Short Term Challenge

Karmacat

This isn't strictly a thread strictly about moneysaving .... its about improving my life in the very short term, this next week actually - not a diary in the usual sense, but a place for me to stay focussed on some short term goals. Without the focus of a single place for all this lot, I *know* I'll distract myself and while it might be something positive in the long term, it won't necessarily be right for this week.

So, these are the things I want to do: first off is my paid work, thats the biggest part of debtbusting I can do! :money::money::money:

Then there's the rest:

- 3 mystery shops; I'm not worried about doing these, I do them regularly, they're already printed out, just got to do them and input them.

- two of them entail a trip out on Tuesday - and I want to go see Star Trek then. That might look odd in a dfw list like this, but one of the reasons I don't feel that great is that I let my life get really unbalanced. And after all, I'm one of the biggest SF fans on this forum (that I know of, anyway ) and I haven't seen it yet, and I want to!

- sort out my bathroom - everything from cleaning the tiles to putting strips of sealant round the bath rim to filling holes in the skirting board to cleaning the window (and the floor ) and using a little tub of ready made plaster around it. The bathroom is absolutely tiny, so it isn't quite as daunting as it sounds. :cool:

- plant the plants I've got sitting on the patio. Half a dozen of the marigolds have died already. I've spent the money, I need to plant the things, even if its only to pot them on.:o

- investigate the French mortgage - send some money over, first off, get it online as that facility has just been offered, check that I've paid the accountant, I've a horrible feeling that I haven't, investigate whether it would be better to use some money to pay off some of the French mortgage, so that it becomes more self supporting. :rolleyes:

Five things... and bearing in mind one of them is watching a film, I *should* be able to do this next week. I wrote "most of it", but I want to do all of it. Plus scratchcards and checking online banking, of course! :D:D

CAFCGirl

Love the idea of a one week diary, writing out what you've got planned increases your accountability and therefore achieving it...

Will watch avidly through the week when im not at work (so about 8 hours in total LOL), and look forward to hearing how you get on...

Really tempted by ST myself....

Purpleroses

good luck to you too Karma.

Karmacat

Thanks, Purple! I just got slightly waylaid, tbh - my neighbours were out in their backyard having their evening meal, and our gardens are so steep, that if I'd done anything in mine, we'd have been visible to one another. Still, I gave the plants I need to pot on a watering, and I've heard him pottering about now, so I'll repot some, I think. Had some potting compost delivered on Friday....

Thanks CAFCGirl! This week in particular I really need it, because of the plants and because of France. Off to muck about with the plants now .....

hypno06

A one week challenge sounds an excellent way of doing it - not too overwhelming, never far from the end, yet not enough time to put things off too much!

MissKJ

Karmakat, what a great idea, a weekly diary! I have put so many posts on my other diary,sometimes you can't see the woods for the trees! I may just do weekly inputs on that of the actual DFW money stuff and then do a weekly diary myself! I have become a bit addicted lately.

EssexHebridean

Excellent planning KC - good luck with everything!

Karmacat

Thanks folks! MissKJ:hello:, I was just starting to read your diary, I love the thoughtfulness of it - thanks for coming on here!

Hi Hypno!:hello: Hi EssexHebridean:hello:

I have a victory for the system to report, even tho I don't think this would work every week. I've done all the potting! I've been meaning to get those plants sorted for a couple of weeks now, and not done it - there isn't really the space to put them in at the mo, the weeding is a bit too patchy (translation = my garden is a complete pigsty). So I potted on four thyme plants, a parsley, a mint, two oregano, one redcurrant and three scabious. Importantly, tho, I have to move them tomorrow to the space where my veg patch will be - they're much less likely to get eaten by snails there, the area I've currently got them attracts snails like nobody's business. Tomorrow will be soon enough tho. I'm really pleased at this! I wouldn't have done it without making this list, its a real victory! :j:j:j

boredofbeingathome

Sniffle, just a week? Sniffle.....:o

Oh well, i can say that you will thoroughly enjoy ST and the convolutions of the film..could also see links to SG episodes and earlier references to ST. Will enjoy discussing with you on weekly thread..:cool:

Oh there's a cunning thought, KC's weekly [STRIKE]chat[/STRIKE]focus thread:D:T

taka

:hello: Hello KC!

Good luck with your Short term challenge :T ... oh and enjoy Star Trek - I loved it (and Zachary Quinto :drool: :rotfl:)

shaun40400

hi KC
nice to see you back if only in little bursts
you could of cause start a dfw scifi thread:o
as jack would say ""what no lazars"
live long and prosper my pointy eared little friend
baaarking definitely baaaarrrrking