New Years Resolutions

I browse the reduced sections a lot and I buy things like fish and meat which I can freeze which saves me money. Buying things like pizzas or ready meals just because they're reduced isn't always good. In fact a lot of things in the reduced section are not always cheaper than the brands I usually buy.

Mine is the same as last year's, and it's to only buy things if I need them and buy them second hand wherever possible.

That is actually exciting! I think I’ll join you in that one. I have so many cookery books and read them frequently but don’t often cook from them.

I never stick to new years resolutions, but I do have some ideas of things I'd like to do differently this year.

I want to get 5000 steps in every day, so need to start counting my steps on my phone.

I am trying not to drink alcohol at the minute, so will keep that up as long as possible.

I need to manage my finances a bit better and possibly start a side job to boost my income a bit.

Oh that's a good idea. I saw on another thread about a new hobby a month. (Evening hobby). So knitting one month, pain ting another etc. I liked that too.

I’m going to try and do new month resolutions. January will be walking 248000 steps over the 31 days (8k a day if I’m sensible, or walking for a week solid at the end of Jan if I’m not!). Hopefully that’ll become a habit by the time I add something new for February.

You read my mind😊 I am just back from Aldi and have bought loads of veg and tinned lentils etc with a view to making vegan curries and the like and freezing what I don't eat. I was drawn to the reduced section as always but thankfully there was only some smelly on the turn fish so I managed to keep walking.

Last year Ds1 and i decided our NYR was to watch 100 films. We achieved it (109 for me, 104 for him).

This year they have to be 50 films that we have never actually watched before so that will be more difficult.

Otherwise i want to be off SM more, and I want to have much more IRL fun.

Bring it on!!

This used to be me - but I committed to batch cooking and it gave me the same feeling of saving £ but knowing I was eating tasty and healthy things. My favourite cookbooks for that and in general at the moment are by Tim Spector and Rhiannon Lambert.

Everyone is different but I LOVE Medik8 products. They last - you don’t need loads - and I got into their stuff when skincare was my resolution a few years ago 🙂

Gosh, 3 times a week?! Once is ambitious for us but we are also happy with that - busy jobs and have been together 13 years. We realised a couple of years ago that no one we know is doing it more than a couple times a month and it made us feel ‘normal’!

I deleted Facebook and Instagram - my only social media accounts - on New Year’s Eve and I already feel lighter. I am not a content creator and found it was becoming more and more draining / toxic. I am pregnant and particularly found the content geared to me troublesome.

I am otherwise hesitant on resolutions given this year will look different as I am due in July and don’t wish to overextend myself, but here goes:

• sell - don’t just buy - on Vinted! But also keep up the second hand buying that I started in 2025.
• read more novels. I studied English at university and miss reading when I am in my day job (which involves a lot of not-so-fun reading!)
• get back into a sensible healthy eating and exercise regime (within reason given baby!) - I had a good thing going but have been travelling the last few months and eating what I like.
• tackle house / admin in a more productive / efficient way. I tend to get overwhelmed with lists and how much there is to do and get paralysed into achieving very little!
• design our garden for a transformation in 2027.

I loved it on netflix too.

I'd tackle #5 before going for #4. But the road is long and arduous, my friend 😁

Good luck.

Excellent stuff here.

-Do a quality improvement project at work
-Get back to reading 50 books a year - I’m on the threads here but didn’t get there in 2025
-Get to a healthy BMI (boring I know)
-Aim for sex 3 x a week
-Kill off my toenail fungus 🔪

<added to my list>

I’m going to fill as a minimum one bin bag full of stuff per fortnight. As of January I have compressed my work to a nine day fortnight. my husband and I plan to drop said bag at charity shop or tip on our lunch break on that day & then out to a cafe for lunch date.

Every door or cupboard I open we are absolutely choc a block with stuff. I need some space. And we need some time just us 2.

And proof read what I type before I post..

You're right - it's both!

I love the simple, achievable resolutions!

Use the car less

Put my phone down and pick up a book

Do better with meal planning to cut back on waste. I threw away a while pack on mince yesterday 😭

I’ve gone a bit mad with resolutions 😂 annd so won’t bore everyone with the list, although most are small, simple and not overly difficult if I make time.

What I plan to do to be more productive and achieve most of them is to try out using a kanban board and make goals to complete for each three month period.

Be kinder to myself, in all ways.

Schools are crying out for support staff, so perhaps you just need to sort your CV to really sell yourself. You sound like you have a great attitude towards the children and could do so much more in the right setting. I hope 2026 sees you finding a great school that values you.

I'm on a low spend, saving up mission and I'm also quitting vaping and loosing weight. Successful 13 hours in...nicotine patch on, no vape. Eaten two pieces of brown bread with butter and put £1200 into savings. Feeling great 😎😆

Standing on one leg whenever I check my phone. I've only recently started doing this, but it means I'm not tempted to scroll for hours.