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Giving Up/Cutting Down Alcohol Thread Part 17

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  • leftatthetrafficlights
    leftatthetrafficlights Posts: 2,296 Forumite
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    Declaring early today 20/10 please @cathybird 😁
    'Happiness is not a destination but the journey you walk every day'

    Jan GC: £0/£100
    DNF: £0/£6700
    Garden sections: 0/21

    DNF: 3/45

    'It's the small compromises you keep making over time that start to add up and get you to a place you don't want to be'

  • Coveredinbees!!!!
    Coveredinbees!!!! Posts: 3,960 Forumite
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    Target for 2023 - 240 please
    Nothing to see here, move along.
  • AllNightDiner
    AllNightDiner Posts: 311 Forumite
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    Hmm watching all of the 2023 targets come in - looks like I will have to be more ambitious in order to keep up! But I will stick with a target that I know I can achieve with a mind to beat it decisively….
  • sunshine_raincloud
    sunshine_raincloud Posts: 487 Forumite
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    Hello.. hope everybody has had a lovely festive period! 

    I am on day 15/20 today after too much partaking.. won't meet my target for this month but intend on starting the year by doing dry January and hopefully getting my first ever gold star! 

    Please could I also join next year's challenge with a target of 300 days? 

    Thanks @cathybird and everyone!
    Debt free November 2022 


  • lantanna
    lantanna Posts: 4,471 Forumite
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    17/15 please
  • cathybird
    cathybird Posts: 16,038 Forumite
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    AllNightDiner said:
    Hmm watching all of the 2023 targets come in - looks like I will have to be more ambitious in order to keep up! But I will stick with a target that I know I can achieve with a mind to beat it decisively….
    @AllNightDiner I say this every year but it's really not a competition, there's no keeping up per se, everyone's just trying to work towards whatever target they find helpful :) As a rough rule of thumb it's a good idea if people take the monthly target they feel comfortable with & multiply it by 12, then aim for that, or something a bit lower if as you say you want to beat your target decisively, which I think is a really good way of approaching it xx :)
  • cathybird
    cathybird Posts: 16,038 Forumite
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    edited 28 December 2022 at 2:26PM
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    Yes it's a bright shiny new month just round the corner ... Any thoughts on targets?

    January targets
    AllNightDiner
    alt80 TF Arkers TF cathybird 21 Coveredinbees CuppaTea dustydigger happydenial lantanna 15 leftatthetrafficlights 30 maggiem maman 10 marahouti 25 PriceySOS RobM99 30 satchmo1 Season of Mist sunshine raincloud sukeyboo 10 WBF Newcomers welcome! :)
  • leftatthetrafficlights
    leftatthetrafficlights Posts: 2,296 Forumite
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    I'm going for a 30 for January please @cathybird 😁
    'Happiness is not a destination but the journey you walk every day'

    Jan GC: £0/£100
    DNF: £0/£6700
    Garden sections: 0/21

    DNF: 3/45

    'It's the small compromises you keep making over time that start to add up and get you to a place you don't want to be'

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