How does your job affect your OS lifestyle?

Ellybel

and how does it impact on your OS ways.
I'm on Mat. leave and intend to try to do OS.
Wish me luck!:D

Rossy2692

Hi there,

I am self employed as a delivery driver so my hours are all over the place! My saving grace is batch cooking on a weekend and freezing, I just would not be able to cope otherwise. The main thing is PLANNING, that is the biggy, I always have to plan all my meals in advance. Good luck!!

HTH

Michaela

G-G_4

I'm starting a new job on monday, and I plan to pre-cook and freeze some meals.. get them out in the morning and then they are ready for tea time..

Otherwise, plan ahead what I will be cooking and make sure I have it all in the house ready to make when I get home.

If I don't do this then it will be expensive meals out and takeaways, which is not good for my bank account

squeaky

Hi Elly

Take a look here...

Getting to know you........

That's the best place to introduce yourselves here on Old Style.

And from our Getting Started collection...

Starting to Old Style for who you are

I made it at home myself for nothing... - Old Styling when you're a busy parent

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Good luck

leoetal19

i have a back ground of working with adults with a learning disabiity-managing services for a national charity for lots of yeras. for the last 7 yeras ive been doing training and consultancy in the same area.
my prob is it often means im away in hotel etc and long days-tho i recently bought a slow cooker following advice on here n its been brill!! tho so many times i have to rush in n just rustle something quick dor youngest ds-you spend your life in a rush, but now got 5 days off!! yipee
good luck with baby xx

JoJoB

I go on maternity leave in a week and have been getting into OS habits for the last couple of months since discovering this site. Getting pregnant concentrates your mind re finances and wastefulness!

I am now obsessed with bargains, coupons, vouchers, freecycle, microfibre cloths, competitions, batch cooking, and aldis. :rotfl:

Ellybel

Thanks all. i have become a bit obsessional too.
I just want to do right for my kids, making sure that they remember their upbringing with nice memories. Going to make myself blubber now.:eek:

Hardup_Hester

I work in school admin, I take in lodgers & I work on a sex chat like.
I plan a months meals in advance, buy in everything I need & on Sundays I cook or part cook the meals for the week ahead.

leoetal19

Ellybel wrote: »

Thanks all. i have become a bit obsessional too.
I just want to do right for my kids, making sure that they remember their upbringing with nice memories. Going to make myself blubber now.:eek:

ooh dont you'll get me going
mine are 22/19/15 now but i raised them always remembering that kids remember the memories n fun-not whehter mum had hoovered under the beds that week. their mates were and still are always welcome-loads 6 foot boys on wheels a lot of the time currently!! i have a sign in my hall 'our home is clean enough to be healthy and dirty enough to be happy'
when they look back it will be at unstressed mum who did her best, had a laff, and v important LIKED them n thier mates x
each stage has its beauty x and you'll find joy in them all-enjoy enjoy enjoy x

Ellybel

I love u lot on the OS board.
I will try to come onto the board a bit more frequently.
i think I have alot to learn, meal planning is the first stop I think.
Any else I should consider. Ellybelx

lil_me

Welcome Ellybel

I would suggest doing one thing at a time, seeing if it works for you, for example meal planning which works for many but there are many others who it doesn't work for.

My first key area to becoming more OS was waste reducing, I started with listing everything I threw away, looking for ways (mainly on here) to rescue/use it and when I worked out what it was worth that scared me into changing that habit!

I've been a FT Mam/Carer for several years, also currently studying for a degree aswell as too much voluntary work for my own good! I usually 'work' more hours per week than I would if I was 'employed' full time.