Magnificent May's NSD Challenge!

cathybird · 30 April 2021 at 10:32AM

This challenge is about setting yourself a weekly/monthly target of how many No Spend Days you would like to achieve during May. 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. If you've never done the challenge before, it's really probably simpler to start with a goal of 10 or (at most) 15.

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, or at least every two or three days ... it's easy to lose track! If you want to keep track of your NSDs in your MSE signature, that can be really motivating too

4. It also helps to bookmark the thread, it's much easier to find

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.

May

Off to a start =

5 days =

10 days =

15 days =

20 days =

Target reached =

Target beaten =

cathybird · 30 April 2021 at 10:33AM

May targets

beanielou 15

cathybird 15

Couldsavemore

darannah 10

delta13 15

GimmeMedals

Honeysucklelou2

jammy dodger

Jrae24 15

Karb 20

Money Choices 20

MrsBrownBear

MummyRivett

Sallyp2 16

short bird 17

wanttobeasaver

welshspendthrift 20

WinterWarrior 15

Newcomers welcome

Karb · 30 April 2021 at 1:42PM

Thanks @cathybird for running this again this month. Now that things are starting to open up again, I'm going to treat this as a "no frivolous spend day" challenge. I will be excluding spends on petrol and essential grocery shopping, and set a target of 20 NFSDs

beanielou · 30 April 2021 at 5:02PM

Thanks for the lovely new thread @cathybird

Sallyp2 · 30 April 2021 at 7:29PM

Hello, newcomer joining in. Am going all in and will aim for 16 NSD. Every other day will be NSD. Not tomorrow as we have a pub booking. First trip to a pub this year. Hope I don’t get tipsy 🥂🤪

WinterWarrior · 30 April 2021 at 9:04PM

Hi @cathybird, @beanielou pointed me to your excellent challenge. I would love to join in if you will have me 😁
I will aim for 15 NSD’s please. I will exclude fuel, although all being well I shouldn’t need any more for May as I’m almost full! I have no excuse not to reach this target 🤔

beanielou · 30 April 2021 at 9:14PM

Hello @WinterWarrior & welcome

Money_Choices · 30 April 2021 at 10:44PM

Hi Cathybird

Please put me down for 20 NSDs for May

Thanks

Money Choices

cathybird · 30 April 2021 at 10:50PM

hi Sallyp2

and WinterWarrior

and welcome

I've added you to the list, best of luck with the challenge!

cathybird · 30 April 2021 at 10:52PM

Thanks Karb and beanie

and hi Money Choices, looking forward to starting a shiny new challenge!

cathybird · 1 May 2021 at 11:07AM