25 for 2025

Spendywendywoo

Oh I’d love to join in please. I’m going to focus on 25, or a play on 25 things in different categories, if that’s ok? 

25 books read in 2025
4/25 complete 
25lbs lost in 2025
3/25 complete
2025 items declutter in 2025
0/2025 - only decided on this one late last night
25 date nights or adventures in 2025
1/25 complete 

That will do for now as I’m also focusing on adopting a new budget and making many changes 

thechubbyunicorn

Week 3 update: 
A pretty boring week for me. I have made plans for this coming week that I'm not going to talk myself out of so hopefully I'll have more to report next week. I did work towards 9 goals this week so all is not lost!

4. Go to Slimming World 25 times - went this week  
5. Walk 2025km - 36.1km 
6. Buy 25 gift cards for Christmas - bought one for Tesco 
7. Save £2025 - saved £406.18 
9. Lose 25lbs - Lost 2lbs 
16. Post 2025 photos to Instagram - 2 
17. Watch 25 movies I've never seen before - Ben is Back 
24. Watch 25 documentaries - Merseyside Detectives - The Murders of Ashley & Olivia 
25. Save 25 of each coin / note (£1 to £20) - 4x£2 / 2x£5 

DundeeDoll

A few more to add
B&W film - A hard day's night
A tot of malt of the month - Auchentoshan - although Scotch it is distilled 3 times as made by Irish immigrants. I am finding the history of the malts as interesting as the drams
Another 2 litter picks - the one yesterday I discovered someone has removed a safety panel from a fence at the top of a nasty drop near the school - I have alerted my councillor so a double good turn!
A translated book - Snow Country - wasn't really my sort of thing but short 🤣
Something green-related "A city crowned with green" very interesting documentary on iPlayer
Evensong from Manchester Cathedral
And another recipe from my pasta book - artichoke and aubergine pasta - added benefit of lunches done (bought a salad on Friday, not very mse!)
Another donation to the food bank
2 more fish - basa and bass
1 more way of cooking eggs - poached
First workout programme finished, some more piano practice and a few more things decluttered.
Another foot soak - bliss
and my first visit to a graveyard
So a good week.

Rosa_Damascena

DundeeDoll said:

A few more to add
B&W film - A hard day's night
A tot of malt of the month - Auchentoshan - although Scotch it is distilled 3 times as made by Irish immigrants. I am finding the history of the malts as interesting as the drams
Another 2 litter picks - the one yesterday I discovered someone has removed a safety panel from a fence at the top of a nasty drop near the school - I have alerted my councillor so a double good turn!
A translated book - Snow Country - wasn't really my sort of thing but short 🤣
Something green-related "A city crowned with green" very interesting documentary on iPlayer
Evensong from Manchester Cathedral
And another recipe from my pasta book - artichoke and aubergine pasta - added benefit of lunches done (bought a salad on Friday, not very mse!)
Another donation to the food bank
2 more fish - basa and bass
1 more way of cooking eggs - poached
First workout programme finished, some more piano practice and a few more things decluttered.
Another foot soak - bliss
and my first visit to a graveyard
So a good week.

I'd be interested in this recipe - was it any good?

DundeeDoll

I thought it was very tasty Rosa_Damascena. From memory... fry one large chopped red onion with 4 baby aubergine (I chopped up one larger aubergine) and 2 cloves of garlic, finely chopped, till starting to soften. Add lemon juice (Can't remember how much it said, I used 1/2 a lemon cos there was one in the fridge needed used up), 2 tablespoons tomato puree, a tsp caster sugar and a carton of passata and simmer for 20 minutes then add sliced black olives (i used quite a few cos i like black olives in cooking) and a drained can of artichoke hearts. it was very tasty and will do me 2 breakfasts and 2 lunches. i also added some white cabbage cos that needed using up.

Today I have walked over 25K so that's another one started (25 * 25K) - helped by being part of a team at work for a 3 week step challenge and finding I was 15K behind the lead over the week ;-)

IrishRose12

My first update of 2025.  I knew before I even made this list, that this month wouldn't be very productive as I'm still recovering from surgery.  Hopefully by the end of February I'll be back on track.

1. Clean 25 cupboards and corners in the house. (1/25) 1 corner cleared. 
2. Do 25 fun activities with family. (0/25)
3. Go out for 25 walks per month. (2/25) 2 long walks around town with some stops inbetween. If I count my walks to the doctors for many appointments I've hit my target this month lol. 
4. Lose 25lbs. (8/25) still not eating right since my surgery 
5. Read 25 books. (1/25)
6. Save 25 of each domination of coin (if I can find £2's lol) 1p, 2p, 5p, 10p, 20p, 50p, £1 £2, £5, £10, £20
7. Treat myself 25 times this year. (2/25)
8. Watch 25 new to me films (1/25)
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. (2/25) have unsubscribed from a lot of places
13. Make 25th of the month a "me" day. (0/12)
14. Complete 25 DIY jobs in the house. (0/25)
15. Make 25 visits to the local church. (2/25)
16. Make 25 extra payments to my debts. (4/25)
17. 25mins of Gardening per week. (0/25)
18. Use up 25 toiletries from the stash. (0/25)
19. Tell myself "NO" 25 times. (4/25)
20. Make or bake 25 items. (2/25)
21. Sell 25 pins from my collection. (5/25)
22. Learn 25 new things this year. (0/25)
23. Drink 25 glasses of water instead of 25 cans of coke. (0/25) Haven't had any coke for over a week, but not drinking the water lol.
24. Listen to 25 pieces of classical music. (2/25)
25. Purchase 25 items to prepare for unexpected events (2/25) bought 2 light bars that have been charged up already

Looking at my list from what I've done I'm actually quite happy with what I've managed to achieve.  The weight one, I have to admit thats not counting really, as I haven't done anything to lose it, it's just happening, but I'm still taking it as I find it very hard to lose 1 pound in weight normally. 

Wednesday2000

I missed my class today as I didn't feel well, but I have done two classes and read two books so far. I have two more classes booked at the moment as well.

sams247

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

#9. I watched Alien Romulus last night...... good start, reasonable middle, awful ending -  in my opinion.

Also watched Due Justice night before (Spoiler alert)  - was OK for a no brainer, easy to watch revenge style film as long as you dont need to know the answer to the question he keeps asking 

#18 I gave a colleague a lift home, took a friend shopping as they didnt have their car and treated my sister to lunch.

#24 Joined a nice gym

DundeeDoll

watching The Heroes of Telemark as the picture looked like it was in B&W. It's in colour but sticking with it - just won't count as one of my 25 B&S films lol. 

Smudgeismydog

Morning all, 

I’m pretty pleased with my progress, some things (like no tablet before bed and a 25 minute daily walk) are now feeling like a habit, so it doesn’t feel like I have to think about it. I’ve had a couple of people thank me for keeping in touch with them, which has been lovely.

Still no sign of my yoga class resuming, so I’m not sure about that goal 🤔, but I’ve loved being out in the garden, and feel confident I can hit that target.

1) Lose 0.5lb 25 times - 0/25
2) Go on 25 day trips - 0/25
3) Sell 25 items on Vinted - 7/25
4) Try 25 new recipes - 1/25
5) Maintain regular contact with 25 people - still on track
6) Complete 25 random acts of kindness - 3/25
7) Walk for at least 25 minutes every day - still on track
8) Drink at least 1 litre of water a day for 25 days each month - 20/25
9) Walk 25,000 steps in one day each month - 1/25 (3 times in January)
10) Charity shop or skip 25 items - 4/25
11) Reduce monthly grocery bill by £25 - 0/25
12) Acknowledge 25 things I’m thankful for - 1/25
13) Work in the garden 25 times - 3/25
14) Spend 25 minutes every month reviewing our household finances - 1/12
15) Volunteer for 25 hours - 3/25
16) 25 Zumba sessions - 2/25
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 - 2/25
18) Reduce petrol bill by £25 per month by consciously using the car less - acheived this month
19) 25 minutes of ‘pamper time’ every week - 2/25
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 - 18/25
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 - 2/25

Have a great weekend