2023 plans

[JSquared]

- Go on a nice holiday somewhere, either Greece or the Canaries, haven't been abroad since 2019

- Stop mucking about waiting for the perfect man and just settle with one who'll have me

Never ‘settle’. No such thing as a perfect man/woman but you will find someone who is perfect for you. It happens when you least expect it. I was single 4 years before finding my guy and he was in front of me the whole time. Good luck for next year x

 

[Rosie glow]

Move house hopefully to a new area and find a job I will enjoy not just put up with I would love to retrain to do something else if possible

 

[Anotherdayanotherwalk]

Things on my list are
Be healthier - Mr Another had a serious health scare earlier in December and we both really need to sort out our diet and do some exercise
Do some much overdue work on our house - our bathroom is leaking
Not do weekends away / small trips to pay for aforementioned house works
Have a superb holiday though to Italy in the summer

 

[abusyday]

Become healthier (I started this in Sept but Xmas has thrown off course!)

Go for a walk every day to get fresh air (doesn't matter how long)

Go on a longer trip away than normal (I've only been away for short breaks over the past few years due to circumstances)

Raise money for charity (I have a few ideas)

Work smarter not harder

Go back to some hobbies that I'd stopped recently due to circumstances

 

[E_Stevens2000]

1. I want to become healthier and to exercise more.
2. I'd love to start pushing myself out of my comfort zone
3. Meet someone new in the relationship sense (to do that i need to achieve number 2)

I also want to save more money and spend less money on rubbish will definitely have to do this as I shoud be moving into my own place the early part of next year.

 

[JulesC]

Mine are:

1. get healthy - eat better and actually use my gym membership
2. Have another baby, I think if I don’t get pregnant this year I’m just going to give up and accept I’ll have an only child
3. See my friends more often

 

[biscuitthief]

Happy New Year everyone!

2022 was a tough year for me. It has taken months of therapy and medication to get my mental health stable. My main goal of 2023 is to carry on with this and hopefully return to my old self.

I also want to look after my physical health - I want to eat better and move more. I do need to lose weight but in order to stick to a healthy eating plan, I need to completely change my habits. I want healthy eating/exercise to be an enjoyable experience rather than a chore.

I love the idea of a no spend January. I want to spend less and save more. Our home needs some work so will be nice to save up enough money to cover everything that needs doing.

I also want to finally make a dent in my reading list. I want to do less tech focussed activities this year.

I have been loving reading through this thread. I wish you all the very best for 2023 Here's to us all smashing our goals for the year!

 

[candyland_]

This sounds vain and goes against my money saving but I want to look glam all year

 

[prinpoppy]

Love this thread also parking myself here to read everyone’s responses.
my main goals are to progress in the gym, visit a new country, open a new business.

 

[Saddlesoap]

Save save save. Got a big holiday in September and I've only got 5 months to save 4k.
Might try a no spend January.

 

[Huxley]

1) Make more friends/social contacts. I have found myself feeling lonelier than ever the past few months: I think a combination of the pandemic, friends having babies / settling down & not being interested in doing anything/ meeting up anymore (radio silence now from those who constantly messaged about doing stuff when they were single ), & moving to a new area and wfh, so never in the office, haven’t helped.

I also find that living in London means that every few years, as friends either move back to their hometown or elsewhere in the country (due to obscene living costs), I am in this same predicament, having no one to do stuff with, so I need to find a long term hobby so I don’t find myself in this position again in 2026!

2) Linked to the above, join a book club/Meet-up group, badminton/tennis club. Things I am interested in but I waste time surfing the net instead of doing something more productive and beneficial.

3) Put myself first: I have become a lot better at this over the last few years, but I am going to improve on this in 2023. I am far too lenient with some people, and put my happiness and contentment in other people’s hands, so will continue to work on this aspect this coming year.

 

[Former_Antelopee]

Travel to places on my bucket list, I have 3 holidays booked. Probably won’t book anymore next year but you never know.

Pay off the holidays I do have booked (one will be soon as it’s a monthly payment and we go in a few months), one isn’t until the end of next year and I’ve paid half off already and it’s not too much so plenty of time for that, plan is £50 a month which is what I was doing before I booked the third holiday. Third and most expensive is on a 0% credit card, 2 years to pay it off, paid off around £600 so far and have just over 2k to go.

Third goal is to save for a car as mine is very old and had a few problems in the last few months. I worked so much overtime last month and again this month and the next two months. Got paid around £1100 more than usual so was able to save them plus a bit more towards the car & credit card. Goal is £6000 by September for the car but I think I’ll be a bit off it probably. I’ll just have to be strict with my money and do more
overtime.

A small goal is not to use my credit card for anything else, don’t want to get into the habit of using it.

 

[JSquared]

Another one for me - nurture and maintain relationships. I was low most of last year and was pretty lazy keeping in contact with family and friends. Really want to focus on that this year

 

[candyland_]

I really want to cook more. I fell into a cycle of cooking the same meals on repeat but I want to get back to making new meals.

 

[Fenella]

It’s my 40th birthday next year so I would love to visit Amsterdam. This is definitely going to a big thing as I’ve never travelled abroad alone before.

I went for the first time this year, not by myself but when I was there I thought I’d love to go back by myself,I just felt so comfy there and it was so easy to get around and plenty to do. Fingers crossed you can get there and have a fab time!

my main plan this year is to stop watching repeats on tv. I get home from work and just put on Friends or Catfish etc because it’s always on but I want to watch things I haven’t watched before (so maybe tv repeats but new to me). Maybe learn some stuff from documentaries I wouldn’t usually watch, things like that.

I also want to stop dicking around online so much and do more reading.

I always want to lose weight but I’m trying not to make that too much of a head mess up.

I don’t think we will have a holiday as such this year, maybe an overnight somewhere as I want to save really really hard to have a special holiday in 2024 to celebrate some special dates.

 

[crouchingcat]

Top 3 goals -

Lose weight, make progress in the gym.

Change jobs - I need more of a Challenge. I would like to make some progress in regard to my career, increase my pay

Buy A house/start the process of buying one - so I need to carry on saving


For people wanting to meet new people. I’ve seen a few videos on TIk tok of people going under the table to eat green grapes on new year. (not sure if it actually works) Apparently those who have eaten 12 grapes under the table on the countdown to midnight have met future partners

12 grapes - You need to eat the grapes with every chime from 12:00 to 12:01, each is a wish for each month!!
Apparently you’re suppose to say a wish whilst doing it

 

[Unknown5]

Move house hopefully to a new area and find a job I will enjoy not just put up with I would love to retrain to do something else if possible

I want to find a completely different job as well.

 

[Quietpeony]

To everyone thinking of doing a no-spend january, I did it last year and it was so worth it. It makes you start your year right. Also everyone is broke in january so it is actually easier than trying to save later on.

 

[Mouseballpenlid]

I need to make plan but struggling - money is so tight at the moment this year is going to be really dull.

 

[Venom]

Marcus is on the market Beaut

I'd rather go back in the closet