Magnificent May's NSD Challenge!

cathybird

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 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.

May

Off to a start =

5 days =
10 days =
15 days =
20 days = Target reached = Target beaten =

cathybird

May targets

Adeley 15

Ancessitere 5 beanielou 15 cathybird 15 cherry 22 Crazycatlady2 18 GeorgianaCavendish 18 jammy dodger 14 KajiKita 15 KellyBelly leftatthetrafficlights 15 LittleMissDetermined 20 Makingabobor2 15 MrsCautious 16 QueenJess 15 Rupacomp Saver-upper 15 short bird 14
Newcomers welcome

MrsCautious

Thank you for the new thread @cathybird.

My target this month is 16 days without spending any money. 

I don’t know how soon I can update due to being away somewhere remote this first week - but hopefully that means…no spending! 😀👊🏻👊🏻

after that I’m looking forward to planning ahead with food so I don’t spend random amounts on lunch at work. And I know bus fares don’t have to count but I have been counting them as I really don’t need to get on a bus when I’m working a 25-minute walk away - and have now started walking through a park! 

I’ve been without a car for weeks and haven’t missed it that much. 

Take care and good luck everyone with their targets x 

Makingabobor2

Thanks for the new thread @cathybird, I'll aim for 15 again and hopefully get it this month

LittleMissDetermined

Thanks for setting up the new thread @cathybird, I’m hoping my target isn’t too high, I think I was feeling optimistic! 😂

KajiKita

Aiming for 15 this month. I won’t have a brilliant week next week as we are going to London for a family funeral so there will be a lot of food bought on the run, taxi costs, cattery costs etc 🙄 but I hope to make up the deficit in the rest of the month. 

NSD today to get me off the starting blocks 😊

KK

Rupacomp

Hi - thanks for the new thread 😊 I'm going to go for 14 this month. Let's go!

cathybird

May

Off to a start =

5 days =
10 days =
15 days =
20 days = Target reached = Target beaten =
May targets
Adeley 15 Ancessitere 5 beanielou 15 cathybird 15 cherry 22 Crazycatlady2 18 GeorgianaCavendish 18 jammy dodger 1/14 KajiKita 1/15 KellyBelly leftatthetrafficlights 15 LittleMissDetermined 20 Makingabobor2 15 MrsCautious 16 QueenJess 15 Rupacomp 14 Saver-upper 15 short bird 14 StressedSteph 20
Newcomers welcome

cathybird

LittleMissDetermined said:

Thanks for setting up the new thread @cathybird, I’m hoping my target isn’t too high, I think I was feeling optimistic! 😂

@LittleMissDetermined feel free to change it, it's much better that people have fun with the challenge & don't feel the target is a bit of a slog? Just my two bobs' worth xx

StressedSteph

Can I sign up please.
I'm going for a crazy 20.

I cant keep frittering my money way.  Think i'm going to delete my Amazon app because its just way too easy.

jammy_dodger

1/12   for  me  today  thanks  cathybird x