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  • DundeeDoll
    DundeeDoll Posts: 5,218 Forumite
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     Update for half way through month 12:
    1) Workout programmes: 23.4
    2) Fiction books: 24 COMPLETE
    3) Non-fiction books: 24 COMPLETE
    4) green places: 24 COMPLETE (last one 12km walk round MacRichie Reservoir in Singapore)
    5) Shows: 24 COMPLETE
    6) films: 24 COMPLETE  (thanks to long flights)
    7) Donation to CS: 24 COMPLETE
    8) Jobs off my list: 24 COMPLETE
    9) Litter picks: 23 (last one will have to wait till I'm home)
    10) Drawers / cupboards: 24 COMPLETE
    11) Places of worship: 24 COMPLETE (last one was today's visit to St Andrews Cathedral in Singapore)
    12) Fruit: 24 COMPLETE
    13) Museums / trails: 24 COMPLETE
    14) Bridges: 24 COMPLETE
    15) Different pubs / eateries: 24 COMPLETE
    16) Academic papers / invited talks / workshops: 23 (and I have an invited talk on Tuesday back in Thailand)
    17) Lectures: 24 COMPLETE
    18) Documentaries: 24 COMPLETE
    19) Place-named foods: 23
    20) Things that make me look / feel better: 24 COMPLETE

    MrsSD declutter medals 2023 🏅🏅🏅⭐⭐ 2025
    25 for 25: 127 / 625
    declutter: 173 / 2025
    frogs eaten: 6
  • @DundeeDoll - I am really impressed. Most of my goals never got done this year. Not even close. Roommates and RL got in the way as did having back and leg problems. But I am going to try again next year - mostly the same goals and activities planned as I need to get them done for my own sanity.
  • Up early so just thought I'd come on to say I hope you have a very happy Solstice!!  Love and light to you all 💕
    DNF: £708.92/£1000
    JSF: £708.58/£1000

    Winter season grocery budget: £600.85/£900

    Weight loss challenge 2024: 11/24lbs
    1st quarter start:9st 13.1lb
    2nd quarter start:9st 9.2 lb
    3rd quarter start: 9st 6.8 lb
    4th quarter start: 9st 10.2 lb
    End weight: 8st 13lb

    'It's the small compromises you keep making over time that start to add up and get you to a place you don't want to be'

  • DundeeDoll
    DundeeDoll Posts: 5,218 Forumite
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    edited 21 December 2024 at 5:04PM
    And to you @leftatthetrafficlights.
    Thanks for setting us all off 12 months ago @tinkerbelluk. With just 10 days to go...
    1) Workout programmes: 23.6 (last programme has 5 workouts, did #3 this morning)
    2) Fiction books: 24 COMPLETE
    3) Non-fiction books: 24 COMPLETE
    4) green places: 24 COMPLETE
    5) Shows: 24 COMPLETE
    6) films: 24 COMPLETE
    7) Donation to CS: 24 COMPLETE 
    8) Jobs off my list: 24 COMPLETE
    9) Litter picks: 23
    10) Drawers / cupboards: 24 COMPLETE
    11) Places of worship: 24 COMPLETE
    12) Fruit: 24 COMPLETE
    13) Museums / trails: 24 COMPLETE
    14) Bridges: 24 COMPLETE
    15) Different pubs / eateries: 24 COMPLETE
    16) Academic papers / invited talks / workshops: 24 COMPLETE
    17) Lectures: 24 COMPLETE
    18) Documentaries: 24 COMPLETE
    19) Foods named after places: 23
    20) Things that make me look / feel better: 24 COMPLETE
    MrsSD declutter medals 2023 🏅🏅🏅⭐⭐ 2025
    25 for 25: 127 / 625
    declutter: 173 / 2025
    frogs eaten: 6
  • mandy47
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    Only failed on 2.
    24 new recipes.  Only managed 20 but still time left. My favourite was home made lemon curd .😋
    Didn't loose 24lb. In point of fact I haven't lost any.
    Partially due to lovely lemon curd. 😁
  • DundeeDoll
    DundeeDoll Posts: 5,218 Forumite
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    edited 22 December 2024 at 5:37PM
    mandy47 said:
    Only failed on 2.
    24 new recipes.  Only managed 20 but still time left. My favourite was home made lemon curd .😋
    Didn't loose 24lb. In point of fact I haven't lost any.
    Partially due to lovely lemon curd. 😁
    lol - home made lemon curd was why I used to run out of bread so quickly!
    workout #4/5 of 24th workout programme completed this afternoon in my hotel. 
    So just 1 more workout, 1 more litter pick, 1 more food named after a place. 
    (though I did go for 20 24s not 24 24s)
    MrsSD declutter medals 2023 🏅🏅🏅⭐⭐ 2025
    25 for 25: 127 / 625
    declutter: 173 / 2025
    frogs eaten: 6
  • DundeeDoll
    DundeeDoll Posts: 5,218 Forumite
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    woo hoo another one just completed - 24 workout programmes.
    also had another couple of thoughts for 2025
    25 different ways with eggs (inspired by Guardian article 100 ways with eggs!)
    25 competition entries (used to love entering competitions and won a few small ones)
    MrsSD declutter medals 2023 🏅🏅🏅⭐⭐ 2025
    25 for 25: 127 / 625
    declutter: 173 / 2025
    frogs eaten: 6
  • PipneyJane
    PipneyJane Posts: 4,652 Forumite
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    Are you going to do a 25 in 2025?  If so, count me in!

    - Pip
    "Be the type of woman that when you get out of bed in the morning, the devil says 'Oh crap. She's up.'

    It ain’t what you do, it’s the way that you do it - that’s what gets results!

    2025 Fashion on the Ration Challenge 66 coupons - 25.5 spent.

    4 - Thermal Socks from L!dl
    4 - 1 pair "combinations" (Merino wool thermal top & leggings)
    6 - Ukraine Forever Tartan Ruana wrap
    8 - 4 x 100g/450m skeins 3-ply dark green Wool Local yarn
    1.5 - sports bra
    2 - 100g/220m DK Toft yarn
  • IrishRose12
    IrishRose12 Posts: 1,788 Forumite
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    Final update of 2024 for me.  I haven't completed all of them, but I have to say I'm quite happy and a bit proud of myself for what I have achieved when I put my mind to it. 
    I ended up in hospital for a week this momth and onlt got home at the end of last week, so that hampered a lot of my plans to complete all my challenges.

    I've a long road ahead of daily dressings etc by community nurses for the foreseeable futire so it may hamper my targets for January at least, but hopefully not too much. 


    1.     24 tech free evenings within 3 months/ per quarter - COMPLETED
    2.     Read 24 books - 18/24 - hospital stay helped with this one tbh lol.
    3.     Declutter 24 Christmas items not used anymore - COMPLETED 
    4.     Walk 24 miles a month - 11/12 - December was a no go so I'm disappointed with this one lol.
    5.     24mins per week decluttering around the house - COMPLETED
    6.     Limit to 24 cans of coke per month - I had 2 cans in November, I have managed about 6 cans I think this month. 
    7.     Sell 24 items - 63/24 - COMPLETED  - Smashed this one
    8.     Save 24 of each coin and note – All completed except for the £2 coins :-/
    9.    Declutter 24 bin bags/boxes from the house. - COMPLETED 
    10.  Declutter 24 old cosmetics/toiletries not used or expired - COMPLETED
    11.  Loose 24lb in weight - 8/24 - Next year will be my year! 
    12.  Make 24 visits to my local church - 22/24
    13.  Complete 24 jigsaw puzzles/ Lego sets/Diamond Painting sets  - 7/24.  Yeah this was ambitious lol
    14.  24 minutes of gardening - COMPLETED
    15.  Treat / do something for myself 24 times - COMPLETED
    16.  Watch 24 films - COMPLETED
    17.  Make the 24th of each month a "Me" day - COMPLETED
    18.  24 outings with family this year - COMPLETED 
    19.  Make or bake 24 things - 14/24
    20.  Deep Clean 24 cupboard doors - COMPLETED
    21.  Burn 24 candles/wax melts this year - 16/24
    22.  Complete 24 puzzle/colouring books - COMPLETED
    23.  24mins doing my weighted hula hoop 3x per week - Next year :D
    24.  Do 24 jobs around the house that keep get putting off - COMPLETED 


    I'm now off to make my list for 2025.  

    I Wish you all a Very Merry Christmas, good health to you and your families and A very Happy New Year
    Pay all debt off by Christmas 2025 £815.45/£3,000£1 a day challenge 2025 - £180/£730 Declutter a bag a week in 2025 11/52Lose 25lb - 10/25lbs Read 1 book per week - 5/52Pay off credit card debt 18%/100%
  • suzeesu2000
    suzeesu2000 Posts: 1,001 Forumite
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    Definitely in for 2025 please. Failed miserably for 2024 but seriously need to change things so will be making much more of an effort for 2025. 
    Saving 1 animal wont change the world - but it will change the world for that 1 animal

    25 for 2025
    2025 Frugal Living Challenge
    2025 DECLUTTERING CAMPAIGN MrsSD
    Let Thrift shopping thrive in 25!
    Make Do, Mend & Minimise in 2025 (and 2024)
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