24 for 2024

StickyTheStickInsect

I've been missing in action for quite a while as things have been more than a little difficult but hopefully everything is calming down a bit now, so a long overdue half yearly update.

1.     Read 24 books - I've just finished The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes which is book 21 out of 24.

2.     24 days in a month of sticking to a meal plan - As a family we've pretty much managed to do this, we sometimes swap days round on the plan once I've written it but no takeaways!

3.     Meet extended family at least 24 times for meals or days out in 2024 - Not as much as I'd hoped 6/24

4.     Earn £2,024 from a side hustle this year - I need to add everything up here but I know I am behind. I'll update when I have new numbers.

5.     List 24 items a month on eBay or Vinted or Facebook marketplace or Shpock - This is a bit of a fail, I've done 12 in June which feels like quite a lot but I have so much to get rid of, I stoll think I need to list a minimum of 24.

6.     Volunteer for 24 days - 12 days so far, so this one is on track.

7.     Enter 24 competitions a month - Failed with this one! I'll try again in July.

8.     Have 24 family days out - 10/24 so nearly on track.

9.     Have 2 screen free evenings as a family every month - We really haven't managed this at all, it is one that I need to try harder at.

10.  Walk 2 miles twice a month - On average over the 6 months of this year I've exceeded this but I managed very little before April as I've been quite poorly but new meds seem to have made a big difference.

11.  Have 2 admin days a month - I need to try harder with this one, it's about half a day a month at the moment.

12.  Save £24 a month in premium bonds - Complete fail, every thing is just too tight to save anything at the moment.

13.  Make 24 extra payments to debt - Very similar to the previous point, we just don't have anything left over at the end of the month and I need to put something aside for new school unifirm for September and my eldest is moving up to year 7, so it is going to be so much more than usual.

14.  Save 24 of each coin denomination and £5 notes - Complete fail, I just don't use cash very much.

15.  Go on 24 family walks - If we include bike rides in this, me and my children (not so much my husband) have done really well with this one, we've done 20/24.

16.  Write 24 cards a month (birthday, thank you, Christmas etc.) - Another fail, need to try harder!

17.  Eat 24 pieces of fruit a week - This is much closer to 12 on average, I've brought different types of fruit that we don't normally buy on our weekly shop today to try and get myself moving on this.

18.  Drink 24 litres of water a week - Suprisingly, I've managed this one quite easily.

19.  Learn 24 new words a month - On average about 6 but I'm learning some really interesting things!

20.  Complete 24 things on my to do list every month - On average in June, yes, other months less so.

21.  Read with my children 24 times a month - This is closer to 20 but my two oldest are reading to my youngest on the days I don't and I think this is good for all of them

22.  Reduce my text message/whatsapp backlog by 24. messages a week - I'm drowning still! This is one to focus on in July.

23.  Have 24 national trust days out (to justify having annual membership) - Not doing well with this one but hoping the summer holidays will up the number quite a bit.

24.  Have 24 date nights - Not a single one :-(

Happy_Kitties

Not had the best success in June but will keep plodding away

1) 24 donations to local animal sanctuary. 5/24  local sanctuary has requested kitten food, have got them 48 sachets and 6 boxes of kitten crunchies donated that were a ridiculously cheap price in Asd@ along with some cat chews.
Another donation of several boxes of kitten crunchies donated in June and after I’ve been shopping in abit  I have another donation that will make
7/24.

2) lose 24lbs in weight (def need to do this after finding out my weight yesterday)

3) 24 jobs in the garden. Really want to attack the garden this year and do some work on it…..plus free exercise 1/24….finally!

4) 24 ‘me time’ activities. As bestie pointed out recently I never put myself first 2/24

5) read 24 books

6) save £2400

7) save £240 on supermarket card for Christmas

8) declutter 24 items from the house each month 11/Jan. 9/Feb 10/March
Some decluttering in June, will need to provide an update on this 

9) sell 24 items

10) 24 activities with family/friends 4/24
(me and a bestie decided to book a trip away to London, wanted to do it last year but it never happened. Very much looking forward to this)

11) 240 minutes of volunteering each week 13/52

12) At least 24 mins of housework a day  Jan✅ Feb✅ March✅ April ✅ May✅June✅

13) At least 240 minutes of exercise a week 8/52

14) At least 240 items to favourite charities for fundraising x 2.  110+20=130+28=158+ 20=178+9=187+70 (delivered yesterday 17/3) =257. First lot done ✅

Tuesday’s donation for a charity fundraiser starts me off with 25 items +17 =42 items + 53 items in June = 95 items 

15) Use up 24 candles 1/24

16) 240 minutes spent on course each week. 8/52

17) 24 letters to family and friends 3/24

18) Watch 24 films

19) 24 jobs in the house 1/24

DundeeDoll

An update for June - goodness half way through the year! A work trip to Worcester added a few more green places, a couple more bridges, a pub, Worcester cathedral and some book reading. This month I've got a week's staycation so planning on getting going with those drawers and donations to the charity shop. Total now 231

1) Workout programmes: 11

2) Fiction books: 12 

3) Non-fiction books: 12

4) green places: 16

5) Shows: 10

6) films: 11

7) Donation to CS: 6

8) Jobs off my list: 10

9) Litter picks: 12

10) Drawers: 5

11) Different churches: 9

12) Fruit: 18

13) Museums / trails: 11

14) Bridges: 13

15) Different pubs: 10

16) Academic submissions: 11

17) Lectures: 15

18) Documentaries: 13

19) Place-named foods: 14

20) Things that make me look / feel better: 12

tinkerbelluk

WOW everyone's done so well for the first 6 months and remember, how many of these (even if you've only made one small step of progress) would you have done if you hadn't started this, so a MASSIVE pat on the back to you all 🏆🙌 

@StickyTheStickInsect - I couldn't help but laugh over the date night update, I had this last year and in total, we managed to get 3 🤣

As for me, it's not bad progress-wise, but not great either! So far to middling, anyway scores on the doors:

• Answer 24 journal prompts of self-discovery and awareness - 0/24 - Still stuck at my big fat zero!
• Build 24 Lego sets - 2/24
• Complete 24 hobbies - 2/24 - Managed to finish two cross stitch pieces this month, so just need to get them framed up now (I've attached pics for those who are interested)
• Complete 24 things off master to do list - 6/24
• Deep Clean / Declutter 24 areas around the house - 1/24 - I really need to crack on with this and stop making excuses
• Do 24 things with family and friends - 13/24
• Enter 24 competitions per day - 6/12 Months done
• Get rid of 24 items from loft / Garage - 0/24 - Again, I need to crack on with this!
• Go for 24 walks or bike rides over 30 mins - 10/24 - We're off to the Isle of Wight this month so hoping to get a far few of these ticked off then
• Have 24 fun family adventures - 5/24
• Have 24 no tech evenings - 18/24
• Learn or do 24 new things - 15/24
• Learn and use 24 new words - 0/24 - I had a great suggestion last month of using these in my bullet journal, so I just need to do that this month
• Lose 24lbs - 2/24 (but have lost 17lbs in total, but I put on 15 of these since the beginning of the year 🤐 before starting at the end of May so I can't complain too much)
• Play 24 board games - 2/24
• Practice 24 mins of mindfulness each week - 26/52
• Save £2024 over the year - £1501.99/£2024 - Given this is all coming from surveys, cashback etc. really pleased with this.
• Sell 24 things on ebay / booty sites - 1/24 - I have a massive bag of things behind me in my office so I need to stop procrastinating with this, as the bag is getting on my nerves
• Spend 24 mins each week organising photos - 26/52
• Treat / do something for myself 24 times - 10/24 (an amazing daytime lamp to help with my cross stitch which has been a game changer and a patreon membership to a pattern producer I love) 
• Try 24 new recipes - 5/24
• Watch 24 new to me films / documentaries / TV shows - 22/24

🏆 COMPLETED (But still carry on with)

• 24 Donations to charity - 24/24
• Read 24 Books 25/24 - I read Eye for an Eye by  M.J Arlidge last month and OMG what an amazing book

 

leftatthetrafficlights

Update time - June:


1) 24 mins of housework daily - done

2) 24 mins of asana practice daily - no, I really need to get on with this but was away for a week then had a nasty tummy bug that took a while to recover from in June. No excuses now though, I just need to start! 

3) 24 mins of walking daily - Not every day in June but quite a few. I've started well this month though! 🙌

4) 24 mins of self-care daily - Not every day but most of them - again, it's something that I'm doing well with now 😀 

5) 24 mins of writing daily - Yep 😁 

6) 24 mins of gardening weekly - Not every week but a couple of them - being away and ill scuppered a lot of my plans

7) 24 mins meditation weekly - I did this and now do it daily

8) 24 days of nutrition study monthly - I completed around 12 days

9) 24 days of strict WFPB eating monthly - I couldn't while away but managed at least half.

10) £24 reduction of monthly grocery budget  -  Completed 

11) 24 alcohol free days monthly - Nope! June was another bad month for alcohol but I've been sober now for 14 days straight now.

12) 24 NSD'S monthly - Nope, 23 in June

13) 24 'home spa' days within the year 2/24 none this month - I'm having one next week though! 

14) 24 tech free days within the year - 2/24 meant to be on my 'spa' days....

15) 24 'out of the house' days within the year - 24/24 - Completed - got quite a few in while I was away 😁 

16) 24lbs lost within the year - 7/24 Could do better! 🤦‍♀️

17) 24 new books read within the year -  4/24 - haven't increased this but I'm re-reading some books at the moment 

18) 24 different veg/herbs grown within the year - Completed

19) 24 bottles/jars of condiments/cordials made within the year -  14/24 - 4 jars chocolate mint sauce and 2 bottles of chocolate mint balsamic made in June 

20) 24 new recipes made within the year - 4/24 - still planningon dropping this target as I find no pleasure in following recipes but will stick with it until I think of something else! 

21) 24 items decluttered within the year - 24/24 COMPLETED

22) 24 items donated to the food bank within the year - 5/24 

23) 24 sunrises watched at the beach within the year - 7/24 😍 

24) 24 sunsets watched in the garden within the year - 18/24 😍 

DundeeDoll

love the fox @tinkerbelluk and well done on the 2 completed. I have indeed done things I wouldn't have done without this challenge (such as that last workout while watching Wimbledon!) 

StickyTheStickInsect

@tinkerbelluk I’m glad it’s not just me 😂

Beautiful cross stitch, especially the fox, it’s fabulous!

DundeeDoll

still going strong and now on staycation for a week. I've taken quite a lot already to the charity shop so that's my first to 24. Catching up on my workout programmes, working through drawers and cupboards, going to three shows and a football match and wondering if I might go to Despicable me 4 - love embracing the inner child  

DundeeDoll

another 2 cupboards (changed 'drawers' to 'drawers / cupboards'), did go to despicable me 4 and yesterday went to a play so another show. the good thing about staycation is there's more in the holiday budget :-) will do a full update tomorrow. hope all going well with everyone. 

Happy_Kitties

Not had the best success in June but will keep plodding away
July update 

1) 24 donations to local animal sanctuary. 5/24  local sanctuary has requested kitten food, have got them 48 sachets and 6 boxes of kitten crunchies donated that were a ridiculously cheap price in Asd@ along with some cat chews.
Another donation of several boxes of kitten crunchies donated in June and after I’ve been shopping in abit  I have another donation that will make
7/24 +another 4 boxes kitten food=8/24

2) lose 24lbs in weight (def need to do this after finding out my weight yesterday)

3) 24 jobs in the garden. Really want to attack the garden this year and do some work on it…..plus free exercise 1/24….finally!

4) 24 ‘me time’ activities. As bestie pointed out recently I never put myself first 2/24

5) read 24 books I’ve actually started one, but the Olympics is addictive watching. I can only do a few pages at night and then I need to skeep

6) save £2400

7) save £240 on supermarket card for Christmas

8) declutter 24 items from the house each month 11/Jan. 9/Feb 10/March 15/July
Some decluttering in June, will need to provide an update on this.
Have def decluttered more as part of the decluttering challenge thread. Might just have to do a final declutter update in December

9) sell 24 items

10) 24 activities with family/friends 4/24
(me and a bestie decided to book a trip away to London, wanted to do it last year but it never happened. Very much looking forward to this)

11) 240 minutes of volunteering each week 15/52

12) At least 24 mins of housework a day  Jan✅ Feb✅ March✅ April ✅ May✅June✅July ✅

13) At least 240 minutes of exercise a week 9/52

14) At least 240 items to favourite charities for fundraising x 2.  110+20=130+28=158+ 20=178+9=187+70 (delivered yesterday 17/3) =257. First lot done ✅

Tuesday’s donation for a charity fundraiser starts me off with 25 items +17 =42 items + 53 items in June = 95 items +4 delivered directly= 99 items

15) Use up 24 candles 1/24

16) 240 minutes spent on course each week. 8/52

17) 24 letters to family and friends 3/24

18) Watch 24 films

19) 24 jobs in the house 3/24 (got the washing machine sorted after a leak)