10 positive steps a day challenge - 2012

Giggles86

Evening! Not been an overly productive day as I've been to the seaside with my boyfriend. It's been a fab day and apart from a few little drips of rain the weather has been glorious!
My steps for today have been:
-Make picnic
-Walk lots (we've managed about 8miles!)
-Not change any money in the amusement arcade (We took 2ps out of my copper jar so didn't need to...and I found 50p in one of the 10p machines before we even started!)
-Not buy anything we didn't need.
-Ask my boyfriend advice for his mum's christmas present so I can start making it.

Tomorrow I think might be a fairly slow day as I'm really tired after all that fresh air! So I plan to
-Make a Christmas card
-Finish making a birthday card (it only needs the verse to put inside)
-Pay my mum and dad's godson for his sponsored bike ride.
-Finish my book.

ChihiroSen

Hello All,

I was wondering if I could join the challenge. I have suffered from depression most of my life and always find it difficult to motivate myself to do things. I once belonged to a support group who did a similar task as this thread and it was enormously helpful, but the group ended and I slid back to my old ways.

I would like to start out with 5 positive things, not 10.

My list for today,

Take dry cleaning to dry cleaners Done
Arrange haircut Done
Ring Cousin, its her birthday Done
Tidy apartment
Sort out clothes to take back to shop (went on an impulse shopping spree when i couldn't afford it:/)

Giggles86

Hello ChihiroSen :hello: I'm fairly new here but have already found it helps to write down what I've achieved

Today I haven't had the most productive of days after a rubbish night's sleep...and frustratingly I'm wide awake again tonight! But I have
- made a birthday card (a different one to Sunday!)
- put on 3 loads of washing and hung them out (only for them to get rained on!)
- put 3 loads of washing in tumble dryer/on creel in kitchen/on clothes horse to dry for the second time
- taken jeans to my Gran's for fixing because they're too comfy to just throw out!
- almost completed a very detailed job application form for my dream job
- been out for a birthday meal and drinks with a friend (Steak night at Wetherspoon's as she's never had steak and is nearly 30!) and not got cross with her over anything (We've not been getting on brilliantly recently)
- Rooted out everything I have for making Christmas cards so I know what I need to get still!
- Washed up
- Been asked if I want to go to Paris to celebrate my boyfriend's birthday! :dance:
Perhaps it's been more productive than I first thought! Now I just need to feel tired before a long day of volunteering tomorrow!!

Hope everyone is having a good week so far

ChihiroSen

Hi Giggles86! lovely to meet you:)

I agree about writing things down somewhere public, It gives me a sense of accountability which is motivating.

However saying that only did three of my tasks yesterday. So I am going to aim for the full five today.

Tidy Apartment
Sort out shopping to take back
Do 2 loads of washing
Order shopping
Research MA courses

charleybear

1.Put the £7 left over from my birthday money into my saving jar for my holiday next year
2.Tidied up my room
3.Drank water instead of fizzy
4.(started) my CV
5.Started to do my blog organizing

purple.sarah

Today I will:
Tidy my desk
Walk the dog
Clean the rabbit cages
Clean the rat cage
Clean the litter trays
Do laundry
De-flea the house
Hoover the house
Visit my dad in hospital
Have a nice relaxing bath
Unpack some boxes left over from our house move

nimbo

oooh can I play?

been working OOH today, and am again tomorrow

Today
1. get 1000 dooyoo pts DONE
2. make dinner from freezer DONE
3. recycling out DONE
4. dry washing DONE
5. put 1 basket of clean washing away
6. go through wardrobe and make space
7. dishes DONE


Tomorrow
1. get up to 15 k dooyoo points 13 k so far
2. make dinner from freezer
3. pack ebay parcel
4. buy packaging for ebay parcel
5. washing on
6. put away rest of washing - as i cannot find any of my clothes...

charleybear

1. Tidy up under my desk & be ruthless with the junk (Doing)
2. Hoover up my room
3. Re-write my CV
4. Job search / apply for jobs
5. Dye my hair
6. Fill out my college enrolment forms

Giggles86

I've been neglecting positivity a bit over the last few days (and been a bit busy!) Hope you're all having a lovely bank holiday.
Managed (just) to get in an application for my dream job on Friday so enjoying a quiet weekend with my boyfriend
Today I have:
-Helped to clean out the pond at BF's mum's
-Returned the pond vac to the pond shop we hired it from
-Cleaned his car (a week after I grafittied in the muck on it!)
-Washed up after a LOVELY dinner.

I'd have done more but a quick cuddle on the sofa and my BF is having a 'powernap' on my shoulder! So everything else is on hold!
I also need to:
-collect my camera from home ready for tomorrow
-read up again on the new EYFS framework in case i get an interview for my dream job
-Download another job pack for another job I've found to apply for
-photograph cards I've already made and finish a Christmas card I'm in the middle of.
-Make a 'new baby' card ready for the arrival of my friend's baby

nimbo

Today
4. dry washing
5. put 1 basket of clean washing away
6. go through wardrobe and make space
7. dishes
1. get up to 15 k dooyoo points 13 k so far
2. make dinner from freezer
3. pack ebay parcel
4. buy packaging for ebay parcel
5. washing on
6. put away rest of washing - as i cannot find any of my clothes...
7. job hunt in area for part time jobs. DONE - nothing
8. grant search for September ASAP