Battling Debt and Mental Illness — and (hopefully) Winning!

AspiringButAnxious

That's hilarious CCL! Our chemistry teacher was just plain weird... He used to hoard pens — he had about 20 in his breast pocket at all times — and our biology teacher said that if you left a pen unattended on the desk for longer than 10 seconds, he would steal it! :rotfl:

Also forgot to mention yesterday that my friend had her baby on Saturday, so I'm now Honorary Aunty to a little boy, as well as 3 girls! :j I found a set of clothes on Amazon to get him for Xmas, since a lot of my friend's baby clothes are obviously girly and they already have plenty of baby toys anyway. Had a couple of good days SBing, so hope to get more vouchers soon so I can snap it up!

Not much else is happening atm, but I feel better than I have been of late, so will hopefully get around to doing something productive this week...

AspiringButAnxious

SBed like mad today — got 426SB! Mostly thanks to several surveys. I have ordered another £5 voucher and feel motivated to get the next as soon as I can, so that I can order my friends' baby's Xmas present

AspiringButAnxious

Received my £5 Amazon voucher New balance: £6.67

Today has been a little odd. I woke up early to go to the bathroom and then realised I was very, very thirsty so I decided to get up before 7. Trouble is, it was about 2am before I fell asleep last night... Managed to get started on writing a short story! I want to enter it for a themed submission which closes on Sunday, so it will be a tight squeeze but possible.

Also want to SB as much as I can today, to propel me towards my next £5 voucher so I can get my next Xmas present. It's tricky, cos no surveys want me today — yet!

AspiringButAnxious

Today,s session at WL with the life coach was excellent. It helped me to clarify a lot of things and focus on strategies that suit me best in regards to my career. I have a lot to be getting on with and feel more motivated than I have for over a month!

Added £11.40 to my savings pot, though I will probably use most of the pot to pay for dog food at the end of the month. Spent 99p on a new baby card for my friend — intended to get one which said ,boy, but the one I liked best is unisex My DD for the new Virgin sim came out of my account with no problems, which is another good thing lol!

misstara

All sounding fab ABA glad the life coach session went well. Please send some of your motivation in my direction - I have very little at the moment.

Orange_Ena

I think I could do with seeing a life coach too. Glad you've found it a great benefit ABA.

Good luck with SBing tomorrow

AspiringButAnxious

Thanks guys My motivation still needs improvement, but I think it's on its way up!

bellevie

Hi ABA,

I have read your diary from the start and am amazed at your progress.

Your dedication to SB's has to be commended - I think I manage £10 a year:o....if that!

How is the brochure work going?

If you haven't already another possible voucher earning op go to https://www.volunteer4panels.com/
its run by Kantar that are a really big market research company. I do shop and scan with them and get £1.10 per week - I save it up for amazon or argos vouchers to go towards Christmas.
They have lots of different opportunities, they will review your profile and see where they need you most. I was on there a while before I got an invite, but it came eventually so worth a shot!

Bellevie

AspiringButAnxious

Thanks bellevie — I will check it out. Brochure work is stalled atm, until I hear whether they want me to go ahead with the project. I don't want to waste hours working on it only to be told that I won't be paid because they don't want me for the job.

SBing over the weekend has been awful. I struggled to hit 30, let alone my daily targets. It means I won't get the 3 week bonus, which I think I must have been close to :mad: On the bright side, I'm fewer than 400SB away from getting my next £5 voucher.

I got my mum to work out what I owe her for this month, since I won't be spending much this week (just a few bottles of Tesco Value cola). I owed her £5 over the £20 I pay via standing order, so I took £4.90 out of my savings pot and when I emptied my purse to find the 10p, I found a 20p piece I didn't know I had! Lol! So my savings pot hasn't had as big a hit as I had dreaded, despite having to buy dog food

Hoping this week will be brighter and more productive than the past few weeks. I missed the short story deadline, but I like the idea and think it deserves to have more time spent on it. There are a couple of themed deadlines coming up next month, so I want to work on stories for them too.

AspiringButAnxious

Yesterday was a disappointment, because I thought I was going to be ultra-motivated and get loads done, but I was actually lethargic and did absolutely nothing. Even SBing was !!!!. I also ended up eating some crisps my dad had bought (he had 2 big packets) so I will need to buy a replacement ehen I go shopping tomorrow

Today has had a brighter start: won 50p on Luckyphone and had enough points to order £30 of Amazon vouchers from Globaltestmarket This means I should be able to buy Xmas presents for my friends' baby and 2 of my BFFs, which means I will just have family presents left to buy :j Plus a few unofficial presents to bake for friends I don't give proper presents to, but like to give them a little something they can share with the family