Resolutions

You may remember a few posts ago I told you about how I always have to have a 'to do' list. Well, I do, and this time I have decided I need to share it in the hope it will inspire me to actually achieve my aims, rather than keep putting them off until the next day, which is what I have been doing a lot lately.

I know what you are thinking. There is probably only one person, beside me, who reads this, so its not like I'm really sharing it with the world.

However, I am remembering how posting my word count on the Nanowrimo site kept me going through November, even though I knew that no one even knew I was doing it and I didn't really have any pressure, apart from what I had placed on myself, to complete it. I call it the Nano Effect. Therefore, I am hoping this will keep me going in this case.

So, here goes.

1) MUST STOP SPENDING SO MUCH MONEY.
The only money I have coming in at the moment goes to paying the rent. Everything else I spend is coming straight from my account, which is already overdrawn by a considerable amount. To be frank, I need as much money as possible if I have to go to Leeds for this job. Therefore, all unnecessary spending stops here.

2) DETOX.
This sort of overlaps with the previous point. I have eaten an extraordinary amount of crap over the past week or so. I had been slowly but consistently heading toward my ideal weight, but now I see the scales rising back up again, and this is not a good thing. Hopefully, the 'not spending so much money' thing will stop me buying the obscene amount of crap I have been doing. Therefore, from now, I will drink a hell of a lot more water, and eat more fruit and vegetables.

3) MAKE MONEY.
I have had numerous ways of doing this planned out for a few months now, but have yet to put them in place. Firstly, I will get selling on eBay. Secondly, I will talk through the National Lottery plan with my friends, and get started on that (this does not affect the 'stop spending so much money' plan, as 25p a week is hardly breaking the bank ... well, yet). Thirdly, I will complete online surveys, and while I hear this is very dull, its not like I have much else to do. I have other plans too, but I'm going to see how these roll out first.

4) STOP WASTING MY DAYS.
Plain and simple. I will get up earlier, be more productive, and spend less time constantly refreshing the same sites again and again. I have a lot of things I want to do other than the above, such as the preparation for Primary Faction, and to finish my book, which if I was less lazy and more productive, I would be able to achieve.

I think that's it. WISH ME LUCK.

EDIT: Day 1 did not go well ... I didnt get up earlier, I didnt drink more water or eat healthier, and I didnt start my money making plans. Instead, I slept in, baked a cake, and did nothing productive. I suck.

*SIGH*

I was bitten by the travelling bug in the summer of 2008.

And I mean the real travelling bug, the one where you see the sights, experience the history and the culture, go beyond the beaten path, away from the beaches and bustling tourists etc etc.

Money (or rather lack of) kills the travelling bug. Dead.

It started off as wishing. I always wanted to go to so many places, but never really thought I would ever manage to get there.

Money, lack of maturity and life experience, lack of a suitable travelling partner, and fear of going solo stopped me from really looking into what I could experience, of where legitimately I could go.

As far as I was concerned, I would finish school, go to college, finish college, go to uni, finish uni, live happily ever after. I was happy with whatever holidays I got, honestly appreciating every one, and having never been further than a three hour flight away from England, I wasn't really aware of what I was missing. I can count the countries I have been to on one hand.

Hell, I can probably count the number of planes I have been on on two.

I am glad though, that I have got to know my own country before exploring someone else's.

Then there was Egypt.

This remains the most prominent and highest priority of my 'need to go to NOW or I will die' location list. But now, it has expanded to Italy, Jordon, Australia, New Zealand and South America to name but a few.

So today has been spent looking at the amazing tours on some very inspiring sites, and feeling pretty darn crappy that I have no money.

Some day. Some day.

<3 x

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Less Than Three

Today, I am feeling a LOT of love for my friends.

No specific reason why, maybe cos I havent seen them for a few days, or cos I'm stuck at home with my stupid effing father, but right now, I'm missing them all so much to the point of physical pain.

(By the way, I'm crazy hormonal at the moment. I mean, I even CRIED at 'Lark Rise' last night. Not even when the kid died, but when the Candlefordians came to help with the harvest. I know right, bloody pathetic.)

But yeah, R E A L L Y looking forward to seeing Rachey and the Inkster (oooo Inkster ... thats new ... I like it) on the morrow, and then everyone else on Wednesday. It feels like months since I have seen anyone, and even though I have been texting them all more than normal lately, what with organising the meal on Wednesday and whatnot, I miss them all so much right now.

Anyway, just a quick one to get it off my chest.

And now, I'm going to go buy cheese. Cos thats what I do when I'm feeling down. Oooo, and enchiladas.

<3 x