25 for 2025

~FlowerPot~

ooh, this sounds like an excellent motivating challenge. I would very much like to join in

I'll make a start on my list, but it might take a day or 2 to get to 25 good ones. Some might be borrowed!

1. 25 paintings to create
2. Make 25 'things' (not including the paintings!)
   
3. 25 coffees / lunch out with friends
4. 25 minutes relaxing / medidtation / baths / me time ~ at least 3x a week
   
5. Watch 25 sunsets / sunrises (perefebly out somewhere like the beach!)
6. Visit and walk along the coast 25 times
7. Write 25 cards / letters
8. Read 25 books
   
9. Complete 25 courses ~ moslty online and free
10. Go to the library 25 times
11. Visit 25 musuems or art galleries
12. Save £25 every Monday, my monday savings challenge.
    
13. 25 evenings off all technology
    
14. Sell 25 pieces of art, paintings or prints
    
15. Visit 25 new places
    
16. Grow 25 different fruits veggies and herbs ~ this is a challenge, although nearly 10 are perenial, so not so many!
    
17. Eat 25 different fruits and veg a week
    
18. Try 25 new reicpes especially vegan and salad recipes
19. Bake 25 new gluten free recipes (ds2 is Coeliac)
20. 25 weeks alcohol free
    
21. 25 gifts, (not birthdays). to gift something or buy something small to put a smile ons someone face, a friend or a stranger!
    
22. Clean all 21 windows and 4 mirrors! (some I have never cleaned i.e. garage and tool shed)
    
23. Deep Clean / Declutter 25 areas around the house
24. Declutter 2025 items (only 6 a day!!!!!!)
25. Delete 2025 emails (I have over 9000 currently!
26. SPARE!!!! Sell 25 things on FBmp / ebay
    

DundeeDoll

Last day of 2024 and raring to go for 2025. I said I'd post the could-do list for each month from the simple things so here's January (one of my challenges is to pick 25 over the year)

• Hold a pot-luck supper for friends
• Listen to a piece a classical music and imagine what tale it might be telling
• Instead of phoning a love one write them a proper newsy letter
• See a panto or watch something funny at the theatre
• Download a bird calls app and discover who's sharing your garden with you

Fizz2015

Hello please can  I join, still composing my list and may liberate a few ideas from others. Will help me to focus my priorities for 2025.

DundeeDoll

welcome @Fizz2015

StickyTheStickInsect

Could I join please, I didn't do very well last year but hope for better for 2025.
I'll work out my aims and post them as soon as I have.

lilian1977

Hej

Just completed Unit 1 of Swedish on Duolingo, just 24 more languages to go! Tack och hej då!

thechubbyunicorn

Hello! I joined last year and was doing really well until around May time when life just got in the way. I am incredibly proud of myself for consistently updating every week as that is the longest I’ve ever stuck at any challenge. I feel the first half of 2024 was thoroughly enjoyable and I did lots of things I’ve been wanting to do for ages but just didn’t get around to. This years list is very similar to last years but these are all the things I love doing (exploring and eating) with a mix of things that come 1st January 2026 I will be ecstatic if when I’ve managed to complete them (lose weight and be able to run). There are some excellent challenges on here and I am genuinely excited to see what we can all achieve this year.

1. Read 25 books

2. Make 25 crafts 

3. Explore 25 villages / towns / cities I’ve never been to

4. Go to Slimming World 25 times 

5. Walk 2025km 

6. Buy 25 gift cards for Christmas 

7. Save £2025

8. Try 25 new recipes 

9. Lose 25lbs 

10. Create 25 (positive!) habits 

11. 25 outings / experiences with DH

12. 25 things that make me look / feel better about myself 

13. 25 different training courses / books etc relevant to my job 

14. Try 25 new restaurants / cafes

15. 25 solo days out 

16. Post 2025 photos to Instagram

17. Watch 25 movies I’ve never seen before 

18. Tick 25 things off my master to do list 

19. Listen to 25 audiobooks 

20. Walk along 25 different beaches 

21. Be able to run for 25 minutes 

22. Tick 25 things of my bucket list 

23. Try 25 foods I’ve never had before 

24. Watch 25 documentaries 

25. Save 25 of each coin / note (£1 to £20)   

My rules: 

1. An achievement cannot be used in more than one category. For example, if I went to a new restaurant and ate a deep fried mars bar this could be used for number 14 ‘try 25 new restaurants / cafes’, number 22 ‘tick 25 things off my bucket list’ and number 23 ‘try 25 foods I’ve never had before’. Instead I’ll keep a note of it but ultimately it will only go towards one category. 

2. I will update every Sunday with my week’s achievements 

3. On the last day of the month I will update how well I am doing in each category.

I hope everyone has a wonderful 2025!

tinkerbelluk

Love all of the ideas and peoples lists and a HUGE welcome to our newbies and our returners.

Reading everyone's lists this morning has given me plenty to think about for sure, so thanks for all the suggestions so far. DD is also Coeliac @~FlowerPot~ so I love that idea. @DundeeDoll I loved your idea about the 25 celebrations, it seems like a fun one to try so I've tried to combine the two 🤣 So my list as it stands:

25 for 2025

1. Answer 25 journal prompts of self-discovery and awareness
2. Celebrate 25 things, e.g. National / Awareness Days etc. We also have some big "days" of our own coming up this year so this will be a fun one.
3. Complete 25 days a month of my Bujo
4. Deep Clean / Declutter 25 areas around the house
5. 25 Donations to charity
6. 25 Donations to food bank
7. Earn £25 a month from surveys
8. Enter an average of 25 competitions per day
9. Do 25 things with family and friends
10. Go for 25 walks or bike rides over 30 mins 
11. Have 25 fun family adventures / day's out etc.
12. Complete 25 hobbies that make me happy
13. Learn / Do 25 new things
14. Listen to 25 new to me albums
15. Lose 25lbs
16. Complete 25 things off the master to-do list
17. Practice 25 mins of mindfulness each week
18. Read 25 Books
19. Remove 25 items from loft / garage
20. Save £2025 over the year  
21. Sell 25 things on ebay / booty sites
22. Spend 25 mins each week budgeting / planning
23. Spend 25 mins each week organising photos
24. Treat / do something for me 25 times
25. Watch 25 new to-me films / documentaries 

pollys

Not quite got to 25 yet, but we have ticked two off the list. 

Listen to 25 albums from our vinyl collection - The Thrills
Try 25 new recipes - homemade chicken soup made with homemade chicken stock.

~FlowerPot~

Well I'm in the car trying to dry off after a very wet and windy walk on the seafront.
We went further along to the next beach from the one we usually go to. Lived locally. For 9 years and never been to this particular beach, shocking! . Will definetly go back when the weather is dry and we can enjoy it more. But at least it was fresh, and I got out the house!!
So that 1/25 for beach walks 🏖️😎😂
And I spend a couple of hours, could have been longer going through emails, 2064 emails deleted, so I've smashed that challenge 2064 / 2025.,🎉🎉
I'm going to write these challenges in a note book this afternoon and I'm also going to start looking at gf recipes and salads that look appealing