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Splendid September's NSD Challenge!
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cathybird
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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 September. 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 probably better 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. It is also completely fine to exclude automated or recurring payments such as bills, mortgage or direct debits.
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.
September
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Hi Cathy birds,
Can I go for 15 NSD's this month.
I need to get back to my financial diet
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Good Morning. Can I join please? I am going to try 12 NSDs. Thanks2
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Calling early for one for today, but there’s a huge spend on the horizon as we had to call the emergency vet for a house visit for our old dog at 5.30 this morning 😞Not all who wander are lost - J.R.R.Tolkien
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Morning all.
Won’t be an NSD today as taking DS for ‘back to school’ haircut!I’ve gone through my diary and I have 6 birthdays in September! I will buy all 6 cards today as this would usually cause 6 separate spend days during the month.
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Good morning I am going to back myself and aim for 15 NSD ☺️2
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@BadBookkeeper that is a really good idea3
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@WinterWarrior i hope your dog is doing much better 🥺3
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Hi! Can I please join in this month? I’ve set myself the target of 50 NSDs by the end of the year. For September, I’m going to aim for 12
It won’t be a NSD today as need to pick up a few items for DD2’s friend who is staying over and is a very fussy eater. Also need to buy tickets for DD1’s birthday outing. Should mean that we can achieve a NSD tomorrow though!Beware of little expenses. A small leak will sink a great ship.
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