LonelyRat's (not so lonely) Road to Riches

lonelyrat

Still chugging away with my overtime.... I know I will be thankful come payday, but I am just very pooped. I feel like the days are totally running away from me.

I managed my first Couch to 5k It wasn't actually as bad as I thought it would be, but it was still pretty rough! I managed it though, which is what is important! Not sure if I will be ready to move on to week 2 when it's time, so will probably just spend about a month on week 1 :rotfl: I was going to go out again tomorrow but depends how knackered I am. If I don't do it I'm off on Saturday and will definitely do it then!

Payday potentially next week I think. Ideally it's next Friday but it may very well be the following Monday. Fingers crossed it's sooner rather than later as I feel very skint!

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Make sure you take it easy mrs don't run yourself down xxx

lonelyrat

Don't worry SSDD23 I am taking it pretty easy! I'm not going as hardcore with the walking as I was before (purely because it's far too nippy now!) I'm doing 10,000 a day when I'm at work as I can manage it with the gym and walking to/ from the station BUT I'm not beating myself up about not hitting the 10,000 if it's my day off.

I definitely don't want to burn out because I feel the best I've felt in ages! I always silently laughed at people that said exercise was good for your mood :rotfl: Turns out they were right, who knew!?

Have decided to forgo couch to 5k today as my body is a bit tired and achey. Will also be missing it tomorrow as I have plans to see my Gran :eek: Will try and fit it in on Sunday, but if I can't then it's not the end of the world. I will just maybe start from the beginning again next week :rotfl:

Someone mentioned before about Yoga with Adrienne (I can't remember who it was! Sorry ) so am going to give her 30 days of Yoga on Youtube a try. Not planning on doing it in 30 days as I am far too busy to commit to it, but I would like to get into yoga. I'm not very flexible so would like to improve that and hoping it will help with my stiffness. I always felt like I was too overweight/ not flexible enough for it so will see how I get on!

Money wise I feel in control for the first time in months and it feels really, really good. I'm back updating my spreadsheet daily and just generally feeling more calm/ zen about everything. Have completely gave up on OH's debt for the moment and am just paying the minimums to it, will try and fix that when we are both working. For now I need to focus on not getting further into debt and quietly chipping away at it.

Realistically I'm not going to be making any significant changes/ payments until after Christmas. I've got all my overtime so I should hopefully earn another £200 per month (this month and next) and all of that will be getting squirrelled away into savings. I want to have a buffer for when we move if there's gaps in wages :cool:

Getting quite excited now... Still waiting to hear back about when the face to face interview will be but I should hear next week.

Tomorrow I am off so will be getting the train through to Edinburgh to see my gran which will be nice as I haven't seen her since September. Might go for an explore and maybe have lunch out. Will need to check my accounts though and see if I can scrape any money together for it :rotfl:

lonelyrat

Oh SSDD23 did you mean run down with work? I can confirm I am already run down with it :rotfl: Nah, it's going OK. I'm just really tired when I get home and kind of feel like I have no life outside work at the moment... But I never really got up to much anyway I suppose

As long as I get to bed at a reasonable time then I don't mind working extra/ longer. The week starting 03rd of December is my last week of Overtime so am just laser focused on making it to then!

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lonelyrat wrote: »

Oh SSDD23 did you mean run down with work? I can confirm I am already run down with it :rotfl: Nah, it's going OK. I'm just really tired when I get home and kind of feel like I have no life outside work at the moment... But I never really got up to much anyway I suppose

As long as I get to bed at a reasonable time then I don't mind working extra/ longer. The week starting 03rd of December is my last week of Overtime so am just laser focused on making it to then!

:rotfl: I did indeed x

Just take extra care, my first burnout from work I felt like I was managing fine, then had anxiety and panic attacks all the time because I was just so messed up from being run down for so long. Now I don't do more than I know I can manage stress-wise with life

Just make sure you get decent rest

lonelyrat

I will do, thank you I want to try and reduce my stress, it's always bubbling away under the surface just waiting to overflow :eek: I will definitely try not to overdo it with work. I think I will be OK It's not long to go until I have some time booked off so I just need to make it a few weeks, then it's Christmas and I've got good shifts for that week. Then, ideally, I'm outta there!

In the next three days and OT booked for all three. Will be OK though because I'm then off work for 3 days Fingers crossed I can get a good time organised for my face to face interview. Hopefully I can work it out so I can spend a day or two with my Dad, rather than just flying down and flying back the next day.

OH and I went through to Edinburgh on my day off yesterday and visited my Gran which was lots of fun. She's some woman! OH and I made a day of it and got an overpriced brunch in Ed then walked up to the castle. We were going to go in but it's about £20 per person... We shuffled away back down the hill :rotfl: We walked through Princes Gardens and squirrel spotted which was lovely. Some of them were very bold :eek: Then went to the National Gallery - we were going to see the Toulouse-Lautrec exhibition but again was a bit pricey so shuffled away. Went in the free part of the gallery and spent a while there appreciating the free art. All in all was a very lovely day First time I've gone to Edinburgh by train and not been drunk on the train home (shocking)... Felt strange, but good.

Today I did day two of Couch to 5K... I managed it fine but definitely don't think I'll be ready to move on after the next one, so will just keep going with week one until I feel comfortable. It did feel good though... I remember starting it in 2012 and struggling with it a lot so it makes me feel good that I'm doing better this time.

Have started a 30 day yoga thing that I found on youtube which I plan on doing in the evenings to relax before bed. Today was lovely... turned off the lights and just had candles/ lavender oil on the go. Felt very zen. It was basically just a lot of stretching today but it felt good and I'm excited to try more

Now am off to zzz :A

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Yay for Edinburgh, couch to 5k and yoga go you xx

lonelyrat

Thanks SSDD23 Am feeling quite happy at the moment (hoping and praying I can hold on to this feeling!) Currently on the train to the gym, very nearly didn’t get up this morning :eek: I’ve tried to stop snoozing my alarm but I still have the tendency to doze off a wee bit after it and that happened today! Thankfully only for 5 minutes but still meant I almost missed my train.

Email inviting me to a face to face interview tomorrow.... I’m not off work though and there’s no availability for annual leave AND I need to organise transport so need a wee bit more notice. I wish there was more of a two way communication about when the interview would be, rather than just telling me when and where to be. But hey ho! Emailed back to them giving all my free dates and reminding them I need to travel so need a tiny bit more notice to get sorted. Fingers crossed they still want to interview me!

Feeling very keen for payday now ... But am excited for making a debt payment rather than just for having money. I feel like I maybe have my mojo back! :cool: I still plan on putting all the OT extra money in my savings though.

My dad has kindly said he would look at OHs CV and see if he can give him any tips to improve it which is really lovely of him. Hopefully he can identify any weaknesses that I can’t see. OH will be employed soon - I am confident!
Have a lovely Tuesday everyone :j

doingitanyway

You sound like you definitely have your mojo back

I hope the interview works out.

Starmummy

gOOD LUCK WITH THE INTERVIEW.

tHE WALKING AND THE YOGA WILL BE THE PERFECT THING FOR HELPING BALANCE OUT THE STRESS OF WORK. tHEY ARE A GODSEND TO MY SANITY.

oops shouty caps :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: