25 for 2025

lilian1977

£1.34 earned from Curious Cat today and paid off my CC - total £8.15 earned towards my £2025 target.

~FlowerPot~

Update
Number 10 go to the library 1 / 25
They didn't have either of the books I was after but got a couple of things books and signed up for borrow box

Nintud

1. Read 25 books about money/thrift/budgeting to keep motivated on debt reduction.
2. Sell 25 items per month.
3. Take the dogs on 25 car journey dog walks.
4. Visit 25 museums
5. Visit 25 art galleries
6. Make 25 different soups
7. Try 25 new foods
8. Read 25 non-fiction books (not money related)
9. Bake 25 different types of biscuits
10. Put together 25 full outfits in my wardrobe to reduce morning decision fatigue.
11. Watch 25 films.
12. Learn to identify 25 different plants.
13. Complete 25 craft projects.
14. Read 25 fiction books
15. Donate 25 items to Charity
16. Write (and send) 25 letters
17. Learn 25 French sentences
18. Travel to 25 different towns/cities
19. Introduce myself to 25 new people.
20. Go to bed before 10pm 25 times
21. Get up at 5am 25 times
22. Sell 25 books (not included in count for no.2)
22. Cook 25 new recipes
23. Enter 25 competitions
24. Make 25 phone calls to friends/family just to chat
25. See 25 different members of my family.

kirkw1972

New to the forum but been a MSE follower for a while. Love this challenge. I've taken a few/tweaked some from other lists, some of my own

1. Deep clean/declutter 25 areas from around the house 2/25
2. Do 25 things with family and friends 1/25
3. Donate 25 things to charity
4. Enter 25 comps 
5. Use my new treadmill 25 times per month (even if for just 1 mile)
6. Lose 25lbs
7. Read 25 books of any style
8. Save or side hustle £2025 
9. Watch 25 new to me films
10. Complete 25 craft projects (no spend - using up projects bought previously/wool stash and also goes towards decluttering)
11.Spend 25 minutes per day side hustling
12. Swim 25 times
13. Visit 25 heritage properties/museums/gardens/exhibitions
14. Attend 25 social meetings/gatherings
15. Rehome 25 books (i have a huge bag already decluttered from no1 for the book lady (each book = a 50p voucher for more books- oops)
16.Try 25 new to me things 
17. 25 new places to visit (travel - towns, cities, villages etc)
18. 25 sessions of digital decluttering/folder tidies etc
19. Drink 1 litre of water 25 days per month
20. I have a cork board of DIY & garden jobs. Big jobs broken into smaller targets. To complete 25 of them
21. 25 weeks of no chocolate
22. Listen to 235 podcast episode/ find 25 podcasts to listen to
23. Listen to 25 radio shows on top of the ones my son hosts 
24. Complete 25 things from my www.dayzeroproject.com bucket lists
25. Complete 25 Couch to Fitness sessions or a Youtube exercise session

I love challenges and bucket lists so this feels quite exciting

eltee2

Updated list - I might have to put 25 more films on the list!

• 25 books - 2/25
• 25 CS volunteering sessions - 0/25
• 25 deep clean/declutter days - 1/25
• 25 films - 6/25
• 25 live bands - 0/25
• 25 me-time activities - 0/25
• 25 mins weekly meal planning - 2/52
• 25 gardening sessions - 0/25
• 25 new recipes - 2/25
• 25 NSDs per month - Jan 8/25
• 25 post-SW WI sessions - 1/25
• 25lbs weight loss - 3/25

El

DundeeDoll

made an origami penguin for my first make of the year

Dizzycap

Here are my 25 for 25!
    1. Go for 25 walks with the dog 45/25 💯ONGOING
    2. 25 Donations to charity -28/25 💯ONGOING
    3. Spend 25 minutes each week organising office/art room space 11/52
    4. Do 25 things with family and friends 25/25 💯
    5. Make £2025 in 2025 £2881.43 / £2025 (130%) £2881.43 / £2025 (130%)
    6. Sell 25 Items 53/25 💯ONGOING
    7. 20 No Spend Days each month 14/20 (3)
    8. Spend 30 mins each week budgeting / planning 11/52
    9. Make 25 Things in 2025 using only the art stash I already have 9/25
    10. Spend 25 mins each day in silent ME time. 73/365
    11. Clear or put away 25 things in their rightful place each week 11/52
    12. Make 25 telephone calls during 2025 to close relatives or friends 28/25 💯
    13. Spend at least 25 mins with someone who is dear & special to me 11/25
    14. Spend 25 mins per week clearing out emails 11/52
    15. Sing 25 complete songs during 2025, while showering 18/25
    16. Potter in the garden for 25 minutes each week 11/52
    17. Spend 30 minutes each week cleaning / dusting  11/52
    18. Spend 30 minutes each week cleaning and securing any tech items 11/52
    19. Spend 30 minutes a week listening to songs or talk radio 11/52
    20. Spend 30 minutes each week decluttering office paperwork 11/52
    21. Spend 30 minutes each week catching up with news on GB News 11/52
    22. Spend 30 minutes a week helping someone else 11/52
    23. Spend 30 minutes each week meal planning and using up before going food shopping 11/52
    24. Spend 30 minutes each week checking decluttered rooms to see if any more decluttering can be done 11/52
    25. Complete a 'No Spend Non-Essentials Year' 2025 11/52

~FlowerPot~

UPDATE

#22 Clean all 21 windows and 4 mirrors! (some I have never cleaned i.e. garage and tool shed)

 I have cleaned one in the lounge, the one in the dining room whihc is currently DS2 beroom and 4 in the porch and the front door which has 4 panes of glass in it, so im counting 7 / 25

arielgirl

Well done lovely to see peoples progress. 
Below is my very small progress

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 - have a sorted a bag to go

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. - said hello to 2 people id never seen at work. 

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

Dizzycap

@ arielgirl - That's a great list for 2025. Not sure I could do the 25 jigsaws though? It's taken me over 5 weeks just to complete the edges and a few pieces of my present one and its only 1,000 pieces