New year Old Style resolutions...

lucy*locket

skipsmum wrote: »

Another January coming. Another year.
My house is a tip. My kids are insane. I have bipolar disorder, PTSD, and depression and am still getting over chemotherapy.
Today I made DH get up on his day off to take me 30 miles to Ikea to buy bedside cupboards on a whim.
Halfway there I burst into tears and admitted I don't have enough money for bedside cupboards. In fact I don't have any money at all, and am up to my eyeballs in debt.

So, NO MORE TEARS.
I have (with DH) made a list of debts and repayments. He has confiscated my credit cards and I have changed my littlewoods password to something I cant remember.
in between crying fits I have hoovered the front room and cleaned the litter tray.
I have failed to walk the dog, or start on the mountain range of washing that seems to be in every room.
Yesterday I bought a slow cooker, but didnt manage to use it today, but DS is now rummaging in the freezer to help me with dinner.

2010
I'm going to finish my course of counselling, even though its really hard.
I'm going to go back to the hospital and get my meds reviewed.
I'm going to pay off my credit cards.
I'm going to ebay some of the stuff thats filling the house (DS2s major buggy that he hasnt fit in for a year, 2 lifejackets that I keep for emergencies, etc etc).
I'm going to clear out the emergency stash of butter and tuna. I don't even like tuna.
I'm going to eat meals at mealtimes.
AND
I'm going to come back to the OS board which I stopped looking at months ago cos I felt so guilty.

Good luck skipsmum, one step at a time, and don't be too hard on yourself. I'm sure you'll find this forum a great help, I certainly have. You know the old saying, a problem shared is a problem halved.

Molly41

Its very hard for me to make new years resolutions as Im so afraid of what 2010 will bring. This year I have lost so much - my health and my beloved midwifery so Im having to re-evaluate everything. I don't know that it will get better but it could get so much worse.

There are a few things that I would like to do:
I would like to make some friends who live locally as Im very lonely
I would like to learn to crochet as I think it would help my anxiety

Mollyx

leed

Molly41 wrote: »

Its very hard for me to make new years resolutions as Im so afraid of what 2010 will bring. This year I have lost so much - my health and my beloved midwifery so Im having to re-evaluate everything. I don't know that it will get better but it could get so much worse.

There are a few things that I would like to do:
I would like to make some friends who live locally as Im very lonely
I would like to learn to crochet as I think it would help my anxiety

Mollyx

If you could let us know where you live - some OS might be able to help out.

cookie220985

Tibbie's_mum wrote: »

So much to me keeping to this last year.......this will have to be a rollover year, all resolutions remain the same with the addition of cutting down the alcohol, gettting more exercise and doing more as a family.

Same here, i only kept to my resolution of taking better control of my debts and giving up crisps.lol

now i use my-diary.org/ to control my finances and all important notes and dates, and if wanna save money on electric from using computer, i just walk to my local library and log in on their pc's.

FOR 2010 I INTEND TO FOLLOW:

*Save a jar for all loose change, then convert and divide between debts and emergencies.

*Lose weight from 12stone(allowance weight gain for xmas 2009,LOL) to 10stone.
*De-clutter on a weekly basis due to 3 kids mess.
*Put back 2 lots of seperate weekly savings for xmas 2010 and emergency payouts.
*walk everywhere in addition to the 2 hours walk to j!!! n back.
*No (I WANT) shopping trips, sale or no sale!! till january sales 2011
* Follow as many OS saving tips
*recycle as much as possible to save room in bin..lol
*Restrict my usage on internet from daily to (only when i NEED to)
*Get a drop leaf table when ive saved up £200 and not before.
*Restrict my usage on the landline, and mobile, sticking to only topping up when i run out of free texts,till ive topped the package up, and email through library as much as possible.

Reverbe

1. Eat only one meal a day
2 stop going to my monthly book club in town which costs me at least £5 to get there
3. start to redo my daily clicks.
4 try to sell as much of my belongings on ebay/green met/amazon
5 try to stop going for a drink before football and just go to the game without unnecessary socialising
6 I'd like to learn to knit. Tried this year but had the tools but couldnt manage it. Tried from books and online etc but I think I really need someone to teach me.

Will no doubt think of some more later

Penelope_Penguin

Molly41 wrote: »

I would like to learn to crochet as I think it would help my anxiety

Mollyx

I learnt to crochet last year using a combination of The Happy Hooker book, videos on youtube and the help of an OS regular :A 18 months on I've been given the wool to make a scarf like this using hexagons like this It is possible so good luck :T

Penny. x

JayneC

JayneC wrote: »

Hi all, Can I join too please.

1. Get up at 6am – Do daily Flylady routine - lasted about a month!!

2. 15 mins exercise every morning - as above!!

3. 8 a day (Water) 5 a day (F&V) and 3 a day (wholegrains) - hit and miss

4. Eat less meat - hit and miss

5. Decorate hall/stairs/landing - no

6. No new clothes (but charity shop ok) - mostly managed this but did buy new outfits for DD's wedding, I did try to get second hand but couldn't find anything Honest

7. Finish sorting my back yard so I can get chickens - No

8. Meal plan/grocery challenge - actually manged this reasonably well

9. Pay at least £200 per month off credit card - no!

10. Save at least £50 per month - saved £200 per month

11. Save £2 coins/change. - did this ok, not kept count though.

12. Make own gifts/cards - did some of this

13. Get a cleaning routine. - getting better

15. Walk to work once a week. - better in the summer!!

16. Continue with my baking and batch cooking.- did this ok

17. Try harder with growing veg in my yard. - tried but not brill

So didn't do too well last year. Will try again!

Am doing the frugal challenge so that should help me sort my money out (in theory)
Other main aims are to get my back garden better organized and to get my house better organized. Going to start decluttering in some sort of order (probably room by room) instead of haphazard purges when I can't see the floor anymore!

Looking forward to seeing how we all do this time. Good luck everybody x

thriftlady_2

thriftlady wrote: »

1) Stop buying cookery books -this'll be really tough for me

Look what I wrote last year:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:Yeah, right, that really happened.

taffy1969

Hi I would like to join please. I really need to sort myself out. I seem to have turned into a very lazy, procrastinator!!!!! I work 3 days, help in school 2 days, work in school 1 evening, 2 children with a much better social life than me and a husband who works offshore 2 and 2, though should have gone yesterday but was cancelled.

These are my NYR's:
1. Meal plan watch what I spend
2. Ebay stuff (I've got loads!) towards our holiday in 2010
3. Get on top of my cleaning and work out a realistic rota. Re-joined Flylady
4. Get up when my alarm goes off! Do a HHC in the morning
5. Tidy everywhere in the evening and get everything ready for the morning
6. De-clutter and keep on top of it.
7. Do more batch cooking for when DH away and more baking and bread making

This will do me for now, I'm sure there are more things I need to do.

Have a good New Year
Taffy

lexielou7

JayneC wrote: »

So didn't do too well last year. Will try again!

Am doing the frugal challenge so that should help me sort my money out (in theory)
Other main aims are to get my back garden better organized and to get my house better organized. Going to start decluttering in some sort of order (probably room by room) instead of haphazard purges when I can't see the floor anymore!

Looking forward to seeing how we all do this time. Good luck everybody x

Jayne - I think you did brilliantly, keep up the good work. I'd be really chuffed if I look back at my list next year and could see that I had achieved so much.:j