The mindful MFW: A healthy, happy journey to a mortgage free life!

Thanks KM we are loving it! Never been to Sweden before but definitely want to come back to explore more. This part is very rural, seen lots of harvesting and dairy herds on our drive today! The house swapper seems very comfortable with our place too so it is all working out really well.

Morning, the sun is shining and looks like it will be a beautiful day. The garden looks out over a small wood and it's such a calming view, especially in the sunshine.

On Sat we took the kids to a soft play which is like no soft play in London - about five times the size of the biggest one we've been to, including trampolinesa and dodgems, plus an outside area with enormous inflatables - think 40ft slides! £30 spent including hot drinks (took our own snacks :shhh: ) and spent 4 hours there. DD1 played with the younger kids which was great as now harder to find activities that work for all of them.

Yesterday we went to Malmo, to their modern art gallery and a playground. We were a bit underwhelmed although there are lots of wet weather activities so imagine we'll go back once more. Spent £60 on petrol and £25 on Thai takeaway as a treat.

£301 under budget .

I've just discovered I have Prime Reading so downloaded a few free mags and books to read :j!

I've been doing a little too much of the things that aren't great for me (like spending too much time on the internet!) so have pulled back a bit and wrote a list of my challenges at the moment, and progress made in the last few months, as well as listing my foundations. These are the basic things if I neglect I start to feel unwell - namely sleep, rest during waking hours, food, water, walking/exercise, and mindfulness.

Realised I have done a lot of the right things already over the last few months, and now plan to refocus on my foundations for the rest of the holidays. Got a better nights sleep and feel a bit better already.

Today we're planning a walk around a lake, and will read some of my free magazines :T. Home cooked chicken pasta tonight, and want to look up a waffle recipe as they have a waffle maker here would live to try for breakfast tomorrow, there's a lot of eggs to use up!

£13.62 payout claimed from TCB :j

£5 Am@zon voucher earned unexpectedly from survey I was invited to after entering a competition I didn't win :j

Today we are staying at home and going for a little walk so should be cheap/free day and hopefully full of rest as we are all exhausted from yesterday.

OH using up eggs for an omelette lunch. Kids watching Ice Age for I'm too embarrassed to say how many times today! DD2 did get me up early in my defence!

smallholdingsister wrote: »

That sounds like a fabulous holiday. Welcome home.

Thank you, it's been a wonderful holiday and we still have three whole days here :j.

Best bit about house swapping is knowing I'll come back to a clean and tidy house :T so will be a great welcome home too.

Just had a wonderful three hour walk in the woods around our home, so beautiful and relaxing. DD1 now doing DD2's nails on the front lawn, the sun is out and it's simply wonderful.

Been reading Tilly's diary from the beginning the last few weeks (not yet half way through :rotfl:) and what has really struck me is the sense of gratitude that runs throughout. Focusing on the joy of each day, posting daily, checking in with finances daily, volunteering, thinking of others and savouring each meal seems to have made for an unstoppable strength which demolished a hefty mortgage many years before schedule. I'm trying to bring this form of appreciation and focus to my own life, and posting regularly (even when on holiday) is really helping me develop this mindset.

Thanks Tilly for your diary, you really are a gift :A.