Climbing the Mountain

MistyMountainTop

That's great advice Huskyrunner! I will make a habit of looking on topcashback before buying anything in future.

Smolly

Hi MMT, hope you are well x

Your ragged slippers may be just the thing - I sometimes can't believe what people will pay for. Look up trashed shoes... I think that was something that Emma from Aldi to Harrods mentioned. It was something she had written about weird things which had sold on eBay. I duly looked up trashed shoes (cos I'm nosey like that) and couldn't believe what people would pay for dirty holey shoes! If I thought I could make money from doing it I'd have a bash myself!

Not sure if you have ever mentioned this so sorry if you have but have you ever considered mystery shopping? Some areas I appreciate don't get a lot of opportunities. I'm registered with a few companies and I really love doing it.

Regarding survey sites I find Pinecone, Populuslive, Panelbase and Opinion Outpost to be the best payouts for me. I'm actually registered with loads but they are my favourites.

xx

MistyMountainTop

Oh Smolly I've just had a laugh looking at "trashed" shoes on ebay! Many of them were not actually trashed, so it must be a catchy phrase to get more views. Again it seemed the actually trashed stilettos got the highest bids. If I didn't have such big feet I'd buy some in a charity shop and trash them myself. Unfortunately at size 9-10, the shoes available are few and far between.

Thank you for the list of surveys, I am signed up to some but not all. I will do the others tonight and make sure when we sit down to watch telly that I'm also doing surveys. I've done mystery shopping in the past but there is not much available around here, and lately I've only had offers for shops that are too far away to make it worthwhile.

I just thought - I'd some very, very ragged sheepskin slippers that I threw out a couple of months ago after wearing them down to nearly nothing over the past 10 years. I was sorry to see them go, but hub was complaining that I looked like a bag lady. If only I'd known I could have sold them and made my fortune...
:rotfl::(

EssexHebridean

You lot! :rotfl: I'm tempted to stick my current slippers on eBay and see what happens now - they're tatty as hell and the soles are collapsing! :rotfl: (And that reminds me - must stick slippers on my christmas list!)

There are all sorts of free earners on TCB too - insurance comparisons are a good one.

Another one here that didn't get on with "The Secret" - all seemed a bit too fluffy and airy-fairy to me.

MistyMountainTop

I was able to get a few things listed today on different selling sites. Nothing worth much money, but it all helps and it will be out of the house. The eBay app has made it much easier than I remember from a few years ago.

I signed up to the survey sites that Smolly mentioned and already have enough for a little payout on one of them, so that's quite nice. The surveys aren't that short but if I'm watching telly or something then it doesn't matter so much.

I sorted out my the budget in my Filofax, def easier than YNAB but I haven't given up on that yet. YNAB is more helpful for future planning than writing it down on paper and much easier to change everything very quickly.

I was planning on doing more decluttering but ended up sorting out a big pile of paperwork and shredding some documents that which is a form of decluttering, really! I also printed out next years diary for the little Filofax I keep in my handbag. Not very exciting but I am glad to have it done, as I already have a few dates that need to be saved for next year.

No menu plan as yet, though I have started making a list of inexpensive meals we tend to eat often. I also am going to go through my frugal cookbooks for inspiration. I'm aiming to have it done by Wednesday.

Things are starting to take shape!

MistyMountainTop

I've stalled a bit over the weekend. I suppose that's what weekends are for, but there is still much to do and whenever I am not actively doing something towards getting it done, a wave of guilt and despondency flows over me. I am looking forward to the day when I can sit down, drink tea, and read a book for the whole afternoon with a clear conscience.

I've spent too much time reading the world news and letting it get me down, but today have accepted that life still goes on, and I need to focus on what I can do right here and now to make a better future for myself and family. Upping my work hours and finishing the de-cluttering will make a big difference. So will spending less time on the computer. I think it would be helpful write goals down and prioritise them, and then stick to some sort of plan.

Today I have a few errands and some housework before I continue with de-cluttering, none of it will take much thought and just needs to be finished. Later in the week, I'm planning on making a plan.

EssexHebridean

As things stand currently Misty, you need to view what you're doing in terms of the "round the house" and the financial stuff as being in part at lea\st, your "work" - so to take (at least) a day off from actively "doing" and thinking about that stuff is definitely the right thing to do. You still continue living your life in the right way, obviously, so being conscious about spends etc, but the actual decluttering, listing etc, take a backseat to give you a rest. Make sense?

Loving "planning on making a plan" too! :rotfl::T

maddiemay

Making a plan sounds like a good plan:D I will perhaps join in with you later.

Had a great family lunch out yesterday, the first for a while. 4 generations plus lovely cousin & her OH, it was so good, but I feel like a wet rag today (illness gives CF type symptoms).

Immediate plan is wash & dress, tart up yesterday's HM soup for lunch (leek & tattie but gone a bit thick), decide on something for supper, re-tidy bedroom and sort out meds and supplements. That sounds more than enough to be going on with, I didn't get up til gone 9 and still feel that a nana nap would be a good idea:o

Keep plodding on, some days will be more productive than others, but the end result will still be progress:D

MistyMountainTop

Thank you both, I suppose if I have actual scheduled down time then I shouldn't feel guilty about it. I used to make lists of all the things that needed to be done in my filofax. It was great because if they were all written down, I didn't need to remember them and they weren't always running through my mind. It was a nice feeling to cross something off the list as well.

I should plan to start doing it again - it can be the first thing on my list!

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MistyMountainTop wrote: »

Thank you both, I suppose if I have actual scheduled down time then I shouldn't feel guilty about it. I used to make lists of all the things that needed to be done in my filofax. It was great because if they were all written down, I didn't need to remember them and they weren't always running through my mind. It was a nice feeling to cross something off the list as well.

I should plan to start doing it again - it can be the first thing on my list!

Never feel bad about your downtime, everybody needs it.


As for lists.....I love them much to my DH's annoyance :rotfl: