24 for 2024

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Update time for July:

1) 24 mins of housework daily - COMPLETED 

2) 24 mins of asana practice daily - I started this again this week 😁

3) 24 mins of walking daily - Not done

4) 24 mins of self-care daily - COMPLETED 

5) 24 mins of writing daily - COMPLETED 

6) 24 mins of gardening weekly - Not done

7) 24 mins meditation weekly - COMPLETED

8) 24 days of nutrition study monthly - only did 7 in July 

9) 24 days of strict WFPB eating monthly - I lost count 🤦‍♀️

10) £24 reduction of monthly grocery budget  -  Completed 

11) 24 alcohol free days monthly - 25 in July 

12) 24 NSD'S monthly - 24 in July

13) 24 'home spa' days within the year 4/24 

14) 24 tech free days within the year - 4/24

15) 24 'out of the house' days within the year  - Completed

16) 24lbs lost within the year - 10/24 

17) 24 new books read within the year -  10/24 - I've got another 5 waiting to be read in August 

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

19) 24 bottles/jars of condiments/cordials made within the year -  14/24 - nothing made in July

20) 24 yoga nidra practices with in year - 7/24

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

22) 24 items donated to the food bank within the year - 15/24 - still got a few more bits to donate next month as I'm donating to the community 'fridge' as part of this. 

23) 24 sunrises watched at the beach within the year - 8/24 

24) 24 sunsets watched in the garden within the year - 24/24 😍 COMPLETED (actually a few more than that now but I'm getting as many in as I can!!)

I'm doing a digital detox in August so will update August results at the beginning of September 

DundeeDoll

some good progress there @Happy_Kitties
I had a staycation so managed to get back on track with some challenges, most noticeably workout programmes (just finished the last one while watching the olympics), donations to CS (had a good clear-out and stopped counting at 24 as indeed I will with any challenges I reach 24 on), a film (despicable me 4), 3 shows (present laughter NT at my local cinema but counting that as a play rather than a film) and 2 plays at Pitlochry festival (sense and sensibility and footloose) and sorted some cupboards. Also got some reading love and some more jobs off the list. August is all work.

1) Workout programmes: 14

2) Fiction books: 13

3) Non-fiction books: 15

4) green places: 16

5) Shows: 14

6) films: 12

7) Donation to CS: 24

8) Jobs off my list: 15

9) Litter picks: 13

10) Drawers / cupboards: 13

11) Different churches: 9

12) Fruit: 18

13) Museums / trails: 11

14) Bridges: 14

15) Different pubs: 10

16) Academic submissions: 12

17) Lectures: 15

18) Documentaries: 14

19) Place-named foods: 14

20) Things that make me look / feel better: 14

IrishRose12

Hi everyone!  I've disappeared off the face of the earth from here but I'm back.  Just so much has been happening and happened that I just have put the internet on the back burner for a while. 

I'm still plodding along, need to focus on a lot of my list and this month I WILL do it lol. 

Catch up from me, busy last few months, with work, concerts and family events.  A holiday and hospital appointments thrown in the middle there somewhere. I had my purse stolen last month in a day out with the family which I will admit has scared me a bit and made me a lot more wary of people and being in crowds.  Even going into town puts me on edge now unfortunately.  

But I'm hoping to get over that blip soon and get back to myself.  New cards have arrived, so I owe myself money from having to dip into my cash saving challenge so that was a plus having cash in the folder. 

Here's my update for the past 2 months or so. 

1.     24 tech free evenings within 3 months/ per quarter - 10/24
2.     Read 24 books - 9/24
3.     Declutter 24 Christmas items not used anymore - COMPLETED 24/24 
4.     Walk 24 miles a month - 7/12
5.     24mins per week decluttering around the house - this one is easy now lol. 
6.     Limit to 24 cans of coke per month - 4/24
7.     Sell 24 items - 43/24
8.     Save 24 of each coin and note – 20/24 had to dip into this one unfortunately
9.     Declutter 24 bin bags/boxes from the house. - 18/24 another box and bag waiting to leave the house
10.  Declutter 24 old cosmetics/toiletries not used or expired - 22/24
11.  Loose 24lb in weight - 8/24
12.  Make 24 visits to my local church - 4/24
13.  Complete 24 jigsaw puzzles/ Lego sets  - 0/24
14.  24 minutes of gardening per week - 20/24 
15.  Treat / do something for myself 24 times - 20/24
16.  Watch 24 films - 7/24
17.  Make the 24th of each month a "Me" day - 7/12
18.  24 outings with family this year - 20/24
19.  Make or bake 24 things - 8/24
20.  Deep Clean 24 cupboard doors - 10/24
21.  Burn 24 candles/wax melts this year - 9/24
22.  Complete 24 puzzle/colouring books - 5/24.
23.  24mins doing my weighted hula hoop 3x per week - This just isn't happening lol
24.  Do 24 jobs around the house that keep get putting off - 10/24

DundeeDoll

IrishRose12 said:

Here's my update for the past 2 months or so. 

17.  Make the 24th of each month a "Me" day - 7/12

Great progress IrishRose12. I love your #17  - will try to remember that for 2025 (cept obviously will be the 25th of each month!)

Happy_Kitties

Many thanks @DundeeDoll. You think when you first list your aims at the start of the year it will all be easy and I’ve realised it’s not and I never put myself first, so I’m glad I’ve incorporated some aims that do put me first.
you are making some brilliant progress, we all are, it is great to see.

Mini update from me as if I don’t update things now I will forget

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 sleep. I reading more and doing less Olympics at the minute. 

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.

Found my total from the decluttering thread. Update 228 items decluttered from the house this year. Year total aim is 288 so 228/288

9) sell 24 items

10) 24 activities with family/friends 5/24
(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 +42 items ready to send=141

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). It has been a month of leaks, radiator leak sorted and another job = 5/24

DundeeDoll

Happy_Kitties said:

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 sleep. I reading more and doing less Olympics at the minute. 

Now if only we'd thought, we could have set ourselves a target of watching 24 Olympic sports! I very much enjoyed dipping into all sorts of sports and looking forward to the paras. I have since managed to finish one book! In the last week I have managed 4 more workouts from a programme of 12 workouts, a fiction book, a new green place (a long closed Cemetry, fascinating wandering round), a haircut, a litter pick and 2 jobs off my list. 

Happy_Kitties

@DundeeDoll I could have quite happily watched 24 Olympic Sports aswell. Also looking forward to the Paras, took DD to the Paras London 2012, it was absolutely amazing
You did get me thinking of what other challenges I haven’t added, have added a new one 
The new green space you visited, right up my street, I love the history

Mini update from me as if I don’t update things now I will forget

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 2/24….finally!

4) 24 ‘me time’ activities. As bestie pointed out recently I never put myself first 5/24

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 sleep. I reading more and doing less Olympics at the minute. 1/24

6) save £2400

7) save £240 on supermarket card for Christmas

8) declutter 24 items from the house each month 

Found my total from the decluttering thread. Update 228 items decluttered from the house this year. Year total aim is 288 so 228/288 + 9 items out= 237/288.Now up to 252. (Having to keep track from my totals on decluttering thread)


9) sell 24 items

10) 24 activities with family/friends 9/24(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 +42 items ready to send=141+ 19 items used for a raffle last night = 160

15) Use up 24 candles 1/24

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

17) 24 letters to family and friends 4/24

18) Watch 24 films

19) 24 jobs in the house 5/24 (got the washing machine sorted after a leak). It has been a month of leaks, radiator leak sorted and another job = 6/24

20) 24 Dun elm Bags of Joy for the Christmas appeal when it starts

DundeeDoll

End of August already. So anything 16+ I'm on target, anything under 16 I'm a bit behind. Stopping at 24 for each (so any more donations to the CS won't get added to the total) and so enjoying myself I've already started putting together ideas for 2025 :-) Off to Venice later this month for a week's holiday so that should help me catch up on churches and bridges

1) Workout programmes: 15.2

2) Fiction books: 17

3) Non-fiction books: 15

4) green places: 20

5) Shows: 16

6) films: 14

7) Donation to CS: 24

8) Jobs off my list: 17

9) Litter picks: 15

10) Drawers / cupboards: 14

11) Churches: 11

12) Fruit: 18

13) Museums / trails: 13

14) Bridges: 15

15) Different pubs: 14

16) Academic submissions: 12

17) Lectures: 18

18) Documentaries: 14

19) Place-named foods: 16

20) Things that make me look / feel better: 19

tinkerbelluk

Sorry guys, I realised, I missed July's update so here we are with July & August's scores on the doors. I must admit I love when I get to this point of the year as things are moving from the "big list" to the completed section 🥳

1. Answer 24 journal prompts of self-discovery and awareness - 0/24 - Still stuck at my big fat zero!
2. Build 24 Lego sets - 2/24
3. Complete 24 hobbies - 2/24 - Been busy doing a cross stitch "frame" ready to add in tarot cards as they get released, so that's taken most of the time, but given the frame part alone is 15,000 stitches this was definitely a large scale project, but I'm nearly finished, but I know I'm going to finish the year short on this one.
4. Complete 24 things off master to do list - 7/24 - Slowly but surely chipping away at this one
5. Deep Clean / Declutter 24 areas around the house - 3/24 - I really need to crack on with this and stop making excuses but I'm tackling rooms so that's taking longer
6. Do 24 things with family and friends - 17/24
7. Enter 24 competitions per day - 8/12 Months done and some fab prizes won in July & August, so very happy with this one
8. Get rid of 24 items from loft / Garage - 0/24 - Again, I need to crack on with this!
9. Go for 24 walks or bike rides over 30 mins - 12/24 - I'm struggling with this one as I'm only counting when I specifically choose to go out for a walk with no other purpose, so I need to crack on!
10. Have 24 fun family adventures - 12/24 - Managed to tick off a load of these over the summer break
11. Learn or do 24 new things - 17/24
12. Learn and use 24 new words - 0/24 - I had a great suggestion a few months back of using these in my bullet journal, so I just need to do that this month
13. Lose 24lbs - 17/24 (but have lost 32lbs in total, but I put 15 on since the beginning of the year 🤐 before starting at the end of May) - Really, really happy with this one and feel like I'm back in the zone. Still a long way to go but I'm hoping this motivation keeps up
14. Practice 24 mins of mindfulness each week - 35/52
15. Save £2024 over the year - £1820.94/£2024 - Fully on track with this one.
16. Sell 24 things on ebay / booty sites - 4/24 - We've decided to repurpose one of our rooms, so selling furniture from there has helped, but I need to pull my finger out!
17. Spend 24 mins each week organising photos - 35/52
18. Treat / do something for myself 24 times - 18/24 - Finding this a bit easier as the year is going on, but still finding it difficult.
19. Play 24 board games - 2/24
20. Try 24 new recipes - 6/24

🏆 COMPLETED (But still carrying on with)

1. 24 Donations to charity - 46/24 - Had a MASSIVE clear out of eldest daughter's bedroom and wardrobes as well as the room we're repurposing, so cue several trips to various charity shops to drop off masses of black bags full of stuff.
2. Read 24 Books 32/24 
3. Have 24 no tech evenings - 38/24 - Getting stuck into hobbies in the evenings now, so this is becoming easier and I'm already forming better habits to avoid mindless scrolling/game playing etc of an evening.
4. Watch 24 new to me films / documentaries / TV shows - 28/24

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Update time for August:

1) 24 mins of housework daily - COMPLETED 

2) 24 mins of asana practice daily - 5 days

3) 24 mins of walking daily - 6 days

4) 24 mins of self-care daily - COMPLETED 

5) 24 mins of writing daily - COMPLETED 

6) 24 mins of gardening weekly - 4 sessions but over 2 weekends - worked out at more minutes but it's the consistency that I'm aiming for

7) 24 mins meditation weekly - COMPLETED

8) 24 days of nutrition study monthly - none

9) 24 days of strict WFPB eating monthly - I really don't know how many but definitely not 24

10) £24 reduction of monthly grocery budget  -  COMPLETED 

11) 24 alcohol free days monthly - No - not sure how many 

12) 24 NSD'S monthly - Not sure

13) 24 'home spa' days within the year 5/24 

14) 24 tech free days within the year - COMPLETED - I did a digital detox in August

15) 24 'out of the house' days within the year  - COMPLETED 

16) 24lbs lost within the year - 6/24 - gone backwards with this due to birthdays/anniversaries/ general stupidity 🤦‍♀️

17) 24 new books read within the year -  COMPLETED 

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

19) 24 bottles/jars of condiments/cordials made within the year -  14/24 - nothing made in August 

20) 24 yoga nidra practices with in year - COMPLETED 

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

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

23) 24 sunrises watched at the beach within the year - 9/24 - this will become easier now that the sunrises are getting later 😉

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