Getting FIREd up 😀

South_coast

South_coast said:
The plan for 2024 is “no holidays” so I can focus on the refurb (I had five last year, which will hopefully tide me over, but let's see how long it lasts 🤣!)

I realised earlier that I did in fact have 6 holidays last year, as I had forgotten the weekend recce to seaside bolthole town. Really hoping that will see me through, as I can't see where the money will come from for another 🤔!

themadvix

Feel free to laugh (because I know it’s not quite the same), but have you tried meditation?

killerpeaty

Or maybe do a specific hobby/puzzle/reading on the weekend so you can associate something else with winding down?

South_coast

I like reading with a glass of alcohol 🤣! Anything crafty would just wind me up as I'm no good at stuff like that, and meditation would be waaaaaayy too New Agey for me (and I realise it isn't really New Agey at all, it just would be too much so for me 🤣!) I am basically a lost cause!

I don't want to give up completely (except for the rest of this month), so I think the answer is probably to go back to counting units but set the limit lower, so if I do find myself subconsciously treating it as a target I will hit the limit and hopefully stop. I don't think there's anything wrong with a couple of drinks at the weekend, but I'd like to not be also enjoying it during the week 👍

South_coast

In other news, I'm procrastinating so hard about logging on and doing some work I'd planned on doing that I've just spent the last 5 minutes reading election comms from a party I don't believe in* 🤣!

* That sounds disingenuous, as I do actually read everything that comes through my door (even if it is just to confirm my biases 🤣!). The more salient point is that this arrived about 3 weeks ago and I've decided today was the day I should finally read it!!!

Staffordia

You're a better woman than I am.  All pamphlets of that ilk are firmly placed into the recycling bin before they have opportunity to wind me up.

themadvix

Staffordia said:

You're a better woman than I am.  All pamphlets of that ilk are firmly placed into the recycling bin before they have opportunity to wind me up.

Likewise! 

South_coast

Just been screened out on One Poll for having the wrong size b**bs 🤣! All I entered was my cup size!

Anyone who was able to complete the survey, I'd be curious to know what it was about!

BookWorm

I was screened out of that one too

killerpeaty

Could you imagine if it was just a weirdly specific creep on the inside trying to get a date...