25 for 2025

eltee2

Having lurked on the 2024 thread, I'd like to join in please - I can't come up with 25 different things, but my (possibly plagiarised 🫢) aims for 2025 are at least....

• 25 NSD per month
• 2025 glasses of water in 2025
• 25lbs weight loss
• 25 post WI sessions at SW
• 25 mins per week meal planning
• 25 mins walking per day
• 25 sets of physio exercises per month
• 25 hours of housework per month
• 25p per day in shrapnel saved
• 25 new recipes
• 25 days CS volunteering
• 25 mins weekly gardening
• 25 live music events

Many thanks for some great ideas🙃 hope I can borrow some more

ETA
• 25 books read
• 25th of the month = pampering day

Thanks for the 2 extra ideas

PipneyJane

Count me “in” please.  I’m still working on my list but I definitely want to do this.

- Pip

Smudgeismydog

Excellent thread, count me in!

1) Lose 0.5lb 25 times
2) Go on 25 day trips
3) Sell 25 items on Vinted
4) Try 25 new recipes
5) Maintain regular contact with 25 people
6) Complete 25 random acts of kindness
7) Walk for at least 25 minutes every day
8) Drink at least 1 litre of water a day for 25 days each month
9) Walk 25,000 steps in one day each month
10) Charity shop or skip 25 items
11) Reduce monthly grocery bill by £25
12) Acknowledge 25 things I’m thankful for
13) Work in the garden 25 times
14) Spend 25 minutes every month reviewing our household finances
15) Volunteer for 25 hours
16) 25 Zumba sessions
17) Say “no” 25 times to things that don’t give me joy, are not good for me, or things I don’t want to do
18) Reduce petrol bill by £25 per month by consciously using the car less
19) 25 minutes of ‘pamper time’ every week
20) 25 Yoga sessions
21) Reduce electricity bill by £25 per month
22) Eat 5 portions of fruit & veg a day, 25 times each month
23) Switch off tablets at least 25 minutes before sleep every night
24) Watch 25 films
25) Read 25 books

Actually, that list was harder to put together than I initially thought, but I’m happy with what I’d like to achieve.

Looking forward to getting to know you all and follow your journeys
x

DundeeDoll

Rosa_Damascena said:

DundeeDoll said:

couple of tweaks from me. I'm an avid reader but thinking 25 translated books as AND 25 children's books might be a bit much on top of my usual reading. Also my feet are in need of some tlc. So am replacing children's books with 25 foot soaks - I have found an mse recipe of course and also realising 25 different sports is ambitious - will save that for next Olympics (when it'll be 28). I'm very keen to get back to playing the piano so have replaced sports with 25 mins 25 times a month. Now I just have to work out a way of easily counting that!

Your post made me realise, 2025 is the ideal year to kick off the Pomodoro Technique! 

You're absolutely right. I have used it for work but not for a while so think I'll get back to that during 2025. 

DundeeDoll

eltee2 said:

Many thanks for some great ideas🙃 hope I can borrow some more

welcome - I got a lot of inspiration from others' lists, including during first month if I was struggling with any editing to another that took my fancy. I thoroughly enjoyed doing the 2024 (though stuck to 20 *24) and can't wait to get going on my 25*25.

pollys

Please can I join you?
I will give my 25 some thought and post when I’ve come up with them. 

lilian1977

I'll join - I'm planning to do 12 challenges but all based around the number 25:

Read 25 books

Lose 25lb

Run 25k per month 

Enter 25 competitions a week (or a month, not sure)

Go to 25 football games

Watch 25 films

Complete 25 DIY projects

Do 25 free courses to upskill 

Make an extra £2025

Declutter 25 items per month

Save £25 per month towards my husband's 50th birthday in December.

Complete level on on Duolingo in 25 languages

JingsMyBucket

I’d like to join as well this year too. I’m going to have a think more and post some ideas tomorrow. There are already some good ones listed. 

eltee2

I saw something on someone else's list and thought I'd add it to mine - by the time I logged in, I'd forgotten it!   😄

ETA remembered it ... • 25 cupboards/shelves decluttered

PipneyJane

OK, here we go.  < Deep breath > Here are my 25 in 2025 

1. Read 25 books
2. Lose 5lbs
3. Exercise for 25 minutes 5 times a week for at least 25 weeks
4. Visit 25 new-to-me places
5. Knit at least 25 balls of yarn from Stash
6. Save £2,500
7. Invest £1,000 a month 
8. Get into the habit of flossing and brushing my teeth every night
9. Make it a habit to wash makeup off before going to bed
10. Get my British citizenship
11. Eat 30 different plants a week for 25 weeks
12. Donate 25 items to charity (clothes, books, etc)
13. Do 12 park runs
14. Entertain 12 times
15. Go to the cinema 10 times, to use up the free cinema tickets DH and I get from the bank
16. Meal plan for at least 25 weeks
17. Telephone far-flung friends/family 25 times
18. Cook 25 new-to-me dishes
19. Do the Fashion-on-the-Ration Challenge
20. Complete the monthly Grocery Challenge and stay in Budget
21. Give up having sugar/sweetener in my tea/coffee 
22. Blog 25 times
23. Do 25 minutes of tidying a day for 25 days.
24. TBA
25. TBA 

- Pip