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Awesome April's NSD Challenge!

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This challenge is about setting yourself a weekly/monthly target of how many No Spend Days you would like to achieve during February. To join, just post your personal target and you are on your way!

Tips for the challenge:

1. Decide on a clear goal weekly or monthly of how many No Spend days you'd like to try and achieve.

2. It is fine to exclude necessary expenses eg petrol, groceries, pet food, etc, when it comes to deciding what is and isn't an NSD.

3. It does help to post every time you notch up an NSD ... it's easy to lose track! If you want to keep track of your NSDs in your MSEsignature, that can be really motivating too :)

4. It also helps to subscribe to the thread ... that way you get a daily email reminder so you don't lose motivation :)

5. NSDs are trickier than they seem and easily derailed. It makes the challenge much easier if you notch up as many as you can in the first half of the month.


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  • cathybird
    cathybird Posts: 15,581 Forumite
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    edited 7 April 2020 at 9:20AM
    April targets

    bloomfelt 20

    Butti 20
    cathybird 15
    delta13 20
    doingitanyway 16
    Dottles1 20
    Honeysucklelou2 11
    jammy dodger 18
    karenccs67 18
    kathy40uk 18
    MoneysavingmadGem 15
    Money Choices 15
    Optimistic Saver 25
    shopaholicnumber1 25
    short_bird 15
    SuperSavingD 20
    Thistimearound
    TrushTush 25
    Van_Girl 15

    ALL WELCOME TO JOIN!

  • Hi cathybird - sorry I dropped off the chart in March. I'd love to rejoin for April, please - with an ambitious target of 25/30 please. I hope you are keeping safe and well. 
    From Jan 25:
    4,419.92-1,957.50
    4,538-3,260
    3,240.18-3,240.18
    BL 1,900-1,120
    Total: 12,182.91-9,577.68
    🏆 ⬇️ by £2,605.23

    NSD July 4/18
    #58 1p: 226.97/667.95 212/365
    #18 52: 1,063.89/1,378 27/52
    #32 Make 2025: 941.31/2,025
    #20 12k: 5,146.79/5,000

    Vin 86.50
    YG YL 100
    Prol SB 311.81
    Bank 364.32
    Quid 100.03
    Ched 49.77
    Snap 20
    Books 4.02

    Monzo 2,232.17
    TSB 700/2,700
    FD 1,100/3,500
    Atom 200
    Prin 600/1,224.74
    Invest 314.62
    🏆 ⬆️ Total: £5,146.79

    Trading: £175.64
    Mortgage: £58,471.88
  • cathybird
    cathybird Posts: 15,581 Forumite
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    edited 31 March 2020 at 11:18AM
    Hi cathybird - sorry I dropped off the chart in March. I'd love to rejoin for April, please - with an ambitious target of 25/30 please. I hope you are keeping safe and well. 
    Optimistic Saver, so great to hear from you! I've added you to the list
  • karenccs67
    karenccs67 Posts: 1,088 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Debt-free and Proud!
    Where are the moving emojis?
    ***Dont save what is left after spending, spend what is left after saving***
  • cathybird
    cathybird Posts: 15,581 Forumite
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    edited 31 March 2020 at 1:23PM
    Where are the moving emojis?
    I've split the opening post into two - post one explains the challenge and lists the emojis, and post two has the targets. I edit the targets as the challenge goes on and I don't edit the opening post/emojis at all, so it just seemed a bit simpler.

  • bloomfelt
    bloomfelt Posts: 507 Forumite
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    Thank you for the new thread Cathybird. Please can i go for 20 again i need to aim high to keep me from impulsive buys in my boredom
    January NSD8/10
  • cathybird
    cathybird Posts: 15,581 Forumite
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    bloomfelt said:
    Thank you for the new thread Cathybird. Please can i go for 20 again i need to aim high to keep me from impulsive buys in my boredom
    Thanks bloomfelt, have added you to the list :smile:
  • doingitanyway
    doingitanyway Posts: 9,861 Forumite
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    1/16 for me today please cathybird. Thank you for running this again :)
    If you have built castles in the air, your work should not be lost; that is where they should be. Now put the foundations under them

    Emergency fund 0/1000
    Buffer fund 0/100
    Debt March -1,119 (April) -889 (April) -498 (April) -378 (May) -875 July (190)
  • cathybird
    cathybird Posts: 15,581 Forumite
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    Morning doingitanyway :) Definitely 1/10 for me today.
  • cathybird
    cathybird Posts: 15,581 Forumite
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    edited 7 April 2020 at 9:22AM
    April targets

    bloomfelt 20

    Butti 20
    cathybird 15
    delta13 20
    doingitanyway 16
    Dottles1 20
    Honeysucklelou2 11
    jammy dodger 18
    karenccs67 18
    kathy40uk 18
    MoneysavingmadGem 15
    Money Choices 15
    Optimistic Saver 25
    shopaholicnumber1 25
    short_bird 15
    SuperSavingD 20
    TrushTush 25
    Van_Girl 15

    ALL WELCOME TO JOIN!

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