Unsinkable

Deleted_User wrote: »

July is just around the corner and I need to make proper headway this month in particular due to various things that I mentioned in an earlier post but will put down again here so I know where they are:

* DD's Prom - 7th July - Done
* Nephew & family over - 1st July - Done
* Need to order DD's uniform for secondary school - Done £76
* Buy DD's birthday presents for her birthday in August - Made a start on this one
* Gas and electric bills are due - Arrived, just need paying
* My car is booked in at the garage to have an error message looked at - 8th July - Done

DD's presents I can buy with July's pay, so I'm not overly bothered too much about that one. The main ones are the uniform and the gas and electric bills.

So moving on to July.

Things have gone well for the past few months financially since we moved, neither of us knows why or how, so I'm trying not to dwell too much on it. Something is working

Things I need to do to keep us going:

* Meal plan - this is going good so far - Done for the month - Working well so far
* Keep an eye on the bank account daily - this is working - Doing it
* Update spreadsheet regularly - not doing this much - Erm.....
* Limit to £10 pw allowance again - failed on this one this month - This one is working this month
* Reduce alcohol during the week - not doing to bad but could be improved - Erm...
* Lunches to work - need to improve on this one - Still needs work
* Reduce grocery spends - we spent far too much on this - Working on this one
* Avoid the pub - this is going well, just need to tweak it some more - Working on this one

Personal things I want to achieve in July:
* Get decent sleep - work in progress - Going well so far
* Limit online time - this is creeping up and I need to back off a bit - Working on it
* Read more - been neglecting this one - Doing more of this one
* Dye my hair - I look like a witch, especially with my Vitiligo! - Done
* Spend more time with the kids - when they allow me :rotfl: - Trying lol
* Have some quality 'me' time - Working on it
* Find a job closer to home - work in progress this one - Still working on this one

Some fairly decent goals there I think and ones that I may hopefully be able to achieve. My thinking is that if I can get myself organised and happy, then everything else will fall in to place, at the moment I'm happy but not happier. A kind of personal LBM.

Poor_Single_lady wrote: »

Hello. Just wanted to say Hi :wave: and good luck for your interview. Hope it goes well.