23 for 2023

YorksLass

Oops, I forgot to post last month but am wrapping up now for the year.  Not everything managed but, as has previously been mentioned, it's progress, not perfection!  

Final update:

1.  Donate 23 items to CS - 29/23 - Over, so pleased with this

2.  Enter 23 competitions - 1/23 - Obviously not my thing

3.  Choose 23 CDs from our collection and listen to them - 2/23 - Must try harder

4.  Read 23 books - 19/23 - Almost made it!  There are now 5 on the TBR pile.

5.  Make the 23rd of each month a "Me" day - Managed it every month and will be doing this month as well

6.  Shave 23p a day off the already reduced grocery budget - Done, £83.95 in the savings pot

7.  Watch 23 films that I haven't seen before - 22/23 and I'm sure will be exceeded by the end of the month

8.  Make 23 items from my crafting stash (knit, sew, cross stitch etc) - 8/23

9.  Donate 23 items to a Food Bank - 12/23.  Not as many as I’d like but my budget isn’t allowing a lot of “stretch” these days.

10. Spend 23 minutes a day clearing a shelf, drawer etc to help with decluttering - Have called a truce on this one but will begin again in the New Year 

11. Walk 23 ups and 23 downs of the stairs a total of 23 times a week - Still happening

12. Have 23 no spend days every month (not including DDs for bills etc) - 22 or 23 every month

13. Walk for 23 mins twice a week - Success 

14. Socialise 23 times (visit, phone, email) - 9/23

15. Complete 23 things on my To Do List - Still stuck at 4/23.  I definitely need a re-think here.

16. Have 23 portions of F&V every week - Still managing this although it’s more veg than fruit.     

17. Have 23 days away from the laptop - Have only managed one.

18. Decorate the kitchen for £23 or less - My big success, with a total spend of £5.60!

tinkerbelluk

@YorksLass you've done amazingly 🥳🏆 I'm still in awe of your kitchen redecoration! Hope you don't mind but I'm going to pinch two of yours for my own list next year!

YorksLass

@tinkerbelluk - Please feel free!  I'm not sure what next year's list will look like but I'll be having a think about it over the Xmas break.  See you then.

tinkerbelluk

For anyone interested in joining me for 2024! I've started a new thread here.

IrishRose12

1.   Read 23 books - 26/23 read 

2.   Sell 23 things - 178/23 - have absolutley smashed this one! 

3.   Watch 23 films - 30/23  There'll be more  to this now it's coming up to Christmas and I get sucked into the dopey C5 and christmas channel films lol.

4.   Walk for 23 minutes 5 times a week. HAve done this every day now or the past few weeks. 

5.  Save 23 of each coin and note -  Hopefully next year.

6.   Declutter 23 items a week from the house - Still have the excercise bike.  That's my do do thing this week! 

7.   Save an extra £23 a month - done

8.   23 minutes of mindfulness a week. - Doing well with this one now 

9.   Loose 23lb in weight - I've managed to loose what I had put on and lost a few more. 

10.  Donate at least 23 items to the food bank - Have a box to donate at the end of next week.

11.  Get rid of 23 bags of stuff that we no longer need in the house - 65 bags have gone this year! 

12.  Listen to 23 Audiobooks - 8/23 listened to -I've found I'm enjoying these now, but won't make 23 as  I can't afford to keep subscribing.   

13.  Listen to 23 different music albums - 24 /23

14.  Have 23 no tech evenings -   11 this month so far. 

15.  Save £2023 over the year - Unfortunatley this won't be happening this year.

16.  Treat / do something for myself 23 times - have managed 26/23  I'm chuffed with myself lol.

17.  Save £23 every fortnight towards Christmas 2023 -  Direct Debit set up for this. On target still.

18.  23 gardening jobs - 30/23 - 1 more tidy up needed and thats the garden done for the year

19.  Make the 23rd of each month a "Me" day. - I've been very good at remembering about this, have actually enjoyed it. 

20.  Spend 23 minutes a day decluttering - still going.

21.  Make or bake 23 things instead of spending money on takeaways/bakery etc - 23 complete

22.  Have 23 no spend days every month. - Doing this easily now. 

23.  Make 23 extra payments to my debts - making the extra payments but with christmas I'm now adding to it 

That's my last update for the year.  It's scary to think about that.  

I've really enjoyed doing this challenge.  It has helped me save some money and has helped me get some money back from items I don't need anymore.

Over Christmas I think I'll do a 2024 list 

weenancyinAmerica

@IrishRose12 - I noticed you had to stop with audiobooks because it was too expensive. I live in Anaheim, California, and our library encourages people in other countries to sign up for their library on-line resources. It currently includes 246 audiobooks - for free. Maybe this will help. Residents of other countries may sign up for APL online services by visiting anaheim.net/librarycard and then selecting the link for Online Services Card Application for international residents. 

IrishRose12

weenancyinAmerica said:

@IrishRose12 - I noticed you had to stop with audiobooks because it was too expensive. I live in Anaheim, California, and our library encourages people in other countries to sign up for their library on-line resources. It currently includes 246 audiobooks - for free. Maybe this will help. Residents of other countries may sign up for APL online services by visiting anaheim.net/librarycard and then selecting the link for Online Services Card Application for international residents. 

Thank you for this @weenancyinAmerica I'll definitley look into this.  However with the amount of books I received for Christmas I might have to forgo the audiobooks ATM   But I'll definitley take a look  

tinkerbelluk

@IrishRose12 I was going to suggest the same, most local libraries offer audiobooks to borrow, depending on where you live, it would definitely be worth you checking it out.

tinkerbelluk

@weenancyinAmerica Thanks for the link as well, I've just signed up  👍

IrishRose12

tinkerbelluk said:

@irisroseI was going to suggest the same, most local libraries offer audiobooks to borrow, depending on where you live, it would definitely be worth you checking it out.

Yes, my local library and the central one has free audio books, but nothing that would interest me.  

I'm just finalising my 2024 list and audiobooks aren't on the list, so far, that may change lol