challenges - when i added that one to my list i didn't have any thoughts about what they might be, so getting inspiration from you all.