25 for 2025

StickyTheStickInsect

weenancyinAmerica said:

@StickyTheStickInsect - hi again. I use a website typingclub.com to increase my typing speed (my teacher got me started on it). It is a free site - but an American one. But I think it would work for you too. 

Thank you for the recommendation @weenancyinAmerica, I'll take a look 

sams247

Oh may I join please....... always good to have motivation

1. Lose 25 lbs in weight
2. Go swimming 25 times
3. Walk 10,000 steps 25 times
4. Pay £25 off of debts over and above any other payments
5. Visit NT & Gardens 25 times
6. Interact with FB groups I belong to but never comment on
7. Save £25 in coins for grandbabies to use in summer
8. Divide each room into 5 then tackle cleaning, decluttering and sorting each room 
9. Watch 25 films
10. Say No to sugar 25 times
11. Sell 25 items on Vinted or eBay
12. Make 25 cards or badges
13. Make 25 larger pom poms
14. Cook 25 dishes from new cooks books
15. Try 25 new programs/documentaries not normally explored
16. 25 word searches
17. Find 25 nice photo's for Advent
18. Do 25 kind things for others
19. Earn an extra £25(0) from extra place i.e. not work
20.  Remove 25 items from bags I've packed ready to move, and donate them
21. Check in 25 times on friends and family that I dont normally keep in contact with but really mean to
22. Save 25 x 50p pieces and use them for something pure fun
23. Meditate 25 times
24. Treat myself
25. Do 25 locum shifts to boost debt repay

lilian1977

lilian1977 said:

Update for challenge #9 - make £2025 - up to £5.40 after an EBay sale.

Up to £6.81 after Curious Cat surveys.

sams247

9. Watch 25 films

17. Find 25 nice photo's for Advent

9.  Watched Old Guard, again.  Loved it, again.

17.  Found a Cute Panda photo, an amazing anime and a pic of hens.   Instead of advents my grown up children get a different picture to look at each advent day

IrishRose12

Hi guys, Happy New Year to you all!!
I'm late in joining in but I am joining in lol.
I've had a rough few weeks with an unexpected hospital stay and operation, aswell as time off work that I never do, so I'm off my game lol.
I'm still recovering from my surgery, so some of my targets may not happen this month, but once I'm back on my feet I'll be on the ball.

Here's my list - which I actually found very hard to do this  time round

1. Clean 25 cupboards and corners in the house. (0/25)
2. Do 25 fun activities with family. (0/25)
3. Go out for 25 walks per month. (0/25)
4. Lose 25lbs. (6/25) (thanks to my recent surgery I lost my appeitite) 
5. Read 25 books. (0/25)
6. Save 25 of each domination of coin (if I can find £2's lol) and notes. (0/25)
7. Treat myself 25 times this year. (1/25)
8. Watch 25 new to me films (0/25)
9. Use my weighted Hula Hoop 25 times per month. (1/25)
10. Declutter 25 bags or boxes of unwanted items from the house. (0/25)
11. Complete 25 Art or Craft activities. (0/25)
12. Spend 25mins sorting out my emails and photos. (1/25)
13. Make 25th of the month a "me" day. (0/25)
14. Complete 25 DIY jobs in  the house. (0/25)
15. Make 25 visits to the local church. (1/25)
16. Make 25 extra payments to my debts. (2/25)
17. 25mins of Gardening per week. (0/25)
18. Use up 25 toiletries from the stash. (0/25)
19. Tell myself "NO" 25 times. (3/25)
20. Make or bake 25 items. (1/25)
21. Sell 25 pins from my collection. (2/25)
22. Learn 25 new things this year. (0/25)
23. Drink 25 glasses of water instead of 25 cans of coke. (0/25)
24. Listen to 25 pieces of classical music. (0/25)
25. Purchase 25 items to prepare for unexpected events (0/25)

My last one there, is something I've never thought about before, but after my unexpected stay in hospital I realised that we should really have a "go bag" of sorts for something like that.  As I had no idea what I needed or wanted etc.
So I've decided to buy the likes of an extra phone charger, pyjamas, slippers, toiletry kit, underwear etc and some sort of a bag just to have in the house for each of us "just in case"
Also while discussing the like of that, we realised we should really check out and update our emergecy box, incase the electric goes out, or the water supply has to be cut down again etc. 
So we've oredered new torches, and battery lights for example to put into the box along with our supply of candles.  OH bought new cans of gas for the camping stove we have upstairs etc.
Extra Powerbanks are also on our list to buy. 

The telling myself no - well I've already done that a few times as I went a bit mad in the sales, and just before the sales, but realised I really don't need any of the items, so they have been returned.  So that's a big thing for me to do. 

Smudgeismydog

Morning all,

Checking in for my first update;

1) Lose 0.5lb 25 times - 0/25
2) Go on 25 day trips - 0/25
3) Sell 25 items on Vinted - 6/25
4) Try 25 new recipes - 1/25
5) Maintain regular contact with 25 people - currently on track after messaging on New Years Day
6) Complete 25 random acts of kindness - 0/25
7) Walk for at least 25 minutes every day - achieved so far
8) Drink at least 1 litre of water a day for 25 days each month - 5/25
9) Walk 25,000 steps in one day each month - 1/25
10) Charity shop or skip 25 items - 1/25
11) Reduce monthly grocery bill by £25 - 0/25
12) Acknowledge 25 things I’m thankful for - 0/25
13) Work in the garden 25 times - 0/25
14) Spend 25 minutes every month reviewing our household finances - 1/12
15) Volunteer for 25 hours - 0/25
16) 25 Zumba sessions - 0/25
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 - 1/25
18) Reduce petrol bill by £25 per month by consciously using the car less
19) 25 minutes of ‘pamper time’ every week - 0/52
20) 25 Yoga sessions - 0/25, waiting for sessions to restart
21) Reduce electricity bill by £25 per month - waiting until Spring to discuss with provider
22) Eat 5 portions of fruit & veg a day, 25 times each month - 5/25
23) Switch off tablets at least 25 minutes before sleep every night - achieved so far
24) Watch 25 films - 1/25
25) Read 25 books - 1/25


I have found number 8 (drinking a litre of water a day), harder than I thought. I am going to fill my drinks bottle each morning, adding a slice of lemon, and basically take it everywhere with me to see if that helps.

I am pleased with how well my Vinted selling has been so far (number 3), and have decided to just keep going if I reach 25 items.

I have worked through my ‘Spending Insights’ on my banking app to calculate my average monthly spend on petrol and groceries (numbers 11 and 18), and will now track monthly to reduce these by £25 each. In doing this, I can claim my first achievement of reviewing our household finances for 25 minutes (number 14).

I made soup for the first time yesterday, and was very pleased with myself (number 4), and I’m hoping that things like this, my water intake, step count (numbers 7 and 9) and Zumba (number 16), will help me lose some weight (number 1).

Hope you are all well
x

lilian1977

Two updates- watched a 2nd film (Renfield) and completed the first unit of a 3rd language (Zulu!) on Duolingo. 

sams247

lilian1977 said:

Two updates- watched a 2nd film (Renfield) and completed the first unit of a 3rd language (Zulu!) on Duolingo. 

Zulu!  impressive.

I am another film ahead having (regretfully) having watched 65.  Great acting to a terrible plot.  

So Films is now 25/2

arielgirl

Hello
I would like to take part please. 
Mine are as follows. Some are easy and others are new challenges. But most are not "habits" by any stretch. 

1. Listen to 25 new songs or 25 new to me singers or groups

2. Read 25 books

3. Cook 25 new to me or recipes which require more effort

4. Get off bus a stop earlier 25 times

5. 25 seconds of yoga a day. Not much but can build that up eventually to 25 minutes a week maybe

6. Visit 25 coffee shops or new places to eat

7. 25 soft drinks at pub. Not that i go much

8. Go for a 25 minute walk on a Saturday and Sunday

9. Do 25 training courses or elearning or similar

10. Give 25 items to charity shop. I do not know frequency e.g a month. So just going to say 25... Then could start 25 items part 2 etc

11. 25 cleaning tasks a month

12. Watch 25 documentaries

13. Watch 25 films

14. Save 250 coins eg mixture of coins

15. Do 25 jigsaws

16. Eat 25 vegetarian meals per month.

17. Go 25 park runs which will be walks for me as running is bit harder after ankle and foot break

18. Say hello to or make small talk with 25 strangers.

19. Attend 25 pub quizzes

20. Save £25 a month towards clothes either to spend as a one of in that month or saved for little shopping spree 

21. Contribute 25 ideas at work. Even if they are not always successful at least I am trying

22. Learn a new skill that I knew nothing about or had no competency to even do for one second. However, hopefully eventually I am now able to do it for 25 minutes in any session (I have tried to word this as best I can) 

23. Do 25 mini updates in my flat eg buying a plant, moving furniture around. 

24. Volunteer 25 times

25. Contribute to 25 times to threads on mse

DundeeDoll

First update of the year

1) 25 * 25 per month piano: 5.96/25 for Jan

2) 2025 things decluttered: 30/2025

3) Workout programmes: 0.5/25 yippee half way through the first

4) 25k steps in one day: 0/25 but have signed up for a 3 week step challenge at work starting Monday team of 5 and we are all very competitive!

5) B&W films: 0/25

6) Ballet / opera: 1/25 Nutcracker lovely

7) Botanic gardens: 0/25

8) Celebrations: 1/25 epiphany party

9) Competitions: 0/25

10) Donations to food bank: 0/25

11) Egg recipes: 3/25

12) Evensong: 1/25

13) Family whatsapps: 0/25

14) Types of fish: 2/25

15) Foot soaks: 1/25

16) Graveyards: 0/25

17) Green in the title: 1/25 QI Green very funny

18) Lectures: 0/25

19) Litter picks: 0/25

20) Makes: 0/25

21) Malt whiskies: 1/25 just had a Raasay - very nice

22) Pasta book recipes: 1/25

23) Runs: 1/25 in a t-shirt and short brrrr - wore my cardi and have taken in warmer stuff for next week!

24) Simple things: 1/25 - I watched a pantomime on tv as am keeping them as mse as I can

25) Translated books: 0/25