26 for 2026

thechubbyunicorn

Well done with the exam @Ms_Potato_Head

I'm loving everyone's updates, so pleased to see so many people enjoying this wee challenge.

Week 7 update…

4. 26 selfcare experiences to look and feel better - Soundbath

6. Post 2026 photos to Instagram - 29 

7. Buy 26 gift cards for Christmas spending - Tesco 

12. Listen to 26 audiobooks - The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett 

16. Save £2026 - £139.08

17. Walk 2026 miles - 22.7miles 

19. Complete 26 walks from the book ‘Lanarkshire Walks’ - Spectacle E

20. Make 26 donations - Donated bubble baths to foodbank 

21. Try 26 new restaurants / cafes - Uplands Roast, Glasgow 

23. Save 26 of each coin / note (£1 to £20) - 1x£1, 1x£2, 1x£5, 1x£10, 1x£20 

26. Send 26 cards / gifts to others - Flowers & chocolate for Galentines Day

Dakota_Rose

My half term read is finished. It was a novel by Ruth Jones and one I had picked up in a book swap. It was on track to be a 7/10 (a middling score - I don’t persevere with anything less than a 7) but the ending pulled it up to an 8. It was an easy, fairly predictable read but the ending tied it all together nicely and did have an ‘ooh’ moment when the penny dropped. 

26 books for 2026

1.You Are Here (easy read) 9/10

2. The Seven Murders of Evelyn Hardcastle (time-travelling murder mystery) 9.5/10

3. Love Untold (ending made a middling read worthwhile) 8/10

DundeeDoll

A few more alphabet challenges done.

Classical composer - pieces on the piano - am learning a Clementi for C

Have added 3 more radio 4 programmes - Add to playlist (one of my fave radio 4 programmes and one of the pieces was Scarpia's song end of act one, gives me goose bumps every time), Sunday worship and Xtreme (very interesting programme about a team of doctors interested in how some people can copy with low oxygen while others can't so decided to climb Everest with no oxygen. like you do)

Christian A-z - have added A for Ash Wednesday - very moving service

TV programmes - Small Prophets, good gentle humour

Another poem - When we two are parted

And another fruit / veg - Water chestnuts

DundeeDoll

One of the joys of doing my alphabets is finding something I wouldn't have otherwise. Today was such a day. Just watched Zagazoo (TV programme beginning with z) - an animation of a Quentin Blake book I hadn't heard of. it was very sweet and brought back some memories of my own little elephants / waterhogs / unidentified fridge-clearing silent monsters. And yes i love them all :-)

thechubbyunicorn

Week 8

I went to London for a few days this week - I thought I would tick more off the list but never mind. A lovely time was had by all so I cannot complain.

6. Post 2026 photos to Instagram - 93  

7. Buy 26 gift cards for Christmas spending - M&S 

13. 26 days of 26k steps - 27,888

16. Save £2026 - £14.76

17. Walk 2026 miles - 36.7 miles 

21. Try 26 new restaurants / cafes - Chicken Palace, London, 85 Bar Cafe, London, St Stephens Tavern, London, Jollibee, London (with an 8 year old obsessed with chicken & chips!)

22. Tick 26 things off my bucket list - See a show in London (Wicked)

23. Save 26 of each coin / note (£1 to £20) - 1x£1, 1x£10 

26. Send 26 cards / gifts to others - Flowers & cake when visiting family

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Ms_Potato_Head

Ah thank you for the exam congrats last week 💕 Enjoying reading all your creative challenges and updates.

1. Catch up with all old friends in person - 7/8 - lovely catch up over dinner this week. The last friend will be a bit harder to pin down.

2. Visit 26 new places in the UK - 2/26 - cat cafe! 🤗

5  Have £2600 in the emergency fund - £1307/£2600

✅️ 6. Get roof repairs done and paid off

16. Max out health cash plan - maxed out the optical care allowance this week, ordering new prescription glasses and sunglasses

MPH x

IrishRose12

Missed my u[date last week so here it is. Only small things done, but I'm absolutley chuffed that I I have sold a lot of my trading pins, and have used that money to pay oof the credit card a bit. Decluttering is going well and tidying and sorting cupboards is going great too. I'm also enjoying reading different poems also.

• 1. 26 extra payments off debts (4/26)
• 3. 26 mins sorting pantry/cupboards (5/26)
• 4. 26 bags decluttered (6/26)
• 5. Sell 26 pins - 21/26
• 6. £26 extra to savings (2/26)
• 9. 26 family days out - (1/26)
• 11. Read 26 poems - (6/26) "Dreams" by Langston Hughes, "The Road not taken" by Robert Frost, "O Captaon, My Captain" by Walt Whitman
• 12. 26 visits to church (2/26)
• 13. 26 mindfulness sesiion (3/26)
• 16. Use up 26 toiletries (2/26)
• 17. 26 Jobs done around the house (4/26)
• 19. 26 mins decluttering/tidying per week (7/52)
• 10. 26 mins sorting finances per week - (7/52)

thechubbyunicorn

February Update…

On track with 8 things which I'm quite pleased with!

1. Watch 26 movies I’ve never seen before - 4/26
2. Complete 26 different crafts - 1/26
3. 26 different physical activities - 4/26
4. 26 selfcare experiences to look and feel better - 3/26 
5. Be able to run for 26 minutes - 1/26
6. Post 2026 photos to Instagram - 341/2026
7. Buy 26 gift cards for Christmas spending - 8/26 
8. Watch 26 documentaries - 0/26
9. Tick 26 things off my master to do list - 0/26 
10. Lose 26lbs - 1.5/26
11. Try 26 new recipes - 1/26 
12. Listen to 26 audiobooks - 3/26 
13. 26 days of 26k steps - 2/26
14. Read 26 books - 0/26
15. Complete parkrun 26 times - 0/26 
16. Save £2026 - £340.56/£2026
17. Walk 2026 miles - 196/26 338
18. Create 26 (positive!) habits - 1/26 
19. Complete 26 walks from the book ‘Lanarkshire Walks’ - 3/26 
20.  Make 26 donations - 5/26
21. Try 26 new restaurants / cafes - 10/26 
22. Tick 26 things off my bucket list - 2/26
23. Save 26 of each coin / note (£1 to £20) - 7/£1, 6/£2, 5/£5, 6/£10, 4/£20
24. Complete 26 garden projects - 0/26
25. Explore 26 new villages / towns / cities - 3/26
26. Send 26 cards / gifts to others - 4/26

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tinkerbelluk

Hello you lovely lot 😊

Sorry I’ve been MIA. This year has been manic so far with lots of spinning plates, so this is a combined “yes I’m still here” and February catch-up!

Before I get into numbers, a couple of tweaks:

Meal planning has gone. With my current diet it just isn’t practical in the way I’d hoped, and I don’t want a goal hanging over me that doesn’t fit real life. So I’ve replaced it with Spend 26 minutes each week on learning and self improvement – this feels much more aligned with where I’m at right now.

And for the dreaded journal prompts that I hide from every year, I’ve shifted slightly. I’m doing a daily Q&A diary, which I’m genuinely loving, so that goal is now 365 entries across the year. It’s small, consistent, and hopefully doesn’t end up feeling as overwhelming as the original one!

I’ve been reading everyone’s updates and you’re all putting me to shame in the best possible way. The weekly check-ins seem to be working really well… so I might try that rather than resurfacing every two months like a confused groundhog 🤣

Right, onto where I stand at the end of February:

📘 Daily Q&A diary (365 entries) – 59/365

🎉 Celebrate 26 things – 2/26

🎨 Complete 26 hobbies that make me happy – 1/26 (F1 2026 race winners cross stitch outline finished, but not counting it as fully complete until all the drivers are stitched after each race!)

🧽 Deep clean or declutter 26 areas around the house – 0/26

💛 Do 26 things with friends / family – 4/26

💖 26 donations to charity / food bank – 8/26

🤞 Enter an average of 26 competitions per day – 2/12 months completed. One February win: a Fortnum & Mason Valentine’s box, which felt very fancy indeed! It contained a lovely pack of biscuits, but I've since worked out they cost £1.75 per biscuit, they're nice, but not that nice 😲

📦 Get rid of 26 items from loft or garage – 1/26. The old fire from the garage (left from last year’s reno) finally being removed felt like a proper win.

✨ Learn, do or try 26 new things – 1/26

⚖️ Lose 26lbs – 9lbs down so far

🎲 Play board or card games 26 times – 1/26

📚 Read 26 books – 6/26

💷 Save £2026 over the year – £464.74 / £2026

🏷️ Sell 26 things on eBay or booty sites – 3/26

📊 Spend 26 minutes each week budgeting / finances – 9/52 weeks

📸 Spend 26 minutes each week organising photos – 0/52 weeks (yes… here we go again!)

📓 Spend 26 minutes each week on my Bujo – 9/52 weeks

📚 Spend 26 minutes each week on learning and self improvement – 5/52 weeks (new swap-in goal)

📷 Take 26 photos a month documenting ordinary life – 2/12 months completed

🌸 Treat / do something for myself 26 times – 6/26

🥘 Try 26 recipes I’ve not made before – 0/26

🗺️ Visit 26 different places – 0/26

🚶‍♀️ Walk 10,000 steps 26 times – 3/26

📺 Watch 26 new-to-me documentaries – 7/26

🎬 Watch 26 new-to-me films – 4/26. Finally got round to watching Renfield in Feb. I was really looking forward to it from the trailer… but honestly, absolutely rubbish!

🌟 COMPLETED (but still tracking) 🌟

📝 Complete 26 things off the master to-do list – 27/26
Yes… already over target thanks to a big January push and actually tracking things properly this year! Plenty left to go, so I’ll keep counting.

Not a bad start. As per usual, a couple of strong areas, a couple already nudging ahead, and a few that clearly need attention (photos… again!).

Onwards into March!

itsthelittlethings

Went on a long walk yesterday and invited my friend over to lunch. She didn’t come because it was raining in the morning. We’ll definitely get a lunch in this year.