Living Large, on a Small Income, by the Sea.

Watty1

Just catching up.  Fantastic result on the personal training. Almost inspired me to look at our local colleges - but - will save that until I'm feeling better.

liselle

Ah but at least you’ve finished the tasks now, freeing you to do other, more enjoyable,things.

doingitanyway

Sun_Addict said:

I don’t know about glam going for cocktails but I’m about to go to bed 🤣 Living it large 🤣

beanielou said:

I’ve had a PJ day. 

Haha, I know, life is quite boring most of the time I know 
But, I feel I have the Small Income by the Sea bit covered (well sort of) but I want to address the Living Large bit too. I didn't call my diary Loads of Drudgery and Losing the Will to Live by the Sea...So, I need to think about what living large, might realistically look like for me...and isn't necessarily a money thing...

Watty1 said:

Just catching up.  Fantastic result on the personal training. Almost inspired me to look at our local colleges - but - will save that until I'm feeling better.

Yes, do look up the colleges. Mine does beauty treatments and has a fab restaurant too at a fraction of the usual price...and now the PT sessions. Thinking of Living Large on a Small Income...the college is part of making that possible. Do look at your nearby colleges and wishing you well

jackieblack

doingitanyway said:

Sun_Addict said:

I don’t know about glam going for cocktails but I’m about to go to bed 🤣 Living it large 🤣

beanielou said:

I’ve had a PJ day. 

Haha, I know, life is quite boring most of the time I know 
But, I feel I have the Small Income by the Sea bit covered (well sort of) but I want to address the Living Large bit too. I didn't call my diary Loads of Drudgery and Losing the Will to Live by the Sea...So, I need to think about what living large, might realistically look like for me...and isn't necessarily a money thing...

It's January... no- one's Living it Large in January, we're just waiting for it to end so we can feel Spring getting closer (I saw my first snowdrops of the year this week) 

doingitanyway

True @jackieblack,but I'm sharing a bigger truth, and trying to work out what I want from life be it January or May or August...

jackieblack

doingitanyway said:

True @jackieblack,but I'm sharing a bigger truth, and trying to work out what I want from life be it January or May or August...

Fair enough, I find it hard to look at the bigger picture this time of year... I give myself a temporary pass knowing I'll feel more positive once the days are longer and the skies brighter

PennysIntoPounds

'I didn't call my diary Loads of Drudgery and Losing the Will to Live by the Sea' really made me laugh. Good for you 🥂

When does the book shelving arrive? Quite excited by this 😂

Tresinia511

Dia, you can call daily living tasks drudgery or reclassify them as self care.  You have said how it calms you to ' put the kitchen to bed'. If a chaotic and disordered living space stresses you then the antidote surely is cleaning it.  For example,  how do you perceive cleaners.? Employed ones I mean. Do you think these jobs are menial or essential to the smooth and ordered running of things. It's possible to think of and value these things for their own sake than think of them as punishment.  And for what it's worth i think the 5 minute or 15 minute alarm is highly effective.  As you have found.  So, well done you,  on looking after your own little nest x

jwil

I read in a book that doing 'chores' is a gift to your future self so that you can relax and not have to worry about it.  So your 'today self' will thank 'yesterday you' for leaving you a nice clean kitchen.  I really like that idea.

beanielou

jwil said:

I read in a book that doing 'chores' is a gift to your future self so that you can relax and not have to worry about it.  So your 'today self' will thank 'yesterday you' for leaving you a nice clean kitchen.  I really like that idea.

Love this.