Doris's 712 Day Journey

Doris17

in_need_of_direction said:

Stumbled across your diary which prompted me to work out how long until my 55th birthday. It’s 533 days.  Thanks for the prompt I need to make them count. Hopefully your purchases will do well on eBay.

@in_need_of_direction, the days are going so quickly and I also need to make everyone of them count.

Doris17

Beautiful autumn day, love this weather, its been a perfect drying day. Two line full dried.

Work has been busy, out and about this morning, home office this afternoon catching up on emails, need to get petrol tomorrow as I am running low.

Today has been a spend day, needed to get some milk on the way home and I have sent £3.91 over to Barclaycard. Parcels been dropped off at the parcels shop. No listing this evening as I am going to dye my hair as my greys are started showing through, already have a box dye in the house.

Doris17

Plans for the rest of the month.

* 10 NSD's.
* Eat from the fridge/freezer/store cupboard. ( Will do a meal plan until the end of the month).
* Don't over spend on the grocery budget £100 left until the end of the month.( Will need to buy, milk, bread, veg and fruit).
* Overpayment of £120 to Barclaycard. (Through eBay sales and left over from grocery budget).

Doris17

Up early again this morning, house was cold when I first  got up, did think about putting the heating on, instead put a hoddie on over my PJs and a pair of socks. Dressed ready for work and warmed up nicely.

Sorted out the fridge, know what I have to use up in the next few days, so will fit these bits into the next few days meals.

Out and about for work today, need to get petrol, I put my expenses into a Monzo account every month, petrol money will come from here and I need to  take lunch with me.

Doris17

Spend day as I bought petrol this morning, tank is full so should last the next week or so.

Managed to get some items photographed today, so I will be listing this evening, mixture of business and personal items.

savingholmes

You are making excellent progress. Good luck with the ebay sales. Good that you are on track to be debt free on time if not early.

Doris17

savingholmes said:

You are making excellent progress. Good luck with the ebay sales. Good that you are on track to be debt free on time if not early.

@savingholmes thank you. Hoping for the end of 2022, fingers crossed.

Doris17

Up again early this morning, still not sleeping well. I got on the bathroom scales this morning and was very shocked at my weight, I knew I have put on some but on as much as I have.

Due to my anxiety if I have not go to leave the house I don't. Working from home as enabled me not to go out only when I have too. So this morning I have been for a walk and done 3000 steps, only out for about 15 minutes, felt better for going. Aiming for 6000 today, I have to go out on visits today so we will see how many I can achieve.

So operation payback £ and lose Ibs starts today. 

mcpitman

Keep going, you are doing really well.

Having never suffered with any form of anxiety until "Covid lockdown" I can empathise to some extent how you feel. (still feel mildly agoraphobic myself).

If you can get to about 10k steps a day that really starts to make a difference to how you feel mentally and physically. I find early morning, or early afternoon the best time to stretch my legs (not much traffic about, kids in school, lull moments of the day).

Doris17

mcpitman said:

Keep going, you are doing really well.

Having never suffered with any form of anxiety until "Covid lockdown" I can empathise to some extent how you feel. (still feel mildly agoraphobic myself).

If you can get to about 10k steps a day that really starts to make a difference to how you feel mentally and physically. I find early morning, or early afternoon the best time to stretch my legs (not much traffic about, kids in school, lull moments of the day).

Thank you @mcpitman.
I think very many people are suffering from anxiety after lockdown, I am trying to not let it beat me. I went out about 6.15am this morning and I had MR D on the mobile as I walked to keep me company, tomorrow I will go by myself.