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New Years Resolutions

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Searchingforananswer2023 · 31/12/2025 21:16

Not looking for a new year new me kind of thing, unless thats what your doing. More like I want to do more of this and less of that.

Curate my social media and unfollow the irrelevant
Unsubscribe from endless company emails
Walk/move more
Lift weights
Maintain friendships/contact with people
Read more, scroll less
Purge all subscriptions for 12 months. There's enough free stuff out there
Declutter the house and sell on Vinted

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nekophoenix · 02/01/2026 11:33

PermanentTemporary · 01/01/2026 21:19

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 🔪

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’!

nekophoenix · 02/01/2026 11:34

Lillers · 01/01/2026 10:49

My big one is to read a book a month - I used to read a lot but since having my daughter I’ve found it so hard, 1) to find the time and 2) to concentrate for more than 30 seconds.

Second one is to switch my workouts from only running, to running + strength training. Again, since having my daughter I’ve not been exercising as much, but when I do I find I’m so much more sluggish than I used to be, so figured that changing my routine might help and ultimately strength training is really good for running anyway.

Third one is to try to make an effort with my skincare - in preparation for this I asked my husband for some of my favourite products for Christmas, and so I feel like this should be an easy one to stick to.

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 🙂

nekophoenix · 02/01/2026 11:36

Nanalovesnature · 01/01/2026 01:20

To stop getting food in the reduced section which is about to go past its sell by as we end up eating bizarre dinners which often aren't very nice and are more likely to be unhealthy than a sensible home cooked meal. It has become a compulsion for me to get a bargain and save a bit of money on my food bill but it isn't worth it.

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.

MookieCat · 02/01/2026 11:37

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!!

Nanalovesnature · 02/01/2026 11:40

nekophoenix · 02/01/2026 11:36

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.

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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.

Factsoverfiction · 02/01/2026 11:41

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.

MookieCat · 02/01/2026 11:42

Factsoverfiction · 02/01/2026 11:41

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.

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.

Whoneedsanamesuggestion · 02/01/2026 11:45

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.

stclementine · 02/01/2026 11:48

Footyfandango · 31/12/2025 21:24

Not usually one for making NY resolutions, but this year have made just the one.
Enjoy buying cookery books, but don't use them enough, so going to cook a completely new recipe every week.
Not the most exciting resolution, but one I will keep to I think, and enjoy doing

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.

VeterinaryCareAssistant · 02/01/2026 11:54

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.

VeterinaryCareAssistant · 02/01/2026 12:04

Nanalovesnature · 01/01/2026 10:38

Last night, Hogmanay, I had some vegan fake chicken with spinach and hubby had chicken in breadcrumbs. Whole meal cost me £3 but what a miserable dinner for Hogmanay. It's not enjoyable, yes it saves me a bit of money but it is rubbish. I am going to do Veganuary and eat a lot of veg. Hubby refuses to have any meal without meat so I will still have to buy meat for 1 but I am going to try to stay way from the 'food about to go off" section.

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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.

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