Positive Steps Challenge 2013

gothrockchic1

Hi everyone, thanks for letting me join. My goals are as follows:

1) To form a Rock/Metal band (preferably all female)
2) Increase my confidence in playing Bass guitar and singing
3) To find 10 new bands - small bands treat their fans better.
4) To regain my fitness - I injured my knee running last year and I would love to start running again.
5) To learn Yoga
6) Have a holiday - ideas are Glastonbury (not the festival), New York (if I am flush), Prague and Paris.
7) To learn guitar
8) To have £5000 saved up just in case I want to go 'on tour'
9) To attend a festival with a few of my bands on my 'wish list'
10) To get my tattoo finished.

I have lots others but these are the main ones.

gothrockchic1

This week I will

1) plug in my Bass amp
2) learn two songs
3) budget Done
4) find my bass books
5) load my new CDs onto iTunesDone

Have a good week everyone xxx

fairyclicks

gothrockchic1 wrote: »

Hi everyone, thanks for letting me join. My goals are as follows:

1) To form a Rock/Metal band (preferably all female)
2) Increase my confidence in playing Bass guitar and singing
3) To find 10 new bands - small bands treat their fans better.
4) To regain my fitness - I injured my knee running last year and I would love to start running again.
5) To learn Yoga
6) Have a holiday - ideas are Glastonbury (not the festival), New York (if I am flush), Prague and Paris.
7) To learn guitar
8) To have £5000 saved up just in case I want to go 'on tour'
9) To attend a festival with a few of my bands on my 'wish list'
10) To get my tattoo finished.

I have lots others but these are the main ones.

Ooooooh fabby goals Good Luck with all of them!!!!

fairyclicks

hmmmmmmm, now what will i get up to today???

am tired looking at some of my goals they have been on there that long Its the ones i try to get sorted and can't are the worst culprits - i want them gone!!! hahahaha

contact bank again re that charge i don't understand - i am going to get to the bottom of this today even if i get nothing else done - DONE!!!! now i know what it is i can try and get it removed - not sure it will work but worth a try
swaggers daily - done
unique rewards - done
contact cc to make payment - done
bit of knitting - done
list item for my new daily craft auction - done
clear out 100 emails - done
get photo sorted for smartpass form
do some more promoting of craft fair page on facebook
contact nationwide again if they don't ring me back - done and sorted
pay rent - done
count up how much i have made from decluttering stuff this week and add to siggy - done
contact unison to see if my payment was accepted
start looking at website and tidy up old auctions, pics etc ready for promoting it again

Started to clear out a load of rubbish that has been accumulating on my lappy last night and sorting stuff into organised files - does that count as spring cleaning? :rotfl::rotfl: i want to try and do another bit of this too! done

There will probably be more once i get my head into action, but that will do for now!!

Happy stepping all

fairyclicks

Well finally i feel like i have cleared some annoying things from my list

Just adding some things for tomorrow while they are in my head:

collect meds - oh bum i forgot :P i will have to do this tomorrow now!
lodge cheques and bagged change into account - done
get balance of account i have for paying debts - done
clear out 100 more emails - i will get to the end of them eventually :P - done 100's have gone
check ebay - done
some more knitting - am on the bands etc now of a wee cardi so should be finished soon!
check groupon purchases
exercise - walked 3 miles

rollies:

get photo for smartpass form - done and form posted!
contact unison to see if my payment was accepted
start looking at website and tidy up old auctions, pics etc ready for promoting it again
order screen for tablet
clear out some rubblish from lappy
do some more promoting of craft fair page on facebook

dailies:

daily target on swaggers - done
unique rewards
one poll
apptrailers - done

gothrockchic1

The only thing I managed to achieve today is try and learn two new songs as I am meeting with a few musicians but couldn't grasp the rhythm! will try again tomorrow. It's hard with little confidence.

I hope everyone made great steps today!

fairyclicks

As its the last day in Jan i thought i would do a quick review of my goals and see how much i have stuck to my plans etc - am a bit scared to look!! :eek::o

To reduce debt by £5000

Ok now this is something i am really pleased with my progress on - have reduced debt by almost £3,000 already and have actually increased my years target to £10,000

To start exercising 3 times a week

Ummm i was exercising everyday initially but that has gone to the wayside. I do walk up and down to the shops/post office etc at least once a week and that is 6 miles round trip so not doing nothing but would like to get back to a better routine

To get rid of the boxes and boxes of stuff I have gathered up

hmmm, i have made a bit of a start on this by selling on ebay - will be able to do a lot more once i get the car sorted

To join a sewing group

This would be a no - i have found one at least but not managed to go yet!


To lose at least 1 stone in weight

Hmmm this one not going too well - think i might have lost 1lb or so :rotfl::rotfl: think that is a can do better

To do a business plan for my crafts and website

Not started this at all - not sure where to start really atm so maybe could start by looking at some plans online

To get my car back on the road

Whew this has been a biggie!! I have been trying hard to get it sorted but its not been easy to source parts. Hopefully the right parts have now arrived and i will get a bit further with this next month

To sort my daily finances

I have got a good few things sorted out moneywise, but i haven't yet sat down and calculated a daily target or budget etc - def need a bit more work on this next month


Keep House Clean and Tidy

Not been doing too badly with this - a few days of god look at this place but not many - quite pleased with this so far

Get up to £1000 in my Zopa account

This one kinda ticks along on its own - i don't have any spare cash to add to it atm, but the interest does keep it edging upwards - If i can get it up to £700 by the end of Feb i will be happy enough

Ok so overall i don't feel too bad about how its been going - def i have a few good progress ones but also a few have gone a bit off the boil as such - will try to work on the ones i've been neglecting a bit this month. I have also signed up for the web design course, which i guess could go in the business planning section, but also gives me another goal so will add this one to the list

suzitiger

I am BACK!! This is because I promised myself I wouldn't go on the forum until my tax return was done, I have gone from the dining table COVERED in recipets/invoices/general crap to having all my books up to date and everything neatly filed away and the tax return DONE! so yay! :j

Xandersmum wrote: »

Quickie list today as feel like I'm drowning in rubbish at the mo!

• Tax return!!!!!!
• Iron and photos for Ebay
• Wash up!

Feel your pain, I had been putting it off for so long but I have JUST finished mine, don't let anyone ever tell you I am a last minute person :rotfl:
I might get started on this years one now

hummingbird wrote: »

This is a great thread - can I join please?
My goals for 2013 are;
1. To get a better job
2. To get back to driving again - had to sell my car before Christmas
3. To replace my laptop
4. To learn how to write a business plan and start my jewellery business
5. To sell consistently on ebay
6. To clear the junk from my spare bedroom and cupboard over the stairs
7. To make better use of cashback sites
8. To make more of my appearance, clothes and makeup
9. To get a new fridge freezer
10. To continue to help my mum & dad as much as possible
11. To be a better friend and keep in touch better
12. To pay off as much debt as possible.

That will do for now, I'll start working on steps towards these!

These sound like great goals and quite similar to mine in many ways :T

gothrockchic1 wrote: »

Hi everyone, thanks for letting me join. My goals are as follows:

1) To form a Rock/Metal band (preferably all female)
2) Increase my confidence in playing Bass guitar and singing
3) To find 10 new bands - small bands treat their fans better.
4) To regain my fitness - I injured my knee running last year and I would love to start running again.
5) To learn Yoga
6) Have a holiday - ideas are Glastonbury (not the festival), New York (if I am flush), Prague and Paris.
7) To learn guitar
8) To have £5000 saved up just in case I want to go 'on tour'
9) To attend a festival with a few of my bands on my 'wish list'
10) To get my tattoo finished.

I have lots others but these are the main ones.

Your goals are AWESOME! If I lived nearer I would totally join ur band! Welcome to the thread

suzitiger

fairyclicks wrote: »

hmmmmmmm, now what will i get up to today???

am tired looking at some of my goals they have been on there that long Its the ones i try to get sorted and can't are the worst culprits - i want them gone!!! hahahaha

contact bank again re that charge i don't understand - i am going to get to the bottom of this today even if i get nothing else done - DONE!!!! now i know what it is i can try and get it removed - not sure it will work but worth a try
swaggers daily - done
unique rewards - done
contact cc to make payment - done
bit of knitting - done
list item for my new daily craft auction - done
clear out 100 emails - done
get photo sorted for smartpass form
do some more promoting of craft fair page on facebook
contact nationwide again if they don't ring me back - done and sorted
pay rent - done
count up how much i have made from decluttering stuff this week and add to siggy - done
contact unison to see if my payment was accepted
start looking at website and tidy up old auctions, pics etc ready for promoting it again

Started to clear out a load of rubbish that has been accumulating on my lappy last night and sorting stuff into organised files - does that count as spring cleaning? :rotfl::rotfl: i want to try and do another bit of this too! done

There will probably be more once i get my head into action, but that will do for now!!

Happy stepping all

You have inspired me Fairy, it is time I dealt with the annoying niggly things that I have been avoiding on my list for TOO long! Well done on getting all these bits done, I find the longer things are on my list the less likely they are to happen but NO, I shall change :rotfl:
So, on that note, here is my list for tonight/tomorrow:

• Look up train times and sort out where I am staying tomorrow night for course on Sat
• Call Barclaycard PPI helpline
• Pay PPL invoice
• Invoice the two gyms I work for
• Call Credit solutions
• Go into Citizens advice about this whole debt debarkle!
• go and collect paperwork for new house
• talk to landlady about paying off rent arrears
• Learn another routine for Z*mba gold
• email Laura at the Be*con back
• start planning kids classes
• get friend to design some save the date cards

Giggles86

After 1 month I don't think I'm doing too badly.
1) To start saving money to move out I have opened a savings account using money the tax man kindly sent me. Once I have paid for my holiday I will be putting so much money into it a month. I have also started saving all my 20p, 5p, 1p and 2p coins. So far I have £6.20 in 20p and have saved enough £1 per day to get me to Monday.
2) To exercise more often I have joined the gym, and been once! My gym buddy has been ill so hopefully we'll be able to go now she's recovered. I have also done a lot more walking in the
3) To complete my proofreading course I'm not doing brilliantly with this as other things are getting in the way (like being exhausted from work!) BUT I'm going to have a big push to do some of it over half term
4) Not buy any birthday/christmas/anniversary/easter cards and make them all instead - possibly with a view to selling some. None made to sell yet, but I have made 2 get well cards and 3 birthday cards as required so far this year and none bought from the shops
5) Read a lot more (aiming for an hour a day at least as this is roughly my bus commute time) I think I've read 4 "grown up" books so far this year. I set a target for how many I want to read a year and usually alternate with a couple of children's books as they're quick reads often, but I haven't read any kid's books yet.
6) Learn to drive The rubbish weather is hampering this at the moment. My OH has promised to take me out in the car but the opportunities we could have had have been spoiled by the snow!
7) Eat more healthily and cook from scratch more often! I'm doing better at this. When I'm hungry for snacks I often reach for celery and tomatoes instead of the chocolate I still have from Christmas!