NST OCTOBER 2025 Optimism, Opportunities and Overcoming Obstacles

grandmanerd

Thursday 2nd October 2025

Good Morning songs to Wake Up To
Tub Thumping    Chumba Wumba
We Are the Champions    Queen
Break My Stride   Matthew  Wilder
Life's a Happy Song    The Muppets
Sunshine On A Rainy Day
(Ordinary and Happy)

It's Black History Month
ADHD Awareness Month
Breast Cancer Awareness Month
Socktober
Cybersecurity Awareness Month
Adopt a Shelter Animal Month
(there are more, many more)

OCTOBER
4th Kindness to Animals Day
5th World Teacher's Day
10th World Homeless Day

apple_muncher

Today I am grateful for a good liddle shop with my 10% off coupon, for it not being as chilly outside as it looked, for getting Pip a dentist appointment for tomorrow, for a short evening walk, for bumping into a neighbour who agreed to sell me some of his left over sleepers, for other posters writing such interesting diaries!

Thrifty_Taylor

I love that film @beanielou. Well done on the win @f0xh0les.
Sending hugs to the poorlies or having a tough day.

NSD#1
Elastic fully working today, so no near mishaps! Tricky day at work. Made 2 more baubles this evening.

Grateful for laughter with colleagues, strong elastic & being cosy in my new-to-me cardi (80% wool)

Hoping I don't blow away tomorrow with the potential 95mph winds forecast... Keep an eye out for a blonde Mary Poppins heading your way 🤣

f0xh0les

Potential 95mph winds?
That'd blow your drawers off rightly!
Very strong knicker elastic indeed. 

beanielou

Hope it’s not as windy as forecast for tomorrow @Thrifty_Taylor. 

Managed to hobble into Sainsbury’s earlier to pick up a couple of bits ahead of the forecast storm here tomorrow. Pain levels are high today and I’m very stiff. 

DrCarrie

NSD 2 yesterday. Lots of work in London too. It's a long day from the midlands and back, but I love it.
Came home to a glorious fruit & veg box, grateful for that.  Also grateful for admin days and getting some copy done for my website, getting ready for launch. 

Being self employed is a lot of work, but there si freedom and creativity. I have ravaged my emergency fund for the last instalment to get the website over the line. 

grandmanerd

Friday 3rd October 2025

It's World Smile Day
This is celebrated on the first Friday in October. It was initiated by Harvey Ball, creator of the Smilie Face and aims to promote kindness, smiling and Random Acts of Kindness (you will also find links to Smile Train UK, a charity which performs cleft palate reconstructions all over the world).

OPPORTUNITY
A time or set of circumstances that makes it possible to do something (or get a job) (OED)

Ideas for Keeping an OPTIMISTIC and POSITIVE Outlook (from Ordinary and Happy)
POSITIVE
Constantly remind yourself that you are enough
Do things that challenge you occasionally
Find joy in doing very simple activities
PROACTIVE
Focus on what you can do right now in the present
Stay curious and keep learning
Look for lessons in setbacks
LIFELONG
Forget about perfection and focus on small daily wins
Be proud of what makes you unique
Give yourself a break; you can't see the good in everything all the time 

ldee2111

Still on NSD 1/15, as I bought a couple of peppers, an avocado for dinner… and maybe a bottle of wine that caught my eye. 

Today I’m feeling grateful for being in a much better mood, for working from home with OH, for some homemade soup for lunch, for a visit from Dad and his partner, for OH cooking dinner, and yes… for wine!

grandmanerd

Yesterday was hard work - very ill. This morning I've cancelled my flu jab appointment for tomorrow. I was a bit brighter early on but sank rapidly. Fairly sure this is COVID. Spent most of my time plodding through more paperwork and finally found my new card when I'd given up. I was going to go out and buy a few things with cash, as I haven't been able to stand up and do any  cooking. 

Pulled out the bag (which I thought was empty) to go shopping and found more paperwork including the card (hidden because the paper was folded over it. I went to the cash machine and decided that was far enough. Came back and have done a very small food order (£16.01) and another for COVID tests and some ibuprofen (£12.83 - paid extra to have it by tomorrow).

My budget is healthy because I started with £155, my purse had £35, I found £40 amongst the papers on the bed and a further £20 when I was pulling things out from the side of the bed. There was £220 more on a different shelf on the trolley. I've also put my library books on the bottom shelf of the trolley. Bin bag nearly full. New paper bag half full, old full one is by the back door.

Will see how I feel tomorrow and may do another small food order or make do and set up the big food order for next Tuesday. I've eaten all the fruit, all the boiled eggs (filled another pan but haven't cooked them), all the yoghurts, all the tuna, all the cheese triangles, all the fruit juice. 

Grateful for podcasts that don't take much brain power, my book, finding all the papers.

beanielou

Feel better soon @grandmanerd.

The wids acre fairly ramping up here.  Power been off once.