For those who consider September 1st as their New Years Day - what do you want to achieve in the final month of August? 🍂🎃❄️🎄🎆

I’d like to finish cleaning/buying furniture for/ moving into my new classroom and complete my planning with enough time to have 2 weeks actual holiday to finish garden and maintenance jobs at home, and maybe a few days of relaxing .

Good idea OP! We've already had our summer holiday (got back yesterday) and August is generally a quiet month for me at work, so this is a great opportunity for me to have a productive month getting ready for next (academic) year.

Here are my main aims:

1. Get DS ready for 6th form - he needs to have suits rather than school uniform.
2. Get DD ready for uni - help her get kitchen stuff etc.
3. Decluttering of the whole house (especially clothes but also anything else that can be cleared out).
4. Lose a few pounds.

Despite having been retired from teaching for 10 years now,I still think of September as the start of a new year;I can't help it-it's ingrained into my being!

This September,I really want to get our general diet back on track after the hot weather.I must confess to getting rather fed up of 'picky bits' and am actually looking forward to some decent casseroles and suchlike again.

It's hopefully going to be the start of a new chapter for me as I'll be having eye surgery which should make life so much easier in the long run.

Decluttering continues but ,unusually,We're not doing so much house stuff this time round as we had major work done on both the outside and inside between Feb-April so we just want a break from it all now really.

When my eldest (now 17) started school I bought a September to August calendar as I found it easier to mark down all the school holidays and since then I’ve always treated 1st Sept as New Year/New Beginnings.

Next week I want to do a bit of decluttering, then we’re on holiday for a week and then the last couple of weeks are about getting ready to go back to school - school shoes/bag/coat etc. Our garden is a bit of a mess so I’d like to get stuck into that towards the end of Aug.

Due to various reasons I haven’t been going to the gym and I’m really missing it so I’ll be back to that properly in Sept (but I’m going to try and get and get a few couple of sessions in towards the end of Aug).

Can you link to last year’s thread @hotmumshit? Or is it gone, lost down the back of the sofa?

I have never considered the 1st of September to be any sort of New Year’s Day but it makes complete sense actually.

Things I want to achieve in August include starting and finishing a big work project, and lose some weight. I don’t know how much but someone told me the standard is 2lb a week? If so, that makes half a stone. I’ll be really happy if I can lose that much.

Then I can start September with a clear head.

I have been a bit lazy this summer. I just want to get out in cooler weather before it decides to endlessly chuck it down.

I want to rest, nourish my body, hydrate, declutter my home completely, spend time with my kids, clean out the tortoise and get through all the stuff in the freezer ready for a big batch cook later in the month.

I want to finish a book series that i have started. I haven't read as much as i normally would. I also want to go for more long walks.

Get DS settled into Year 2

Have a clear out of toys and bits, ready for the December birthday and Christmas influx.

Try to read and/or write a bit more.

Take proper photos and get them printed and framed - we've started this over the summer holidays but want to carry on.

I also want us to take over the "Sunday dinner" mantel from my parents (with their blessing 🤣)

Keep the house tidy (ish) maybe get a routine going??

Oh yes A-level results…I completely forgot 🤦‍♀️

I hope your DC’s go well

Such a nice idea, i will think of September 1st as my new year!

I need to do some major decluttering and this is great motivation

Yes! I get this feeling. La rentrée I call it as per the French even though I have been out of school for decades .

In August I want to finish building up my batch cooked freezer inventory of home made soups and dinner meals to start my weight loss stint.

For me I start working on goals in September. Summer is my most unproductive time, it’s coping season for me 😆Too hot to exercise or diet, too much going on outside to concentrate on creative projects. What I can do is read all the books on my pile.

I'm starting a new job on 1st September after redundancy and frankly a shitty year.

I am planning a wardrobe cull and filling any gaps as my new job requires a bit more face to face meeting time so need to smarten up a bit.

I am also planning an overhaul of my book cases. Loads of unread books that I need to decide whether to keep and I fancy a rejig of my non fiction books.

I want to start planning our next big holiday which is a US road trip in 2027 for a big anniversary.

We are working with a financial adviser because for the first time in my life I will have an amount of money I don't know how to mange to full effect so looking forward to having a financial plan,

I want to see my friends more. Like @Boreded I spend too much time thinking about doing fun stuff and not actually doing it.

I've never been a 1st September reset type but I am excited for it this year. I will still enjoy the summer for as long as it lasts though. No pumpkin spiced lattes or autumn colours allowed!

Oh I like this thread. Never heard of this before

I am looking forward to cooler days. I bloody hate the sun
i want to have lost 1/2 stone
i I want a level results day to go well

manifesting everybody’s wishes