20 20s for 2020

delta13

Update
1) Save 20x £20 notes
2) Save every 20p piece
3) Listen to 20 Audio books 2/20
4) Read 20 new-to-me books 1/20
5) At least 20 Vegetarian/ Vegan days a month January DONE
6) No alcohol for 20 days a month January DONE
7) Learn 20 new recipes 2/20
8) Visit 20 places in my city I haven't been before
9) Visit 20 places outside my city 3/20
10) Walk an extra 20 minutes everyday (this is so I exclude my commute from my step count)
11) Donate to charity 20 times 1/20
12) Earn £20 a month in surveys 1/12
13) Spend 20 days with family, excluding Christmas (I live away so normally only get a weekend with them every 6 weeks) 1/20
14) Go to 20 events e.g concerts, exhibitions, festivals 1/20
15) Play 20 board games/ puzzles 1/20
16) Hand-make 20 items e.g knitting a scarf/ socks, making birthday cards
17) Get rid of 20 items a month 0/12
18) Spend 20 minutes a day reflecting
19) Invest 20 minutes a day to my development
20) Cuddle/ play with the cat for 20 minutes a day January DONE


Some of these I'm going to find hard to meet I've realised, but I'm going to keep trying

PipneyJane

Afternoon All

I hope your challenges are treating you kindly. I don’t know where January went - how did it get to be February already?My list is:-

1. Knit 20 balls of yarn (that's between 3 & 5 jumpers worth). 3/20
2. 20 minutes a day learning French (via Duolingo and TinyCards)
3. 20 minutes exercise a day for 20 weeks.
4. Read 20 books
5. Try 20 new dinner recipes
6. 20 gardening sessions
7. Explore 20 new places 1/20 - the cathedral at Bayeux
8. Attend 20 "shows" (concerts/plays/films/BBC recordings) 1/20 - Frank Skinner’s current show
9. Do the 2020 Fashion On The Ration Challenge and keep within the coupon count 0/60
10. Phone family/friends to chat 20 times (I'm hopeless on the phone)
11. Lose 20lbs
12. Mend 20 items of clothing (yes, that includes sewing on buttons and taking up hems)
13. Declutter 20 items
14. Run 20 miles (but not all at once)
15. Save 20 x £20 out of my “allowance”(£400)
16. Make 20 site visits for work, earning mileage 20 times (it goes to the car fund). 11/20. This one is turning out to be too easy.
17. Write 20 blog posts (in 2019, I haven't managed one yet) 4/20
18. Log 10,000 steps on my Fitbit on 20 or more days (harder to do than it sounds). 1/20
19. Have a party in the summer and invite at least 20 friends
20. Watch at least 20 programs that have been on the DVR since 2018

As you can see, I’ve made a start. Wonder how I’ll do in February??


- Pip

Toonie

An update of part of my list. Printed out an A4 calendar to keep track of the daily things and then have others listed in a spare notebook.

Toonie wrote: »

1. Read 20 new (to me) books (2/20)
2. Read 20 “classic” books (1/20)
3. Listen to 20 new albums (3/20)
4. Watch 20 new (to me) films (3/20)
5. Attend 20 shows/events/gigs
6. Have 20 coffee/lunch/dinner dates with friends (1/20)
7. Spend 20 minutes a day doing something silly/fun (Jan-31/31)
8. Walk 20 miles per week (Jan average 25 miles per week)
9. Spend 20 minutes per day stretching/exercising (26/31 days-was ill for a bit)
10. Lose 20lb (4lb lost)
11. Declutter 20 items from each room (Living room done)
12. Sell on or gift 20 art/craft items I don’t use
13. Try 20 new recipes
14. Visit 20 interesting places
15. Save 20 20ps per fortnight (38 saved in Jan)
16. Make £20 per month from surveys/selling
17. Save £20 per month
18. Paint 20 new pictures
19. Practice drawing 20 minutes twice a week
20. Go out 20 times with my camera and take photographs

sams247

OK, come end Jan this is now where I'm at

Stick to all MSE challenges I have taken on (including saving 20ps)
Lose at least 20lbs this year 3/20
Donate 20 items to charity shop 9/20
Do 20 kind things for strangers 5/20
Join a gym and swim 20 lengths 0/20
Cook 20 things from new cook books 2/20
Cook 20 things from MSE recipe store 1/20
Visit 20 NT places 2/20
Visit (and use) local library 20 times 4/20
Have visit/treat days with family 20 times this year 4/20
Not eat out/grab a cake/have brunch/just pop in for lunch 20 times and save ££ 6/20
Dog sit/pet sit 20 days 4/20
Meditate 20 times (actually do it, not just plan to do it by listening to nice music….) 4/20
Reduce food bill by at least £20 £1/£20
Walk on 20 occasions instead of taking the car (10 mins walk to shop….I pop in car! Not good) 3/20
Put 20 £5 notes in my Terramundi 3/20
Print out 20 photo's 0/20
Make 20 Christmas/birthday cards 5/20
Swap a negative anxious thought for a positive good one 20 times (V important one for me) 8/20
Share 20 great moments with someone 6/20

Nathalia

Checking in again for the end of January. I am enjoying this so much! Already looking forward to 21 21s next year so I can steal some more of the fabby ideas I've seen here.

1. Read 20 books.
2. Meet friends for coffee 20 times. (8/20)
3. Walk 20 new footpaths. (8/20)
4. Find 20 virtual geocaches. (10/20)
5. Find 20 adventure lab geocaches. (20/20)
6. Go to 20 free events locally.
7. Have 20 days out. (1/20 - went down to London to see the Blake exhibition at Tate Britain. Marvellous! Although quite a lot of it...)
8. Declutter 20 difficult items. (1/20 - flatbed scanner to local recycling centre.)
9. Try 20 new cafes or restaurants. (4/20)
10. Go to 20 film/theatre/music/art events. (3/20)
11. Watch 20 classic films.
12. Watch 20 classic westerns.
13. Cook new vegetarian recipes 20 times.
14. Bake 20 times.
15. Lose 20 lbs.
16. Go swimming 2 x 20 times. (5 swims so 2.5/20)
17. Declutter 20 mugs.
18. Declutter 20 books!! (6/20)
19. Walk 2020 km. (in progress - I'll try to remember to check Fitbit at the end of March)
20. Unsubscribe from 20 emails. (15/20 - I get so few emails now that for a few days I wondered if Yahoo had broken :rotfl:)

Some of these goals, like the walking, days out and geocaching work well together which is a bonus. However, I can see that my cafe and coffee habit is not helping me lose 20 lb...

[Deleted User]

It's taken me a good few days to create my list but I finally completed it.
Most goals I have stolen from others but they do fit in nicely with how I want my future / life to be like.

1. Read 20 books
2. Try 20 new recipes
3. Do 20 (paid) days of overtime
4. Do 20 things to be more Eco
5. Do 2,020 miles on the excersise bike/ treadmill
6. Find 2,020 songs I love
7. Sell 20 unwanted items
8. Sell 20 handmade items / through store
9. Bake something new 20 times
10. Log 500 moves at the gym 220 times
11. 'tap' £3 for Bristol Homelessness 20 times
12. Save 20 of each coin type
13. Do 20 litter picks & recycle where possible
14. Declutter 20 items per month / Declutter areas 20 times
15. Create 220 posts on my blog
16. Attend 20 social events / activities or arrange social nights
17. 20 date nights with Hubby where I pay / set up
18. Visit 20 places in my city I haven't been before
19. Loose 20Ibs
20. Have 2,020 things on my Impassable list

DundeeDoll

Nathalia wrote: »

Checking in again for the end of January. I am enjoying this so much! Already looking forward to 21 21s next year so I can steal some more of the fabby ideas I've seen here..

me too :j
We're now a tenth of the way through the year and I thought i would check those still at zero - and see if they were still 'fun' or needed tweaking / changing. I loved the idea of 20 litter walks and had alrady done 2 in January, so have replaced 20 children's books with that as making slow progress on 20 book recommendations. I have replaced '20 special days' with '20 chick pea recipes' as was difficult to decide what counted as a special day. The zero bread making stays as does the mortgage repayment.

Read 20 recommended books: 1/20
2020 minutes in garden: 100/2020
Watch 20 classic films: 1/20
Listen to 20 symphonies: 3/20
20 ticketed events: 4/20
Visit 20 places of worship: 2/20
20 new tea shops: 1/20
Cook 20 soup recipes: 3/20
Try 20 different fish: 5/20
Try 20 flavours of ice-cream 4/20
Chick pea recipes: 0/20
Walk 2020 km: 313/2020
Litter walks: 2/20
Organise / do 20 jobs on the house: 5/20
Make 20 donations to the food bank: 1/20
20 eco changes: 4/20
20 academic submission: 4/20
Bake bread 20 times: 0/20
Declutter for 2020 minutes: 90/2020
Pay off £2020 on the mortgage: 0/2020

JuliaP

Morning All,
Have changed the technology I’m using and as a result the items on my 2020 listing have moved around, though they are currently still all the same. Update as at today:

- Visit 20 new places 2/20

- Buy no more than 20 things 4/20: 

Emma Bridgewater Joy Town mug

iPad Pro/Apple pencil

The Power of Now, Eckhart Tolle

Seasalt dress

- Write 20 letters

- Unsubscribe from 20 digital subscriptions 28/20

- 20 phone calls to friends/family

- Have 20 adventures 1/20

- Make 20 charity donations

- Reduce personal possessions by 20 4/20

- Spend 20 mins a week learning something new 5/52

- 20 days out with Mum 1/20

- 20 cinema visits 4/20: 

1917

Just Mercy

The Gentlemen

The Rhythm Section

- Swim 20 times

- Give 20 compliments 1/20

- Make 20 handcrafted items 3/20

- 20 date nights

- Save 20 £20 notes 3/20

- Do 20 good deeds/random acts of kindness 2/20

- Go on 20 walks 1/20

- Read 20 non fiction or Classics books 2/20: 

The Tao of Pooh (not 100% non fiction, but close enough for my purpose)

The Art of Effortless Lıvıng, Jason Gregory

- Lose 20lbs

I’m finding this a really useful way of staying focussed on the things I want to achieve. Still plenty to be done
JP

the_cross_rabbit

1) The hubbster and I will eat 20 veggie/vegan meals a month. 3/20
2) Come up with and implement 20 new eco ideas or upcycle. 1)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. 2) Went to a present swapping event. 3) Cut up a marked duvet cover to make rags. 4)Started having milk delivered twice a week. 5)Went to our local transition town event and got all our potatoes and onions instead of ordering through a big national company bonus no plastic. 6)Used Olio https://olioex.com/ its a waste food site,offered some tea bags that we didn't like, so instead of chucking them in the bin advetised them on the site and someone came and collected them. 7) Put an advetisment on freecycle as we have loads of children's coat hangers (been collected tomorrow). 8) Went to see the 2040 Regeneration film. 9)Bourght local products for the kids from our stay in Halifax 9/20

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.2/20
6) Try 20 new hobbies or groups.Joined postcards of kindness facebook group, if anybody is interested in joining https://www.facebook.com/groups/PostcardsOfKindness/?ref=bookmarks 1/20
7) All housework to cease at 20:20.9/29
8) Visit 20 new places. Visited St Aiden (rspb reserve), Halifax 2/20
9) Replace 20 car journeys with the bus/train/bike.2/20
10) Lose 20lbs.starting weight 10st 8lbs I appear to be going in the opposite direction
11)Declutter 20 items a week.100/1040
12) Donate 20 items a month to the food bank.10/20
13) Use the libary 20 times for book/dvd instead of buying them.4/20
14) Play 20 board games/games with the family.10/20 - kerplunk x2, turbo top trumps x3, mousetrap x2, cludeo, tutum lootum x2, card games x1 (evening)
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).2/20
18) Do 20 litter picks a month on my dog walks.0/20
19) Donate to 20 seperate charities (money or items).1)Donated 20 items to local dog rescue charity. 2)donated money to WWF koala protector. Web address if anybody is interested https://support.wwf.org.uk/koala-protector .3) Donated over 20 items to local hospice charity shop. 3/20
20) Have 20 minutes of meaningful me time per day.3/29
Hope everyone is enjoying their 20 20's
CRx

tinkerbelluk

Realise I've not updated in a while, but am slowly making progress through my list. I'm finding some far easier than others, but I'm hoping this is down to the weather and once things improve I can make a start on some of the more outdoor ones!

I must admit, I'm really enjoying this challenge as it's helping me focus on things that I want to do this year as well as helping with the things I've been putting off!  

I'm going to add in what I've done against each, for new ones done that week / month as I know some of us have a few of the same ones, so I thought it may help with ideas / suggestions for people.

Watch 20 new to me films / documentaries - 4 / 20 - Catching a killer - A diary from the grave, Don’t F**k with cats, Hail Satan, Killer Inside: The Mind of Aaron Hernandez

Read 20 books - 1 / 20 - Twas the nightshift before Christmas - Adam Kay 

Go for 20 walks over 30 mins - 0 / 20 

Make 20 new meals - 2 / 20 - Bibimbap (not nice, don't know if it was my recipe or what, but I didn't enjoy it at all!), Gnocchi - Was ok but nothing to write home about, again this could be down to the recipe I used.

Have 20 date nights - 1 / 20 - Weekend away with DH 

20 bike rides - 0 / 20 

Play 20 board games - 3 / 20 - Bank Attack, Queendomino, Camel Up 

20 meetings with friends or family - 2 / 20 

20 donations to charity / food bank - 1 / 20 - A box full of unused toiletries that I won't use 

Visit 20 places of interest / experiences - 0 / 20 

Save £2020 over the year - £489.75 / 2020 - Topcashback payout

Lose 20% of my body weight – 19.43% of goal 

Listen to 20 new albums on Spotify - 3 / 20 - The Heavy Entertainment Show – Robbie Williams, Divinely Uninspired To A Hellish Extent - Lewis Capaldi, Rumours - Fleetwood Mac 

Have 20 family days - 0 / 20 

Try 20 new things - 0 / 20 

Sell 20 things on ebay / booty sites - 0 / 20 

Do 20 jobs around the house (that I've been putting off) - 1 / 20 - Cleared out spare wardrobe

Spend 20 minutes a day clearing, cleaning, organising - 28 / 366 - A bit behind on this as I've not been feeling great the past week, so need to make up time this week!

Build 20 Lego sets - 0 / 20 

Spend 20 minutes per week organising photos - 0 / 20 

Focus for this week will be photo organising and catching up on clearing, cleaning and organising.  We also have a night out at a board game cafe this week so that'll help with the board games for sure :-)

Hope everyone else has a good week