24 for 2024

thechubbyunicorn

welcome @Sallyp2 it's good to have you here! Thank you @DundeeDoll and @leftatthetrafficlights - we didn't tell anyone beforehand and just slipped off and got married, just the two of us. It was perfect 

Here is my update for week 12...

3. Try 24 restaurants / cafes I've never been to - Gouldings (Rosebank) 
5. Watch 24 movies I've never seen before - Calendar Girls 
8. Walk 2024km - 34.05km 
10. Save 24 of each coin / note denomination - 2x1p / 1x2p / 3x5p / 1x20p / 1x50p / 2x£1 / 2x£2 / 1x£20  
12. Buy 24 £20 gift cards to spend next Christmas - Amazon 
15. Eat 24 different cakes / puddings - Lemon Sponge Cake 
20. Post 2024 photos on Instagram - 3
22. Go to Slimming World 24 times - Went this week 
23. Sell 24 things - Sold a top on Vinted

DundeeDoll

Sallyp2 said:

Joining this thread - albeit a bit late. Doing 20 things 24 times - list is a work in progress

Life is a work in progress :-) I am finding the list inspiring - e.g. one of mine is attending 24 lectures - I work in a University so not hard but not something I made time for. Tonight was an inspirational talk by Prof Adam Habib (and a glass of red wine after, all very mse)

Sallyp2

DundeeDoll said:

Sallyp2 said:

Joining this thread - albeit a bit late. Doing 20 things 24 times - list is a work in progress

Life is a work in progress :-) I am finding the list inspiring - e.g. one of mine is attending 24 lectures - I work in a University so not hard but not something I made time for. Tonight was an inspirational talk by Prof Adam Habib (and a glass of red wine after, all very mse)

Like it
what was the lecture on

Happy_Kitties

Update for me, hoping to get a couple of things ticked off this weekend

1) 24 donations to local animal sanctuary. 3/24 

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

4) 24 ‘me time’ activities. As bestie pointed out recently I never put myself first 1/24

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

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 6/52

12) At least 24 mins of housework a day  Jan✅ Feb✅

13) At least 240 minutes of exercise a week 4/52

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

15) Use up 24 candles 1/24

16) 240 minutes spent on course each week. 7/52

17) 24 letters to family and friends 1/24

18) Watch 24 films

19) 24 jobs in the house

Congratulations on your wedding @thechubbyunicorn. I hope you were okay your fall @DundeeDoll

Sallyp2

Sallyp2 said:

Joining this thread - albeit a bit late. Doing 20 things 24 times - list is a work in progress

1. Wild swims - start May until it’s too cold to go /24
2. Gym visits & yoga classes per month /24
3. 24 lbs lost /24
4. Spin classes per month /24
5. NSD per month /24
6. Vegetables grown on allotment & greenhouse /24
7. Books /24
8. Films /24
9. £20 gift cards - like the idea of this /24
10. Visit beach hut - not been since NYD 1/24
11. Sweet & chocolate free days per month /24
12. Flower pots planted up for either summer or autumn or winter or next spring /24
13. Vegetarian days per month /24
14. Coffee shop coffee’s free days per month /24
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Amended slightly. Merged gym and yoga per month total. Also want 24 flower pots done throughout the year. Added in NSD’s challenge which will help with achieving the gift card aim and not buying take out coffee’s while walking the puppy

started clearing old pots from around the garden today. Lots of slugs so am soaking in the bath - thinking what I will do in each of the 6 pots for each season

going to start counting totals from Monday 1 April and run until 31 Dec

DundeeDoll

Sallyp2 said:

Sallyp2 said:

Amended slightly. Merged gym and yoga per month total. Also want 24 flower pots done throughout the year. Added in NSD’s challenge which will help with achieving the gift card aim and not buying take out coffee’s while walking the puppy

That's another key 'rule' - as well as being fun if we need to merge or replace that is also good :-):smile:
I am recovering slowly from my fall but it has hampered workouts / walks and of course the bike rides. So a slower week but updating nonetheless. Oh and the official lecture title was "Africa Lecture Series: Principal in Conversation with Professor Adam Habib" Adam had spent the first part of his adult life disrupting the norm of segregation in Universities and the second part in building up universities post-segregation. He talked a lot about the current funding model in UK universities and our need to challenge. As I'm about to take on interim director of my department I certainly made a lot of notes! But now for my last week:
2 fiction books finished (Dunnett's The spring of the Ram and May's The Winter Grave) 
1 film I'd never seen before: Dr Zhivago
1 job off the to do list: strap for accordion case
2 litter picks
1 academic submission (6 week summer student, heard end of the week successful)
1 lecture as stated above and another '35 years in health informatics' - this challenge has been wonderful for getting me to make time to see some of the fabulous lectures available in the University - turns out this guy (retiring after 35 years) has worked with 3 people I have also worked with at the Uni, but at different times - also planning 50th birthday party for my Centre next year and met another 2 people who have previously worked there (way before my time) so they will all get invitations to the big party. 
1 things for me - finished my astronomy course
3 foods named after places: worcester sauce, brussels pate and pontefract cakes
1 soup (cauliflower and coconut)
1 baking (bread rolls for the above as had friends round for lunch, very yummy!)

Sallyp2

DundeeDoll said:

Sallyp2 said:

Sallyp2 said:

Amended slightly. Merged gym and yoga per month total. Also want 24 flower pots done throughout the year. Added in NSD’s challenge which will help with achieving the gift card aim and not buying take out coffee’s while walking the puppy

That's another key 'rule' - as well as being fun if we need to merge or replace that is also good :-):smile:
I am recovering slowly from my fall but it has hampered workouts / walks and of course the bike rides. So a slower week but updating nonetheless. Oh and the official lecture title was "Africa Lecture Series: Principal in Conversation with Professor Adam Habib" Adam had spent the first part of his adult life disrupting the norm of segregation in Universities and the second part in building up universities post-segregation. He talked a lot about the current funding model in UK universities and our need to challenge. As I'm about to take on interim director of my department I certainly made a lot of notes! But now for my last week:
2 fiction books finished (Dunnett's The spring of the Ram and May's The Winter Grave) 
1 film I'd never seen before: Dr Zhivago
1 job off the to do list: strap for accordion case
2 litter picks
1 academic submission (6 week summer student, heard end of the week successful)
1 lecture as stated above and another '35 years in health informatics' - this challenge has been wonderful for getting me to make time to see some of the fabulous lectures available in the University - turns out this guy (retiring after 35 years) has worked with 3 people I have also worked with at the Uni, but at different times - also planning 50th birthday party for my Centre next year and met another 2 people who have previously worked there (way before my time) so they will all get invitations to the big party. 
1 things for me - finished my astronomy course
3 foods named after places: worcester sauce, brussels pate and pontefract cakes
1 soup (cauliflower and coconut)
1 baking (bread rolls for the above as had friends round for lunch, very yummy!)

Bloody hell - a productive week. Well done esp as you are getting over a fall!

IrishRose12

@thechubbyunicorn belated congratulations on your wedding.  Wishing you health, happiness and luck. 
DundeeDoll I hope you're doing OK after your fall 

Here's my end of the month update from me.  Maybe I should change one of my things to posting 24 updates on here

1.     24 tech free evenings within 3 months/ per quarter - 9/24
4.     Spend 24mins per day deleting photos, emails etc - Still doing this daily. 
5.     24mins per week decluttering in House - still going!
6.     Limit to 24 cans of coke per month - new month starts tomorrow, I've done bad this month. 
7.     Sell 24 items - 17/24
8.     Save 24 of each coin and note - 13/24
9.     Declutter 24 bin bags/boxes from the house. - 11/24  I have 4 bags currently waiting to go.  Just need to get a lift to the charity shop.
12.  Make 24 visits to my local church - 3/24
14.  24 minutes of gardening per week - 4/24 
15.  Treat / do something for myself 24 times - 7/24
16.  Watch 24 films - 4/24
17.  Make the 24th of each month a "Me" day - 3/24
18.  24 outings with family this year - 6/24 dinner with the family and a night out to see a play.
24.  Do 24 jobs around the house that keep get putting off - 5/24

Hope everyone is having a lovely Easter.  We've had a nice few days here for a change so got some gardening and outdoor jobs done.
Apparently we're having rain tomorrow again so I'm hoping to do some more cleaning, decluttering and odd jobs around the house. 
As I'm off all week for school holidays I'm hoping to get A LOT of things ticked off my list, and get my bum into gear and start losing weight! 

leftatthetrafficlights

Time for my monthly update (I think I should change it to weekly as it may help keep me on track 🤔) 


1) 24 mins of housework daily - Not done daily but definitely at least 75% of the time. I'll be stepping this up this month
2) 24 mins of asana practice daily - nope, it's been difficult for a number of reasons but I have started over the last few days
3) 24 mins of walking daily - I've managed this over the past week 
4) 24 mins of self-care daily - Yep! 🙌
5) 24 mins of writing daily - Mostly done, just missed a couple of days due to being away
6) 24 mins of gardening weekly - nope, but since Thursday I've done hours of it every day so everything is now sorted ready for daily maintenance 😁🙌 
7) 24 mins meditation weekly - over and above with this - I'm doing a minimum of 15 mins a day! 
8) 24 days of Italian practice monthly  - not done - started it again and did it for the first week but I didn't  enjoy it at all this time around!  😔 I'm changing this to studying nutrition as I don't want to continue with the Italian 
9) 24 days of strict WFPB eating monthly - I've done at least 20
10) £24 reduction of monthly grocery budget  - I've managed this!! 🙌 I've put the money away as soon as it comes in and work with the smaller amount
11) 24 alcohol free days monthly - Yep!! 29 days in March despite being in numerous situations where alcohol is normally involved 😁 I'm very proud of myself for this 🥳
12) 24 NSD'S monthly - Yep, 27! 🙌
13) 24 'home spa' days within the year -  2/24 only 2 this month 🤦‍♀️
14) 24 tech free days within the year - 2/24 on my 'spa' days....
15) 24 'out of the house' days within the year - 12/24
16) 24lbs lost within the year - 4/24 🤦‍♀️
17) 24 new books read within the year -  3/24 
18) 24 different veg/herbs grown within the year - I'll report in a couple of weeks- lots more sowing to do today
19) 24 bottles/jars of condiments/cordials made within the year -   4/24 and I'm making sauerkraut at some point this week
20) 24 new recipes made within the year - 3/24 
21) 24 items decluttered within the year - 5/24
22) 24 items donated to the food bank within the year - not started
23) 24 sunrises watched at the beach within the year - not done yet - too soggy and overcast!! 
24) 24 sunsets watched in the garden within the year - 4/24 😍

IrishRose12

I've decided I'm changing one of my targets.  The spending 24mins per day deleting photos, emails etc is taking less than 2mins now, and it's becomming something that I don't even need to focus on now.

What I do need to focus on and challenge myself on is my kitchen cupboard/drawer doors and house doors.  I decluttered 3 drawers yesterday and oh my goodness the state of my kitchen cupboard doors isn't even funny.  I usually do give them a quick wipe down and clean, but it's clearly not enough.

So I'm going to focus on scrubbing and deep cleaning a door, drawer or cupboard.  I've got 24 in the kitchen alone, and I'll focus on one each for now.  I'll also spend 24mins giving the doors of the house a good scrub, in the hope to eventually paint them. 

So as of yesterday and my new target I'll add an update lol.

deep clean drawers/cupboard doors - 3/24