Tag Archives: 2016

Food and Budget Review 2016

Posted on January 5, 2017 by nicdempsey

One of last year’s goals was about food and budget. I wanted to see if I could set a budget of £15 a week for my food. That’s roughly £2.14 a day. There were some things that budget didn’t include, … Continue reading →

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2016 Goals – How it went

Posted on December 28, 2016 by nicdempsey

Time for the recap of my 2016. The current opinion is that (unless you are Donald Trump or Nigel Farrage) 2016 has not been a good year for the world. Honestly, I think that there have been worse years and … Continue reading →

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2016 Goal Recap – November

Posted on November 26, 2016 by nicdempsey

There are technically four more days in November but as tomorrow will be spent either on the allotment or at home sorting out my life for next week and the last three days of it have three days of first … Continue reading →

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2016 Goal Update – October

Posted on October 29, 2016 by nicdempsey

It doesn’t matter how much I try, I still don’t like the slide into Autumn that happens in October. This year the month was marked with ‘the cough that wouldn’t die until we realised that it was asthma and I … Continue reading →

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Little Goals – July 2016

Posted on July 9, 2016 by nicdempsey

  Here are the little goals for July: FINANCE Same old, same old but with a bit more discipline with the spending. Have one week this month were I only spend £10 on groceries. I think a week of ‘less’ … Continue reading →

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Allotment Adventures: Eight weeks later.

Posted on July 6, 2016 by nicdempsey

Saturday marked eight weeks of allotmenting. This is what it looked liked then.It looks quite different now. The weeds went haywire in between times  I was very lucky because the allotment was given up, not abandoned, the weeds were never completely … Continue reading →

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2016 Goal Recap – June

Posted on July 2, 2016 by nicdempsey

Goodbye June. That went really quickly! I can see the uptick in my mood due to the longer days, even when I’m miserable it’s easier to throw off and not dwell. June has mainly been an allotment, staying close to … Continue reading →

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2016 Goal Recap – May

Posted on May 28, 2016 by nicdempsey

We are almost at the end of May and it’s time to talk about it. How did May go? Quickly, it was a very busy month. I took on the allotment, went to Paris and was more active generally and … Continue reading →

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Little Goals – May 2016

Posted on May 7, 2016 by nicdempsey

May is another busy month. I have an allotment, I’m going to Paris. Busy, busy… Here are the little goals for May: FINANCE Have one week this month were I only spend £10 on groceries. I think a week of … Continue reading →

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2016 Goal Recap – April

Posted on April 30, 2016 by nicdempsey

April was a solid month, I did get sick and I went on holiday but I had saved my holiday spending money in advance, I exercised a bit more and I feel in more control of it all. I’ve cut … Continue reading →

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