So..what do you want to achieve in 2016?
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Newyorkdreams
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Good Afternoon Everyone and Happy New Year!:beer:
Over the last 2 years, a number of us have committed to achieving a number of goals across financial, social, professional, physical and emotional areas of our lives.
By focusing our mind and efforts and committing to the achievement of achievable but challenging objectives we managed to successfully improve many areas of our lives.
And I'm back in 2016 to encourage peeps to sign up to it this year!
All you need to do is commit to 1 or more goal in 2016 (can be as many as you like but better to keep the list manageable!) either financial or non-financially related and then report back at a frequency determined by you! The more people who take part, the better as the more people the more accountability and the more support and encouragement!
So... are you up for it??? Join in now with your goal(s) for 2016.
NYD xx
Over the last 2 years, a number of us have committed to achieving a number of goals across financial, social, professional, physical and emotional areas of our lives.
By focusing our mind and efforts and committing to the achievement of achievable but challenging objectives we managed to successfully improve many areas of our lives.
And I'm back in 2016 to encourage peeps to sign up to it this year!
All you need to do is commit to 1 or more goal in 2016 (can be as many as you like but better to keep the list manageable!) either financial or non-financially related and then report back at a frequency determined by you! The more people who take part, the better as the more people the more accountability and the more support and encouragement!
So... are you up for it??? Join in now with your goal(s) for 2016.
NYD xx
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Double emergency fund to £2k.
Increase income to provide realistic opportunity of paying off final balance entirely when 0% deal expires in November.
Have a (affordable) holiday.
Have more non-spend days than spend days
Remember not to stress too much, I am totally in control of my finances and life now and life is for living.
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My goals for 2016:
Pay off 2 credit cards and £12, 000 worth of debt
Save £200 per month for holidays and emergencies
Complete Mini NYD Memory Book of first year
Reach target of 70lbs weight loss
Exfoliate once a week
Drink 2 litres of water per day
Attend exercise class once per week
Organise weekend away with good friends
Read 4 books – 3 got for Christmas plus one extra
Read influence blog and prepare reflective notes for personal development
Update Mini NYD’s Baby Book with her ‘firsts’
Declutter Kitchen Cupboard
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Great to see this back again for another year.
My goals for 2016:
1. Pay back the remainder of my debt by December 2016 and become debt free.
2. Keep within a budget of £250 for clothes during the year.
3. Save £2 a day towards Christmas 2016.
4. Save £1,000 in my emergency fund.
5. Have a total 12 NSD's per month.
6. Make the effort to catch up with family and friends at least once a month.
Ellie xDebt Free 1st March 2017
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Okay, I'm back in
. Thanks for running this challenge again NYD. I'll try to update a bit more often this year 
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The goals below are a mix of lifestyle, professional and financial. I think I'll set myself mini targets each month on my MFW diary as well to try to keep me on track.
Good luck to everyone taking part in this challenge.
1) Stay debt free
2) Save 5k towards house deposit and £500 emergency fund
3) Start investing for long term
4) Run 5k in 30 minutes
5) Run 10k without stopping
6) Run in an organised race
7) Keep the house in a fit state for visitors
8) Declutter the house
9) Try something new once a week
10) Do something sociable at least once a week
11) Look more put together
12) Finish my course module
13) Start my next course module
14) Update course log monthly
15) Be healthier
16) Buy a house :eek:
MFW 2024 £0/7500 Mortgage £129,500 Jan 22 Final payment June 38 Now £99,801.75 FP May 36 Emergency Fund £17,500 100% Added to ISA 24 £0 Save 12k in 24 #31 £0/20,000 Debt Free 31.07.140 -
May I join, please? I read this thread in the days when I was a lurker on here and found it really inspiring.
My main goals for the year:
1. Continue paying my debt, overpaying if/possible.
2. Save £1500 in my emergency fund; aiming for £1000 by the end of May.
3. Save £500 in rainy day fund.
4. Use Amazon vouchers earned from surveys to pay for presents and treats for myself.
5. Get off benefits — preferably by earning at least £90 per week through self-employment, or by getting a job if I am able (I have long term mental health problems which affect my ability to work).
6. Lose 120lbs. Currently a smidge over 260lb and my initial target is 140lb.
7. Meditate and do yoga regularly. I feel better when I do this, but don't get around to doing it often enough!
8. Redraft my novel to a good standard.
9. Try to get an agent, when the novel is in a decent state.
10. Write the draft of another novel.
11. Do an Arvon course — my mental health and finances may prevent this, but I would really like to go on a residential writing course and Arvon has a fabulous reputation. They do grants for people of limited means, but this would not cover the total cost.
12. Submit at least 25 short stories to literary journals or competitions. These can be stories I've already written, as well as new ones.
I know my goals are ambitious, but I'm sick of my life and want to transform it as soon as I can. Being stuck in my current situation is taking its toll on my mental health, which is the reason I'm in my current situation. I don't want this to continue, so I need to take drastic action.Rainy day fund — 210/1000 Emergency fund — 1019/1500
Loan — 424/19,224 = 2.2% Fun fund: 1/100 Credit card balance — 00 -
FlacosFloozie wrote: »Okay, I'm back in. Thanks for running this challenge again NYD. I'll try to update a bit more often this year .
Welcome back FlacosFloozie -nice to see ya! xxx2019 goal
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AspiringButAnxious wrote: »May I join, please? I read this thread in the days when I was a lurker on here and found it really inspiring.
Welcome! You are very welcome here and well done on identifying challenging and motivating goals.
I look forward to sharing this journey with you!
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Found you! Please add me for this year
I'll have a think about my goals and will update later.
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1. Increase net worth by £30k+ through paying off debt and saving money
2.Save one months expenses emergency fund(currently shooting for £1k then onto £2,500)
3.Pay off £5k 0% interest credit card (was a holiday and then laser eye surgery - 0% until end of May)
4.Try to limit nights out to twice a month
5. Stick at my working out(its free now really as all equipment bought)
6. Gain a stone in weight(high protein diet, try not to gain it all too quick so its muscle not fat)
7. Dont take random days off to "recharge", take more 2 day weekends instead
8. Stick to expenses budget(away to work this out today)
Good luck guys, subscribed and looking forward to following the year ahead:eek:Living frugally at 24 :beer:
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Good morning,
Hope everyone is okay? I've been thinking about my goals for this year and they are as follows:
1. Get rid of the debt
2. Lose 2 1/2 stone
3. Build a better relationship with my DS...he's getting older and the hormones are running riot.
4. Look at getting DS to doctor regarding twitching. This is a difficult one as I already feel like a bad mum.
5. Try to build up savings
6. Currently doing dry January but not for charity, I want to do as many dry months this year as possible, should also help my weight loss.
7. Get a new job, I love my job but not the company I work for. This seriously has to change this year.
8. Declutter the house so we can put it on the market
9. Decorate the house so we can put it on the market
10. Be more organised
11. Get both children to be more responsible and stop doing as much for them so they learn.
12. Carry on saving change for Christmas
13. Earn as many NSD's as possible - I'm bad a spending on silly stuff.
14. Take my lunch to work as many days as possible.
15. Spend time on me - Reading, tapestry or just having a nice long soak in the bath
16. Get a good nights sleep
17. Sort the housework out, stop procrastinating.
18. Up my walking/exercise - will help my weight loss plan
19. Maintain a good relationship with DD - she's in double figures this year and is growing too fast
20. Maintain and improve relationship with DH, I love him to bits but feel like I'm neglecting him.
21. Start emergency fund
22. Spend more time together as a family
23. Make more of an effort with my lovely friend and his wife, she's getting more fragile every day and I worry about both of them - try to ring once a week.
That's it for now, I'll try to update as I think of some more.
Pmo2
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