Positive steps thread 2014

Buffythedebtslayer

Today's list


MUST


1. hoover
2. buy wood for new hutch roof
3. clean out hamster!
4. clean out piggies
5. plan lesson for tomorrow
6. sort out clothes.


Would like


7. revamp the hutch
8. move new hutch to shed (total waste of money that was )
9. move furniture round in room..
10. dust and general tidy up of upstairs.

ghostmadlittlemiss

Buffythedebtslayer wrote: »

Today's list


MUST


1. hoover
2. buy wood for new hutch roof
3. clean out hamster!
4. clean out piggies
5. plan lesson for tomorrow
6. sort out clothes.


Would like


7. revamp the hutch
8. move new hutch to shed (total waste of money that was )
9. move furniture round in room..
10. dust and general tidy up of upstairs.

You've got guinea pigs? (I'm guessing that what the piggies bit is, not actually farmyard pigs. They'd need a lot of room! :rotfl:) I really want a pair of them but I don't have the space or money atm. One of my long term goals is to get rid of enough stuff to have room to keep them and to have upped my income enough that I could afford them. As it is, I can barely afford fresh veg for myself! (I do eat a fair amount of frozen though.)
Kayleigh

ghostmadlittlemiss

I still can't believe that I've got a car! After 10 months of bus travel, being able to just get in the car and drive somewhere is amazing. My previous car was a Morris Minor so having a car with a radio that doesn't drop to 20 mph trying to go uphill is actually a huge improvement. :rotfl:

My list for today.

[STRIKE]Place matched bet with Winner.[/STRIKE] Done.
[STRIKE]Put clothes in to wash. [/STRIKE] Done.
[STRIKE]Take out recycling.[/STRIKE] Done.
[STRIKE]Look for washing line pole in Homebase.[/STRIKE] Done.
[STRIKE]Hang washing out to dry.[/STRIKE] Done.

That'll do for now.
Kayleigh

ghostmadlittlemiss

Quite a quiet day today productivity wise, the OH wanted to go food shopping so that took a bit chunk out of the day. Here's my list anyway.

[STRIKE]Wash bedding.[/STRIKE] Done.
[STRIKE]Go food shopping.[/STRIKE] Done.
[STRIKE]Hang bedding on line. [/STRIKE] Done.
[STRIKE]Ring Esure re query about insurance. [/STRIKE] Done.
[STRIKE]Bring bedding in (finish in tumble dryer if need be).[/STRIKE] Done.
[STRIKE]Post letters.[/STRIKE] Done.

Hm, maybe a bit better than I thought it was.
Kayleigh

ghostmadlittlemiss

I should have a very productive day today, providing I don't fall asleep mid way through! :rotfl: (I'm not used to 8am starts).

[STRIKE]Go to the doctor's.[/STRIKE] Done.
[STRIKE]Wash towels.[/STRIKE] Done.
[STRIKE]Contact British Gas re complaint.[/STRIKE] Done.
[STRIKE]Return library books.[/STRIKE] Done.
[STRIKE]Pay charges.[/STRIKE] Done.
[STRIKE]Take broken monitor to tip.[/STRIKE] Done.
[STRIKE]Hang towels on line.[/STRIKE] Done.
[STRIKE]Try out Lansdown Park & Ride.[/STRIKE] Done.
[STRIKE]Get certified copy of passport and driver's licence from bank.[/STRIKE] Usual banks wouldn't do it. I've found out who will but they were shut by then. Will do tomorrow.
Wash pots.
[STRIKE]Make mushroom risotto.[/STRIKE] OH is buying me takeout.
[STRIKE]Get towels in.[/STRIKE] Done.

I may add more stuff later on, depending on how long that lot takes.
Kayleigh

ghostmadlittlemiss

Ok, maybe posting every day for a month was a bit ambitious. I'll try a week this time and see how I get on. So, here's my list for today.

[STRIKE]Put washing on.[/STRIKE] Done.
[STRIKE]Listen to motivational hypnosis mp3.[/STRIKE] Done, it was really helpful.
[STRIKE]Return library book.[/STRIKE] Done.
[STRIKE]Collect reserved book.[/STRIKE] Done.
[STRIKE]Pay reservation fee.[/STRIKE] Done.
Do direct debit indemnity claim at bank.
[STRIKE]Hang washing on line.[/STRIKE] It got too late so I've put it in the dryer instead.
[STRIKE]Wash pots.[/STRIKE] Done.
[STRIKE]Make dinner.[/STRIKE] Done.
[STRIKE]Take washing in.[/STRIKE] See above.
That should do.
Kayleigh

ghostmadlittlemiss

I'm a bit late with my list today but I'll see what I can get done in the time that I've got.

[STRIKE]Place matched bet with Winner.[/STRIKE] Done.
[STRIKE]E-mail Setantabet re bet refund.[/STRIKE] Done.
[STRIKE]Put away clothes.[/STRIKE] Done.
[STRIKE]Listen to motivational hypnosis mp3.[/STRIKE] Done.
[STRIKE]E-mail Liv copy of DBS certificate.[/STRIKE] Done.
[STRIKE]E-mail uni re Green Party fresher's fair stall.[/STRIKE] Done. Am very proud of myself as that was very stressful! :T
[STRIKE]Shower.[/STRIKE] Done.
[STRIKE]Ring Barclays re why Direct Debit bounced.[/STRIKE] Done. My bank's cancelled the bloody thing again, I'm going to hit the roof when I go in there tomorrow! :mad:
[STRIKE]Take out recycling.[/STRIKE] Too dark, too stressed.
[STRIKE]Go food shopping.[/STRIKE] Done. Just bought a ready meal for dinner so didn't do either of the last two things.
[STRIKE]Wash pots.[/STRIKE] See above.
[STRIKE]Make dinner.[/STRIKE] See above.
Listen to get up early hypnosis mp3.

I'm feeling better already just from having made a list.

ghostmadlittlemiss

I thought I'd get a head start by writing my list for tomorrow tonight.

[STRIKE]Get up when my alarm goes off.[/STRIKE] Done.
[STRIKE]Listen to motivational hypnosis mp3.[/STRIKE] Done.
[STRIKE]Put cleaning cloths in washing machine.[/STRIKE] Done.
[STRIKE]E-mail Winner a copy of my driver's licence to verify account.[/STRIKE] Done.
[STRIKE]Leave house at 9:30 to drive to Newbridge Park & Ride.[/STRIKE] I was a bit late but I still got to badminton on time.
[STRIKE]Play badminton.[/STRIKE] Done.
[STRIKE]Go to bank to complain about Direct Debit being cancelled.[/STRIKE] Done. They've re-instated it for me. I still don't know who cancelled it though.
[STRIKE]Check money has been transferred to Sainsbury's gift card.[/STRIKE] Done.
Hang cloths on washing line.
Wash pots.
[STRIKE]Put out recycling.[/STRIKE] Done.
[STRIKE]Go food shopping at Aldi.[/STRIKE] Done.
[STRIKE]Slimming World meeting, 7:00pm.[/STRIKE] Done, I lost 1 and a half lbs. :j
I think that should do for now.
Kayleigh

ghostmadlittlemiss

I guess I'm on my own on this thread now. Oh well, probably my own fault for not keeping up with the thread at the start. I'll just keep writing, even if I am "talking" to myself. At least I'll get the answer I want that way! :rotfl:

I don't think I've ever told you why I'm here, what my end goal is. And I think it's very important to know what it is that you want to achieve when doing a thread like this. Otherwise, it just becomes a public to-do list, which I think many of my posts have been so far. So I'm going to try doing things a little differently from now on and see if it works for me. I'm going to list my overall goals and make a mini goal that I want to achieve in roughly a month or so and then divide my list up into which goal each thing will help me achieve (or if it's a misc thing). Then at the end of each month, I'll say if I've achieved my mini goal or not or even if I've exceeded it. So, I'll give it a go. (Second post to follow)
Kayleigh

ghostmadlittlemiss

So, my overall goals.

I don't think I've ever typed this anywhere before and only the two most important people in my life, my partner and my grandma, know about it. My absolute over-arching goal is to go back to university. I've been before, straight from school as so many kids do, and I wasn't ready. I can look back on it now and see that quite clearly. My first year was spent being horribly homesick but getting ok results. The second year, my partner moved to London and was close enough for me to visit him. I'm glad he did as it saved our relationship but it meant that I was travelling from Bath to London as often as I could and that was when I started falling behind with university and running up debts. Eventually, after spending 5 years trying to complete a 3 year course, they kicked me out.

That was in late 2012 and resulted in a massive nervous breakdown that I'm still not completely recovered from. Graduating university is all I've ever wanted since I was a little girl and to have it snatched away from me was the biggest shock of my life. I want more than anything to go back but I've taken out all the student loans that I'm allowed so I'll have to pay full price for it. Also, even if I won the lottery tomorrow (never mind that tomorrow's Sunday and that I don't play :rotfl:), I'm not sure that I'd be ready to start again. I want to get it right this time. Which means ticking a few other goals off first... (Third post to follow, this may take longer than I thought...)
Kayleigh