Turning Straw into Gold: Creating Long Term Security & A Solid Home

MillQueen

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Thank you, I had a think about it while I was on my walk and decided to try the quiet quitting. I can’t keep stressing about it.

I’ve bought a little church pew for £5 in a charity shop. It will make a nice hallway seat though it needs a new coat of paint. I got 2 books for £1 each and I’m going to make a vegetable casserole now in the oven.

MillQueen

I've got another Claire Douglas book to read from BorrowBox called "Local Girl Missing" and I am getting really good use out of this. I do prefer to read a physical book, but getting the books back to the library in time tends to mean I end up paying a few quid as a fine, so going there in person isn't cost effective.

Today is a no spend day as I am at home reading my book, having a walk later (and I have a free coffee to claim from Greggs if I walk into town). I've got the rest of the vegetable casserole to eat for lunch and I am possibly going to the gym later on if I feel like it. Everything hurts from the induction yesterday, so I'm not sure I'm ready to go back yet, probably tomorrow. I have a lot of work to do but pointedly not doing it. Quiet quitting 👍️

MillQueen

Talking myself out of spending £18 on having snacks delivered. Must not give in to the urge for an impulse spend. Must stick to plans.

MillQueen

Making a cherry Bakewell yoghurt bowl as a distraction from delivery services. This will involve mixing fat free Greek yoghurt with oats and almond extract. Then I will put frozen cherries and ground almonds on top and a sprinkle of flax.

Edit: The verdict was that this is very good! And it did distract from ordering stuff. I am trying to return to eating UPF-free as much as possible.

liselle

Does your library not permit renewals online?

MillQueen

@liselle, it does, but when I keep renewing them online I eventually I forget and miss a renewal and then the fines start. I wasted £11 borrowing 2 books that way.

Dakota_Rose

That cherry bakewell bowl sounds delicious!

Chocolatefund

Didn't know this was a thing. Must try it sometime.

MillQueen

Today's version is banoffee pie yoghurt bowl (oats with greek yoghurt and vanilla extract, with banana slices and a couple of chopped up dates, and a smashed up lotus biscoff biscuit).

Must enjoy the motivation to make creative food while it lasts, as I'll be back to toast and weetabix soon.

Working from home today and I need to go to pick up my replacement water flosser from the Amazon locker across town later. If it's delivered early-ish I am going to walk there at lunch time and have a look at the yellow sticker veg in the supermarket on my way back.

MillQueen

I've had such a nice few days quiet quitting that I think I might also become quietly unreliable, in order to stop people asking me to do things. Just get really invisible and only do what's absolutely necessary.