21 things, 21 times in 2021

BadBookkeeper

Hi everyone, here’s my monthly update:

1. Save £5 x 21 and add the £105 to my emergency fund.
£20 saved
2. Lose 21 lbs
3. Sell 21 items on eBay / marketplace and use money towards DS party in December 
Desk sold for £30 & books sold via ziffit £5 £35 saved
4. 21 family days out 
5. 21 charitable donations
£10 made to local fundraiser to adapt living arrangements for local child.
6. Declutter 21 items
5 board games / Charity bag full of clothes / Water bottles/ Plates 
7. 21 home improvements 
pillows
8. 21 play dates for DS
9. Enter 21 competitons
Lotto / postcode lottery 
10. 21 movie nights 
Abominable / incredibles / Fantastic Mr Fox / Monsters Inc / Monsters University/ Terminal
11. Save 21 x £1 coins / 50p / 20p
20ps x 20 done
50p 0
£1 1
12. Bake 21 times 
Chocolate chip cookies / retro school tray bake
13. Take 21 family videos 
DS playing in the snow
14. Sort 21 areas / drawers / cupboards of the house
Laundry /freezer / fridge /food cupboard/ 4 drawers of dressing table /2 drawers of dressing table / top of ds wardrobe/ ds clothes
15. Pay off 21% of debt -
 £521.31 / £3016 paid
16. If buy something new / something has to go 21 times
17. 21 actions of self care
Dentist
18. 21 acts of kindness
passed on birthday balloon / passed on unwanted bottle of port / passed on unwanted toiletries / cheer up parcel sent to niece / bunch of daffodils left on friends & families doorsteps
19. Walk 21 miles per month
Jan 15.28 (need to carry forward 6 to Feb)
20. Reduce screen time to 21 hours a week (or less) for 21 weeks 
21. At least 21 small business purchases

aspella

January Progress Report:-
Monthly Challenge for January - No eating after 6pm (21/21) 

• Read and delete emails from 21 different websites a day
Unread emails gone from over 34000 to 28000s. Unsubscribed from 264 websites

• Enter competitions on 21 different websites per week
Upcirclebeauty, Lady, Radio X, My Random Musings (01/01), Really Missing Sleep, Mamma Prada, Sixty Plus Surfers, Radio Times, David Domoney, Box, Ryman, Delicious, Mummy of 3 Diaries (02/01), Surf4Prizes, Waterstones, Grow Fruit & Veg, World Tempus (03/01), A Few Favourite Things, A Moment With Franca, Android Authority, Entertainment Focus (04/01), The Oldie, My Weekly, Trip Fiction (08/01), Eastern Kicks, Tea India, Vegsoc, Critical Popcorn, Flickering Myth, Mums-Dads, Japan House London, Westons Cider, Deborah Stansil, HQ Stories, The Movie Waffler (09/01), Sykes Cottages, Silver Surfers (10/01), Sainsburys Magazine, Saltee, Layered Online, Sound Guys (11/01), The Outdoor Guide (12/01), Dairy Diary, AV Forums, Of Metal and Magic Publishing, Veg Soc, Blazing Minds, Female First, Dr Martens, Devon Life, Love It, The Healthy Back Bag, Scifi Now, Money Magpie, Beauty Bible, Gathered (16/01), Nkuku, L Occitane, Tracklements, Cherry Tree Preserves (17/01), Blueprint Review, How it Works, Trouva & Papier (18/01), The Insurance Emporium, Caution Spoilers, HQ Stories, (23/01) Balance, Capital Crime (24/01), Scarlett and Mustard, Doughlicious, RAF News, New Classics (25/01), Bloom and Wild (26/01), Scifi Bulletin, Stylecraft Yarns, Inside Soap, Critical Popcorn, Horror Cult Films, The Peoples Movies, UK Mums TV (27/01), Dogwoof, Marian Keyes, Orenda Books, Story Spark (28/01).

• List 21 items on Preloved per month - 31 listings in January.

• Complete 21 jigsaw puzzles - 500 pieces (1/21)

1. House of Puzzles - Regatta Day

• Complete 21 jigsaw puzzles - 1000 pieces (6/21)

1. Gibsons - Seacove Village
2. House of Puzzles - Retro Rosie's
3. Corner Piece - Village Wedding
4. Ravensburger - The Sewing Shed
5. WHSmith - Attic Playtime
6. Falcon - Autumn in the Village 

• Purchase a maximum of 21 new items (3/21)

1. Scissors
2. Paintbrush
3. Fertiliser

• Read books published in 21 different years (1/21) 

1. A Week in Paris by Rachel Hore (2014)

• Read 21 books from 21 different authors (new to me) (5/21) 

1. Her Mother's Secret by Catherine King
2. The Dream House by Rachel Hore
3. One Day in December by Josie Silver
4. The Chalet by Catherine Cooper
5. The Poor Relation - Susanna Bavin                     

• Watch 21 films from 21 different directors (new to me) (3/21)

1. The Strangers by Bryan Bertino
2. Zoo by Colin McIvor
3. Le Cercle Rouge by Jean-Pierre Melville

• Watch films released in 21 different years (2/12)

1. Two by Two (2015)
2. Ferdinand (2017)

• Win 21 competitions hosted by 21 different websites (5/21)

1. £500 of Russell Hobbs products - Trusted Reviews
2. The Castle of Tangled Magic Book - Trip Fiction
3. Silent Running DVD - RAF News
4. Stars in Your Eyes DVD - Just Competitions
5. Stork Cookbook - Hurst Media

Happy_Kitties

End of January progress report

 Save £2021 (£270)

 lose 21 LBs
 read 21 books
 at least 21 hours of exercise a month (2 1/2 hours/ 21)- need to improve this
 21 donations of food to animal sanctuary each month ( Jan 55/21) DONE 
 21 purchases from CS (love a good CS and supporting them but will not buy for the sake of buying)
 sell 21 items on eb@y
use up 21 candles

Going to pinch this from villagelife as I did try to do this before Christmas as we have a lot of shops closing at an alarming rate
 use local businesses 21 times (2/21)

 21 charity donations/random acts of kindness (5/21) *gift sets x 2 donated to NHS collection point
*charity box of items sent to organiser
*more toiletries sorted and donated to NHS point
*another charity box sent to organiser

keep pinching ideas from people
 21 letters/cards to family/friends

pinching even more
  21 roast dinners. Being on my own I don’t do this often enough, need to do (2/21)
     21 donations to the food bank (2/21)

Mrs_Z

Mrs_Z said:

Hello all, sounds like a fab challenge - could I join too please!
Here's my list:
1  Donate 21 times to charity (money/items/sponsor/time) 2/21
2  Read/watch/listen to a total of 21 new books, films, music, pod-cast. 2/21
(Kate Atkinson: Life after life, Steve Cavanagh: Fifty fifty)
3  Make £2,021 on the side - ebay, floristry, odd jobs, vouchers, Etsy. £220/£2021
4  Move a minimum of 21km per week (run or walk). App says average 6km a day in Jan.   Yay!!!
5  Keep to a toiletry budget of £21pcm* (make-up, hair/beauty products) £23.69
6  Cook/bake/mix a total of 21 new meals, cakes or cocktails. 1/21 (Marble cake for OH's birthday!)
7  Grow a minimum of 21 different types of vegetables/flowers from seed. 0/21 not yet started
8  Visit 21 new places/exhibitions/restaurants (Covid rules allowing) 0/21
9  Declutter 21 items 2/21
10  Save 21 x £20 to a personal Xmas '21 fund. 2/21
11 Limit garden plant purchases to £21pcm* £89 (!) 
12 Personal treats x 21 of no more than £20 (no rolling over) £0/21
13 Limit treats for cats to £21pcm* £0/21
14 Have 21 alcohol free days every month 15/21 I knew this would be difficult to achieve
15 Resist temptation 21 times. 1/21
16 Consciously give thanks and gratitude 21 times every month. 21/21
17 Keep to the target weight - do not sway over the upper limit more than 21 times. 1/21 (very pleased on this one)
18 Eat 21 portions of fruit/veg a week. Difficult to say, probably managed 21 in two weeks in Jan.
19 Make time to do little streches - at least a total of 21min / month - that's a mere 5min a week!!!  Not quite there but not far off... working progress
20 Pamper time x 21 - DIY facial, bath, nails 0/21
21 A secret personal finance goal. (This is for 31/12/21)
* any underspend can be rolled over to the next month 
Gosh... that's a lot of counting and remembering!!!

Finally, January is over!  I don't want to be wishing my life away but gosh, it's such a dreary and long month and sooo wet.  Above a progress update on the challenges - bit of a mixed bag.... in some I've done very well, on some... hmmm... not so.
I've managed to keep on moving... (jogging x 3 per week) which has boosted the average daily total and this in turn has also help keeping the weight in check, just swayed over once which is really good.  Feb here we come!!! Time to start sowing seeds soon so there will be something for no 7 at the end of this month.  

Happy_Kitties

Good start to Feb, updating now otherwise I will forget

 Save £2021 (£570)

 lose 21 LBs
 read 21 books
 at least 21 hours of exercise a month(Feb 3/21) (2 1/2 hours/ 21)- need to improve this
 21 donations of food to animal sanctuary each month(Feb 17/21) ( Jan 55/21)
 21 purchases from CS (love a good CS and supporting them but will not buy for the sake of buying)
 sell 21 items on eb@y
use up 21 candles

Going to pinch this from villagelife as I did try to do this before Christmas as we have a lot of shops closing at an alarming rate
 use local businesses 21 times (2/21)

 21 charity donations/random acts of kindness (6/21) *gift sets x 2 donated to NHS collection point
*charity box of items sent to organiser
*more toiletries sorted and donated to NHS point
*another charity box sent to organiser
*Feb charity box sent to organiser

keep pinching ideas from people
 21 letters/cards to family/friends

pinching even more
  21 roast dinners. Being on my own I don’t do this often enough, need to do (2/21)
  21 donations to the food bank (3/21)

Coxy11

Hi everyone,
My weekly update:
1. Watch 21 new to me films - 5/21 - one more this week - Jack Ryan
2. Read 21 books - 3/21 - finished The Second Sleep by Robert Harris
3. Cook 21 new recipes - 10/21 
4. Drink 21 bottles of water per week 21/21 
5. Make 21 overpayments to main mortgage - 3/21 - another £150 paid on Tuesday
6. Lose 21lbs - 3/21 - nothing lost this week, but it is * week
7. Run sub 33 minute 5k 21 times 2/21 - 3 5k runs this week, but all slightly over 33mins
8. Pamper myself 21 times 2/21 - painted my nails on Sunday
9. 21 NSDs per month -  4/21 (Jan 15/21) 
10. Make 21 donations to charity - either in person, or sponsoring someone for an event - 0/21 
11. 21 DIY days - both home and garden - 2/21  
12. 21 foodbank donations - 1/21
13. Be more eco-friendly 21 times - 2/21 
14. Listen to 21 podcasts -  2/21 

Coxy

Coxy11

Hi everyone - bad form, replying to myself 
My weekly update:
1. Watch 21 new to me films - 6/21 - one more this week - Jumanji the next level
2. Read 21 books - 3/21 
3. Cook 21 new recipes - 10/21 
4. Drink 21 bottles of water per week 6!/21 - this has gone out the window as the temperature has been minus since Sunday and just fancy tea/coffee.
5. Make 21 overpayments to main mortgage - 3/21 
6. Lose 21lbs - 2/21 - a lb on this week as comfort ate Mon-Wed. Must try harder.
7. Run sub 33 minute 5k 21 times 2/21 - No running since last Friday due to laying snow and ice.
8. Pamper myself 21 times 3/21 - painted my nails on Sunday
9. 21 NSDs per month -  8/21 (Jan 15/21) 
10. Make 21 donations to charity - either in person, or sponsoring someone for an event - 0/21 
11. 21 DIY days - both home and garden - 2/21  
12. 21 foodbank donations - 1/21
13. Be more eco-friendly 21 times - 2/21 
14. Listen to 21 podcasts -  2/21 
Not a great update, particularly on the water, exercise and weightloss, but will try harder for next week.
Coxy

Happy_Kitties

Weekly update

 Save £2021 (£570)

 lose 21 LBs
 read 21 books
 at least 21 hours of exercise a month(Feb 8/21) (2 1/2 hours/ 21)- need to improve this
 21 donations of food to animal sanctuary each month(Feb 29/21) ( Jan 55/21)
 21 purchases from CS (love a good CS and supporting them but will not buy for the sake of buying)
 sell 21 items on eb@y
use up 21 candles

Going to pinch this from villagelife as I did try to do this before Christmas as we have a lot of shops closing at an alarming rate
 use local businesses 21 times (2/21)

 21 charity donations/random acts of kindness (7/21) *gift sets x 2 donated to NHS collection point
*charity box of items sent to organiser
*more toiletries sorted and donated to NHS point
*another charity box sent to organiser
*Feb charity box sent to organiser
*wool donation and items sent to organiser for online charity auction

keep pinching ideas from people
 21 letters/cards to family/friends

pinching even more
  21 roast dinners. Being on my own I don’t do this often enough, need to do (2/21)
  21 donations to the food bank (3/21)

Coxy11

Hi everyone,
My weekly update:
1. Watch 21 new to me films - 6/21
2. Read 21 books - 4/21 - finished The Last Anniversary by Liane Moriarty
3. Cook 21 new recipes - 10/21 
4. Drink 21 bottles of water per week 1!/21 - this has gone out the window - need to get back on it
5. Make 21 overpayments to main mortgage - 3/21 
6. Lose 21lbs - 3/21 - 1lb off this week
7. Run sub 33 minute 5k 21 times 2/21 - One run so far this week but only 3km
8. Pamper myself 21 times 3/21 
9. 21 NSDs per month -  10/21 (Jan 15/21) 
10. Make 21 donations to charity - either in person, or sponsoring someone for an event - 1/21 - made a purchase from the Theatre Support Fund and topped up with a straight donation
11. 21 DIY days - both home and garden - 2/21  
12. 21 foodbank donations - 1/21
13. Be more eco-friendly 21 times - 4/21 - have sent for a trial of smol dw and laundry tablets
14. Listen to 21 podcasts -  2/21 
15. 21 Random Acts of Kindness - 1/21 - sent a care package to a friend in need
Coxy

Happy_Kitties

Weekly update
 Save £2021 (£570)

 lose 21 LBs
 read 21 books
 at least 21 hours of exercise a month(Feb 14/21) (2 1/2 hours/ 21)- need to improve this
 21 donations of food to animal sanctuary each month(Feb 36/21) ( Jan 55/21)
 21 purchases from CS (love a good CS and supporting them but will not buy for the sake of buying)
 sell 21 items on eb@y
use up 21 candles

Going to pinch this from villagelife as I did try to do this before Christmas as we have a lot of shops closing at an alarming rate
 use local businesses 21 times (3/21)- dinner being delivered tonight

 21 charity donations/random acts of kindness (8/21) *gift sets x 2 donated to NHS collection point
*charity box of items sent to organiser
*more toiletries sorted and donated to NHS point
*another charity box sent to organiser
*Feb charity box sent to organiser
*wool donation and items sent to organiser for online charity auction
*another wool donation to charity

keep pinching ideas from people
 21 letters/cards to family/friends

pinching even more
  21 roast dinners. Being on my own I don’t do this often enough, need to do (2/21)