Watty's Awakening

maggiem

So pleased to read your comment @Watty1; very well deserved. 👏👏👏

savingholmes

Glad you are believing in yourself more as well as receiving positive external validation. 

Watty1

thank you all for the cheerleading. I appreciate it (and @daisy_1571 I printed out both my post and yours and stuck in the journal I try to keep regularly as I found that writing a list of things i had done well really helped my mental health).

Exhausted this morning after yesterday.  Was up at 5.00 am to work then at around 10.00 am took Charming Cob out for a wander round the village then back for lunch and planned a quick shower before trip to London but the farrier rang - he was at my back gate. I had completely forgotten he was coming!  Luckily we had removed a lot of cash from the VNM's mothers house and left it for speed in my filing cabinet so I borrowed from that stash to pay the farrier and left an IOU in her envelope  (Like many elderly ladies she had a lot of cash just sitting in a drawer).

The good news from the farrier was that FellPony's feed at the best they have ever been so messaged the person who has him on loan to give her the good news.   And inspired I will replace the homeopathic remedy I have been using as I think it is probably a combination of the remedy and the topical application of "products".

Then back in for the fastest shower and "look professional" whizz ever for trip to London.

Watty1

I just made the train (a later one than I wanted to catch) and got a black cab from the station to the venue for a professional event I was going to.   The black cab was a great way of celebrating how far I have come - now - that might sound odd but I stopped using black cabs when I was striving to pay off the mortgages for the ex. I started to walk everywhere in London when I had the time and I absolutely love doing that (I do use the tube but I came to love the walking).   I knew the walk would take 35 to 40 mins and a quick chat with the taxi driver confirmed he could do it in a fraction of that so I enjoyed the taxi.   i left late and got a taxi back to the station too.   Yes that was £25 spent but I didn't feel guilty that i had spent it, instead I celebrated that my hard work meant I could afford to do that. I didn't feel guilty that I was not saving the £25 and transferring it to the savings, instead I congratulated myself on having the good sense to arrive at the venue unflustered (and the driver knew exactly what door to drop me by) and to relax and enjoy the trip back to the station.

The event was fabulous, two very inspiring speakers and I caught up with some people I have not seen in years and generally felt inspired about my working life again.  Home in time to give the horses their late night hay, feed WattyDog and feral cat and fall into bed around 11.30 tired but happy.  

This morning I realise I could have had all this years ago but the life was sucked out of me.    Instead I took my breakfast coffee smoothie outside and watched WattyDog telling his big red ball off and enjoyed the Autumn sun. Hard to do with WattyDog growling and barking very loudly at the ball but the intention was there

beanielou

So glad you had a good day. 

WelshmansDaughter

Intrigued by the sound of a breakfast coffee smoothie 

daisy_1571

Wonderful!   Amazing what a difference reframing a thought can do - situation: late for intended start time. Solution: taxi.  Think about it in terms of annoyance, waste of money, all the things that money could do, dwell on it, spoilt day,  downward spiral.  Or the very positively positives that are absolutely correct,  result lovely day and positive spiral. 

I'm so glad you are in the place in life and frame of mind and financial situation to allow the scenario to unfold the way it did.  SUCH  a difference in your life now   🧡  no need to reschedule horse man causing more disruption, money to hand to pay, you feel fluid enough to go with unexpected thing especially on such a busy day rather than it completely throw you, all signs of a much more balanced life.

Gosh I don't think you need any more cheer leading at all !! You got this girl!  As only people very much younger and more American than me could possibly hope get away with saying 😆 🤣 😂 

Daisy xxx

Ps hope the ball felt suitably chastised for its perceived wrongdoings, thank goodness watty dog was there to put it right.  What a clever boy 😍 

debtfreewannabe321

Loving the positivity in your updates Watty from black cabs to course sales exceeding expectations! Congrats on all of it

Watty1

WelshmansDaughter said:

Intrigued by the sound of a breakfast coffee smoothie 

It is just a real coffee (made in cafetirie)  with a bit of cold water added half a banana (usually frozen) and a scoop of vanilla flavoured protein powder.  Sometimes I add a handful of spinach. Sometimes I swap the banana out for frozen berries but my fav is with the banana and I just whizz it with a hand blender.

I find I do better with some protein in the morning but I cannot face cooking anything

Suffolk_lass

Oh wow, back from holidays and catching up, one diary at a time. Who are you, and what have you done with Watty1? So positive. What an uplifting Sunday morning read - well done you!