26 for 2026

DundeeDoll

Quick update on my tea alphabet plans - delighted yesterday to see Quince teabags in Sostregren - they are now sat next to the Zoethout teabags I bought in the Netherlands.

DundeeDoll

I got whisky tea from my daughter - so that's Q, W and Z covered

Christianne1957

I'm aiming for these 26 things in 2026 - wish me luck!

1. 26 Random Acts of Kindness

2. Complete 26 craft projects from stash

3. 26 days out with DH, DD or friends

4. Complete 26 Parkruns

5. 26 charity shop rummages/car boot sales

6. Deep clean/refurb 26 areas in the home

7. Recycle/repurpose/donate 26 items of clothing

8. 26 intensive selfcare/spa sessions

9. 26 baking/batch cooking sessions

10. Read 26 library books

11. Make 26 jars of hm jams/chutney/syrups

12. Grow 26 plants (flowers, fruit, herbs & veggie)

13. Cook 26 special "date night" meals or picnics with DH over the year

14. 26 charity cash donations

15. Save £2026

16. Try 26 new recipes

17. 26 home repairs

18. Host 26 friends/family for meals

19. 26 no spend days per month

20. Eat clean & log food 26 days per month (to reduce cholesterol & weight!)

21. Listen to 26 inspirational podcasts (rather than Royal gossip dross)

22. Journal 26 days per month

23. 26 alcohol free days per month

24. Reduce grocery bill by £26 per month

25. Run 26 miles per month

26. Declutter 26 items per month

PipneyJane

@tinkerbelluk thank you for the new thread.  There's so much of my current list that I haven't done - I gave up tracking about 2 months into 2025 - but I'll try again.  Hopefully, I'll achieve some new goals.  For now, my list is:

1. Continue doing the Fashion-on-the-Ration Challenge and stay within my 66 coupons.
2. Do the Grocery Challenge every month for 12 months.
3. Write a draft of my £100 Grocery Challenge book.  (Recipes plus budget.). I’ve been thinking about doing this since 2020.
4. Contribute 20% of my salary into my pension.
5. Invest £800/month in my ISA.
6. Save £250/month as general savings.  (I'd like to save more, but that's realistic.)
7. Read one book a month.  (12 books.)  
8. Continue with my Duolingo German and keep my 2,031+ day streak going. (The first 1750 days were in French.)
9. Read a novel in German.
10. Knit 4 adult sized sweaters. This doesn’t include the reknit mentioned in point 14.
11. Use at least 20 skeins of knitting yarn from my stash.
12. Purchase less than 6 skeins of yarn.  (I’d like to say “no stash enhancement” but I know that’ll be broken.)
13. “Fix” two jumpers: lengthening the Aran sweater I knitted in 2024 - adding at least 2 inches - plus
14. Reworking the body and neckline of Good looking Chic, taking out the (unnecessary) additional gore that I put in when I made it, and making the neckline less bulky. 
15. See friends outside of my regular circle, at least once a month.
16. Run 3 times a week - running was one of 2025's successful goals.  
17. Complete 5 Park Runs.
18. Attend 12 "events" (concert, theatre show, cinema trip, talk/lecture).  This challenge excludes our usual Prom Concerts, football and cricket matches.
19. Go native and finally get my British passport.  (I’m Australian.  Been here 36+ years.)
20. Spend 15 minutes a day tidying the house.  This is on top of the regular housework that I do (laundry, dishes, cooking, etc).  I’d like to live in a clean, tidy house, but neither me nor my husband were born with the neatness gene.)
21. Make my will.
22. Achieve some measure of job security either by getting a new job or getting my fixed term contract converted to permanent.  (I’ve been FTC for 5 years and was a contractor before that, but only because in their previous incarnation they never hired anyone permanently, if they could avoid it.  I’ve been employed by them in one form or another for 9 years!)
23. Redo my LinkedIn profile.
24. Rewrite my CV.
25. TBA
26. TBA

- Pip

StickyTheStickInsect

I’d like to try again for 2026. Illnesses and bereavement in 2025 meant I didn’t achieve any of my targets, so hoping for a better year this year.

I hope to do the following :

1	Read 12 books
2	26 days in a month of sticking to a meal plan
3	Earn £2,026 from a side hustle this year
4	List 26 items a month on eBay or Vinted or Facebook marketplace or Shpock
5	Volunteer for 26 days
6	Walk 26 miles (accumulatively) every six months
7	Save £26 a month in premium bonds
8	Make 26 extra payments to debt
9	Go on 26 family walks
10	Try 26 new foods/dishes
11	Complete 26 admin tasks that I've been putting off
12	Read with my children 26 times a month
13	Reduce my text message/whatsapp backlog by 26 messages a month
14	Have 12 National Trust days out (to justify having annual membership)
15	Declutter 104 bags
16	Complete 26 puzzles
17	Go to the gym 26 times
18	Donate 26 items to the foodbank
19	Complete 26 pieces of life admin (will, POA, Life insurance etc.)
20	Save £26 a month for Christmas
21	Go to lunch or dinner with friends 12 times
22	Delete 26 emails a day
23	Research family history 26 times
24	Play board/card games 26 times
25	Visit family 12 times
26	26 home or garden DIY jobs

DundeeDoll

sorry for your loss @StickyTheStickInsect be gentle on yourself xxx

PurpleJay

1	Here are mine. I am really looking forward to getting stuck in: Yearly  Loose 26lb (Weight 01/01 XXXlb)
2	Read/Listen to 26 Books
3	Watch 26 films
4	Listen to 26 new songs
5	Try 26 new recipies
6	Visit 26 places
7	Walk dog 26 different routes
8	26 x reduce digital storage
9	Go to gym 26 times
10	Use treadmill at home 26 times
11	See friends 26 times
12	Make 26 donations
13	Sell 26 things
14	Walk 10K steps 26 times
15	Complete 26 things on master list
	Monthly
16	Have 26 alcohol free days
17	Skincare 26 times
18	Meditate 26 times
19	26 mins housework 26 times
20	Drink 26 protein drinks
21	Take supplements 26 times
22	Do 26 surveys
23	Declutter 26 items
24	26 days of WFPB eating (no oil)
25	Drink 26 Sho cups of water
26	Journal 26 times

suzeesu2000

This is me for 2026. I have started already as I can't be doing with this week of nonsense between Christmas and January 01st, sorry. To balance it up, I do end my year on 25/12 so still only 52 weeks. 

Hope everyone is doing well. Looking forward to the New Year, planning for a good one - I've got to learn how to manifest. 

Enjoy your day all xx

the_cat

I also started on 27th as the vortex between Xmas and new year is very unstructured and needs something to fill it other than stuffing my face with leftover chocolate! It’s going well so far as I’ve concentrated on positive fun life enhancing things. Things I always strive to do but lack the organisational skills to remember in the moment 

Muddy_Walker

Hi!
I have been thinking hard about this….as I have a serious illness and work full time I don’t want to cram in too much or ill overload myself.

What suggestions do you have?

MW