Goals for 2014

[Deleted User]

Welcome to the gang Bambos.

Dxxx

Buffythedebtslayer

Buffythedebtslayer wrote: »

Excellent thread,
My goals for 2014 are

1. Finish and submit my dissertation
2. Finish my Tefl course
3. Pay off the credit cards - 8000? Actual figure was 4600, didn't borrow any more thank God!
4. Declutter and reorganise the whole house.
5. Save 5000.
6. Be good at my job - be organised, confident.
7. Get a boyfriend. a nice kind solvent (!) man.
8. Loose two stone.
9. Complete a half marathon
10. Drive on the motorway
11. Make and keep male friends
12. Write. everyday.


I think that covers it.


XX

NewYorkdreams, I am so sorry for your loss and hope you are doing ok. there are rarely good words to say, but know I am thinking of you XX


My goals aren't going so well really. Been distracted and caught up in time wasting activity. Plus just eaten pretty much a whole smarties Easter egg..........I think I need a rethink!


XX

in_need_of_direction

I didn't get a smarties egg this year. Only just realised and am devastated.

[Deleted User]

Awwwwww well maybe you will get 2 next year.

Dxxx

Buffythedebtslayer

in_need_of_direction wrote: »

I didn't get a smarties egg this year. Only just realised and am devastated.

sorry, it is a tradition for me too. I asked specifically for one.


XXX

Betwattled

Hello all :wave:

May I join your Goals for 2014? I know I am a bit late to the party but you all seem to be progressing in the right direction and it seems such a supportive thread.

I am currently on a self-managed DMP and on Income Support after my partner walked out leaving myself and our toddler up the creek... so to speak. After a few months of feeling sorry for myself I have decided to stop living in the Land of Mopesville and make a new, super-improved, highly productive, fun life for the little one and I.

My goals for the rest of 2014 are...

1)Become self-employed, I hate being on IS... I have always worked and need to work to feel like I have a purpose. Being self employed will create the flexibility I need to make sure LO is well looked after.

2)I need to lose 42 lbs... months of comfort eating and never dropping all that baby-weight have pushed me up to a size 16/18. I have a wardrobe full of size 10 and 12 clothes... I refuse to bin them. :mad: Fat!!! You gotta go.

3)Heal naturally. I have a nasty hiatus hernia (thanks to pregnancy) and the doctor's put me on strong PPI's that supress all the stomach acid. These tablets have a lot of side effects (I lost a lot of hair last year and had very bad stomach cramps because of them) but I think losing weight and eating less carbs will improve the situation no end. I have researched this on the net for quite a few months now... and this seems to be the way forward.

4)Finish writing my sit com. It's for a local Am Dram Soc... I enjoy writing and they are easily pleased lol... so it works for both of us.
I have been very demotivated with writing since the end of my relationship... I think I have had a bit of post-natal depression to be fair, however my energy is starting to garner momentum... so I will crack on with this asap.

5)Clean and de-clutter house and keep on top of it. The house is relatively tidy... but is full of Eb@yable junk... I want a lovely minimum fuss habitat by the end of the year.
Out with the old and all that...

6)Pass my driving test. I have failed three tests now... bloody reversing backwards tut. My theory expired in December so I have that to sit again... I have let the world slip by the last few months 'sigh.'

7)Stick to grocery budgets every month. This is sooooo hard.

8)Add to my full & final settlement fund. This will be easier when I am working again. At the moment... being on Income Support, there isn't any money to spare.

9)Give love, patience and kindness in abundance and hopefully receive the same. :heart2:

And that's about it. Thanks for reading all. xx

in_need_of_direction

Welcome, I too am trying to lose the post baby fat. My babies are 27 and 28 years old!

[Deleted User]

Oh welcome Bewattled.

I am trying to lose weight too but mine is just a cake & KFC baby haha.

I paid a lot of money for this belly but its time to get rid of it.

Its sooooooooooo hard sometimes but if it was easy where would the challenge be eh.

Well done for getting yourself out of Mopesville it cant have been easy but you sound like you have it all planned out so best of luck.

Dxxx

Betwattled

in_need_of_direction wrote: »

Welcome, I too am trying to lose the post baby fat. My babies are 27 and 28 years old!

Lol... thank you Yes... I have a 22 year old and a 2 year old... the excess weight never fully left from the first either.

Helena x

Betwattled

Deleted_User wrote: »

Oh welcome Bewattled.

I am trying to lose weight too but mine is just a cake & KFC baby haha.

I paid a lot of money for this belly but its time to get rid of it.

Its sooooooooooo hard sometimes but if it was easy where would the challenge be eh.

Well done for getting yourself out of Mopesville it cant have been easy but you sound like you have it all planned out so best of luck.

Dxxx

Many thanks for the warm welcome DollyRocker.

Yes losing weight is soooo bloody hard, I can diet really well until my little one goes to bed and then it all goes to pot.
I seem to graze most of the evening whilst watching TV or surfing the net. But today... it has to stop. :cool:

Good luck with your goals.

Helena xx