26 for 2026

DundeeDoll

Tiggermad said:

DundeeDoll, what are your alphabets?

How about an alphabet of You for Y? Could be an alphabet of things you do for you 

oo I like that idea - now added :-)  1) McManus (this is our local free museum and I always mean to visit more) 2) Knots - I have found a list 3) Workout programmes (though I have started one beginning with A I won't count till finished) 4) Pop albums 5) Classical composers (listen to some of their music AND read about their life) 6) Book titles 7) Blue (I enjoyed the 'green' challenge last year I have ticked off D for Danube having heard the Blue Danube waltz in yesterday's Vienna concert) 8) Poems (If I Had My Life to Live Over will be the I) 9) Fruit / veg  10) Soup - made by me - the New Covent Garden Soup book will be my main text 11) A treat for me 12) Films 13) TV programmes 14) Street art  Lost and Found – Public Art Dundee (though I’m told one has been stolen, so I’ll need to find another item of street art when I find out the missing letter, but Dundee has over 1000 pieces of street art) 15) Christianity – I bought a book last year that is an a-z of christianity 16) Teas – I have several lined up 17) Football players – surname – need to see them play and read about their career –Xhaka was playing for Sunderland yesterday so have X ticked off already 18) Red 19) Places 20) Whiskies (some may still change...)

villagelife

1.Watch 26 sporting events.1/26

2. Attend 26 concerts and plays.1/26 Viennese new year concert at St Martin's in the Field church.

3. Visit 26 museums and exhibitions.0/26

4. Visit 26 gardens and parks.0/26

5. Read 126 books. - 2/126

6. Cook 26 new recipes 0/26

7. Grow 26 fruit, vegetable or herbs. 0/26

8. 26 acts of kindness a month 1/312

9. Donate 26 times to charity 0/26

10. Use 26 local or small businesses 0/26

11. See 26 friends 0/26

12. See family 26 times 1/26

13. 26 craft projects 0/26

14. Watch 26 films 0/26

15. Listen to 26 podcasts 3/26

16. Listen to 26 albums. 1/26

19. Write to 26 friends 0/26

20. Take photo a day 26 times a month 1/312

21. Do an eco goal daily 3/365

22. Do money making/ money saving activity daily 3/365

23. Do a health goal daily 3/365

24. Revise 26 quiz subjects 0/26

25. Declutter 2026 items 24/2026

26. Do 26 admin tasks  0/26

Muddy_Walker

Muddy_Walker said:

Hellooooo!



26 diary entries a month as I am rubbish at this
Bake 26 things as I am new at this baking lark…..and it shows 🤣
Read 26 biographies - all my reading comes from Kindle U****

Watch 26 documentaries apart from murder ones. 

I have done my first one! Read a biography The Prison Teacher by Mim Skinner. Very interesting and a real eye opener 😊

weenancyinAmerica

@villagelife- My ancestors married at St. Martins in the Fields back in 1622 in the old church before it was rebuilt. Had a son they lost in 1623 and then came to America that same year. They were William and Mary Dyer and she was hung in Boston, Massachusetts, 1 June 1660, as the last Quaker hung in America. I have visited the church several times and enjoyed eating down in the Crypt cafe.

suzeesu2000

weenancyinAmerica, what a very interesting ancestor you have! Have you researched your family history? I’ve been building my family tree since 1996. I am obsessed. One of my “26 for 2026” is to achieve more sessions. I’ve found cousins in the USA I had no idea existed. I could go on about it for ever😂

weenancyinAmerica

@suzeesu2000 - I started back in 1962 - and haven't stopped since.Spent the last few days working on my German ancestors. I bounce around between different countries. Last week I was working on the Swedish lines.
I have found that a lot of my cousins emigrated to America also. My English ancestors emigrated between 1608  to 1755 to Virginia and North Carolina and 1623 to 1670 to Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, and New Jersey. Early German ancestors came in 1709 to New York and Pennsylvnia. Later ones didn't come until the 1840s.The Dutch came back in the 1650s. Irish in the 1850s. Swedes in the 1880s. French and Swiss ancestors came in 1839. They are all keeping me busy.

villagelife

@weenancyinAmerica we will go to the crypt for coffee a couple of times a year as is lovely down there.
A very interesting family tree you have.

Fizz2015

Hello, I would love to join and help me stay focused. Will pop my list up later. 

tinkerbelluk

@Muddy_Walker thanks for the book recommendation, that's right up my street so I've added it to my "to read" list.

As for me, after a bit of tinkering, tweaking, and (obviously) procrastinating, I’m officially locking in my 26 for 2026 list. This challenge has worked so well for me over the last few years in terms of motivation and mindset, so I’ve tried to build on what helped, soften what didn’t, and keep plenty of room for real life.

📘 Answer 26 journal prompts of self-discovery and awareness

🎉 Celebrate 26 things

🎨 Complete 26 hobbies that make me happy

📝 Complete 26 things off the master to-do list

🧽 Deep clean or declutter 26 areas around the house

💛 Do 26 things with friends / family (days out, trips, family moments etc.)

💖 26 donations to charity / food bank

🤞 Enter an average of 26 competitions per day

📦 Get rid of 26 items from loft or garage

✨ Learn, do or try 26 new things

⚖️ Lose 26lbs

🍽️ Meal plan for at least 26 weeks and stick to it

🎲 Play board or card games 26 times

📚 Read 26 books

💷 Save £2026 over the year

🏷️ Sell 26 things on eBay or booty sites

📊 Spend 26 minutes each week budgeting / finances

📸 Spend 26 minutes each week organising photos

📓 Spend 26 minutes each week on my Bujo

📷 Take 26 photos a month documenting ordinary life

🌸 Treat / do something for myself 26 times

🥘 Try 26 recipes I’ve not made before

🗺️ Visit 26 different places (not including the ones I go to all the time!)

🚶‍♀️ Walk 10,000 steps 26 times

📺 Watch 26 new-to-me documentaries

🎬 Watch 26 new-to-me films

Let's do this!

DundeeDoll

I have of course now tweaked my list a bit - no longer 'red' and 'blue' but a 'colours' so e.g. a visit to Black Mamba would be M, Red Salmon would be S, Blue Danube D. Instead I've added 'proteins' to 'fruit and veg'. I may well split book titles into fiction and non-fiction - food and reading, two of my favourite things :-) Composers I've changed from listening to to learning a piece on the piano by that composer. Currently playing Debussy and Mendlessohn
And as i was in town yesterday I made a start on the street art. Each one is a smallish metal version with a letter on - there is no map and no list. So far I have found N for Needle, M for Musical Instrument (it was a violin but definitely an M), C for Compass, R for razor blade and V on what looks like a telescope so a little foxed by that one. Viewing glass?