23 for 2023

tinkerbelluk

Hi All 

I know a few people have done this in the previous years, but I'm making an early start on getting organised!  The idea is you have a list of 23 goals, that you do 23 times during the year.  It can be big or small, fun or serious, the idea is something you can try and achieve throughout 2023 (although I'm always way off on a couple every year).

Original posts if you're looking for inspiration: 20 20s for 2020, 21 things, 21 times in 2021, 2022 New Year's Resolutions Thread

To join, simply post your list and remember to come back and let us know progress.

My 23 for 23!

1. Answer 223 journal prompts of self-discovery and awareness 
2. Build 23 Lego sets    
3. Complete 23 things of master to do list  
4. Do 23 things with family and friends  
5. 23 Donations to charity   
6. Enter 23 competitions per month   
7. Go for 23 walks or bike rides over 30 mins    
8. Have 23 date nights – In or out!    
9. Have 23 fun family adventures     
10. Have 23 no tech evenings    
11. Learn 23 new things  
12. Listen to 23 new albums  
13. Listen to 23 podcasts  
14. Lose 23% of my body weight    
15. Make 23 new meals    
16. Play 23 board games    
17. Practice 23 mins of mindfulness each week   
18. Read 23 Books   
19. Save £2023 over the year     
20. Sell 23 things on ebay / booty sites    
21. Spend 23 mins each week organising photos  
22. Treat / do something for myself 23 times  
23. Watch 23 new to me films / documentaries / TV shows

London_1

Hmm okies lets have a think

1.Knit 23 new things (an easy one as I have a new great grandchild on the way in New York )
 
2.Read 23 new books (easy as I read daily )

3.Walk at least 1 mile daily for 23 days.(on my Iphone it will show on my pedometer) More of a genteel hobble at times  

4.Watch 23 different movies.

5.Do 23 different jigsaws

6.Cook 23 different recipes not tried before

7.Declutter 23 different books from my overloaded bookshelves

8.Visit 23 different places never been to before

9.Visit at least 23 of my friends (long overdue some of them  )

10. Try and think of 23 different things to go on this list  

Only 10 at the moment my brain is in need of inspiration  

So come on give me another 13 things to think of chums :):):) 


JackieO xx

ellenvan

ideas - Try 23 new foods or tastes, enter 23 competitions (you never know), say hello to 23 people you do not know
23 donations to a local foodbank, pick up 23 pieces of litter, look up the meaning/spelling of 23 new to you words

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tinkerbelluk

Oh I love this idea @ellenvan - look up the meaning/spelling of 23 new to you words, definitely going into my ideas for next year!

Katiehound

tinkerbelluk said:

Oh I love this idea @ellenvan - look up the meaning/spelling of 23 new to you words, definitely going into my ideas for next year!

Of course it could also be find 23 new-to-you words... and use them!
Susie Dent has some wonderful words- word of the day
This was posted 3 days ago......

Look at this one:
"A(nother) quick reminder of the ‘snaccident’: the inadvertent eating of an entire packet of biscuits/crisps/etc. when you meant to have just the one. (Apparently you can have a ‘gincident’ too.)"

The other day I had a snaccident with a packet of almonds & milk chocolate: easily done.

RandomOne

I love this idea. Can I join in, please?

My 23 things are:

1. Read 23 books

2. Try 23 new recipes

3. Workout at least 23 times

4. Meditate for 23 hours

5. Film 23 videos for work

6. Do 23 hours of overtime at work

7. Socialise 23 times

8. Work on BSL for 23 hours

9. At least 23 weeks Alcohol-free

10. 23 hours of self-care throughout the year.

11. 23 portions of fruit & veg a week

12. Save £23 a week towards Christmas 2023

Not sure of any more, I'll add them as i think of them.

Frith

I was really committed to the 20 in 2020 but that became impossible, for obvious reasons!

I'll come back and amend this, but here are my thoughts:

1. 23 decent length walks

2. 23 new places visited (museums etc)
3. 23 books read

4. 23lbs lost 
5. 23 making an effort days e.g applying for jobs, doing paperwork. Might re-word this. 
6. 23 days of going out not wearing jeans and a t shirt. 
7. 23 new meals cooked 
8. 23 days a month of Duolingo 
9. At least 23 geocaches found
10. I would say 23 days of volunteering but I go every week anyway. Will come back to this. 23 days of being better prepared for it?
11. Do 23 things put off
12. Learn 23 new Arabic words per week
13. Wear jewellery 23 times (I never wear it).
14. Keep fit x 23
15. Make 23 financial savings/checks e.g surveys, credit check, change bank account for free sign up money, rejig insurance and phone contracts etc.
16. 23 DIY jobs
17. Make 23 Christmas decorations
18. 23 gardening jobs
19. 23 charity things? Food banks donations, donations to charity shops?

YorksLass

Gosh, this is harder than it looks!

1.  Donate 23 items to CS
2.  Enter 23 competitions (probably won't win anything but who knows?)
3.  Choose 23 CDs from our collection and listen to them (long ignored)
4.  Read 23 books
5.  Make the 23rd of each month a "Me" day (down tools and do what I feel like doing) 
6.  Shave 23p a day off the already reduced grocery budget ( = £83.95 at the end of the year)
7.  Watch 23 films that I haven't seen before
8.  Make 23 items from my crafting stash (knit, sew, cross stitch etc)
9.  Donate 23 items to a Food Bank
10. Spend 23 minutes a day clearing a shelf, drawer etc to help with decluttering
11. Walk up and down the stairs a total of 23 times every day - not all at once!  (Should help with attaining my target weight - only 5lbs to go)
12. Have 23 no spend days every month (not including DDs for bills etc)
13. Walk for 23 mins twice a week
14. Socialise 23 times (visit, phone, email)
15. Complete 23 things on my To Do List
16. Have 23 portions of F&V every week
17. Have 23 days away from the laptop

Now out of ideas!  

tinkerbelluk

Loving the ideas so far, for those struggling with ideas what about 23 mins a week doing something you want to do, 23 mins of mindfulness each week, 23 things I'm grateful for each month?  As I said it can be as small or as big as you want to make it.  A lot of mine are repeats from previous years and some I know will be easy (books and films I'm looking at you!) where as some I've never managed and now am chucking on the extra 3% (You know this is aimed at you weight loss!) 

Rosa_Damascena

tinkerbelluk said:

14. Lose 23% of my body weight    

I think this is a particularly big ask, whatever size you are!