The start of
a new month!
Hello
October! I can’t believe how quickly the
months are coming and going! I’m pretty excited for this month for a few
reasons, most importantly, if I’m really honest Autumn/winter is probably my
favourite time of the year- there’s nothing better than cosy jumpers, long
walks, snuggly nights in and of course the build up to Christmas!! It’s also
important to me in other ways- most of this year has passed me by in a complete
blur of being unwell, I feel like for the majority of it I’ve just existed.
Well… not anymore! As you all know I’m on a mission to get my life back and I’m
determined to not let this illness steal any more time from me.
You all know
by now I’m all for a bit of goal setting. I believe that in order to achieve
and motivate ourselves to meet long term goals, we need to be working towards
smaller ones along the way.
In a
previous post I wrote a few goals that I’d like to achieve in the month of
September, so let’s see how I did…
-Enjoy my
holiday; If you’ve read my previous posts you will know that this holiday was a
much bigger challenge than I’d imagined. I was completely out of my comfort
zone, completely out of routine and to be really honest, I was completely out
of my depth. However, I went. Yes there were times that I really struggled and
broke down but there were also times where I laughed and genuinely felt happy
to be in such a beautiful place. No matter how hard it was I was able to stand on
a beautiful beach in Italy, the sun pounding down on me whilst looking at the
most beautiful views- something at many points this year I thought I would
never be able to do again.
- Make
plans; As mentioned on my September post, I would love to make plans to see
more of the world and this still stands. No official plans have been made, no
flights been booked but I’m still aiming high and pushing myself out of my
comfort zone with smaller plans such as going out with friends. Taking it all
one step at a time, but heading in the right direction!
-Spend more
time on me; I feel I can give myself a big pat on the back for this one! This
month I’ve spent more time than I ever have on myself. From lazy nights in bed
watching boxsets to long bubble baths with a good book- I’ve took time out for
myself and feel a lot better for it. I’m not saying I do this all the time and
there is definitely room for improvement but on the whole, I’ve pretty much
nailed this one!
-Save money;
I’m not gonna lie I’m still not great with money however I have opened a
savings account this month and managed to save a good amount of money for the
month! Onwards and Upwards!
So what this
month?
Firstly, I’d
like to continue to do some of the previous ones. I want to carry on having the
much needed ‘me time’ and of course do my best to save money! As well as this I’d
also like to;
-Get back in
to the things I love; This is quite a broad one but things such as long walks,
cooking new recipes, running, fitness in general.. I want to try to get in to a
routine with and reintroduce to my life. Of course I have to be extremely
careful especially with the fitness part but as long as I’m honest with myself
and people around me, there’s no reason why I can’t do the things I love.
-Say YES
more; I’ve mostly always been a no girl. People would ask me to go places and
do different things and my answer 9 times out of 10 would be no, I’d stay well
placed in my little comfort zone. Obviously there have been times this year
where I had to say no for not being well enough to do some things, but this
month I aim to chuck myself out of the comfort zone and say yes more. Who
knows, I might just enjoy it.
-Finally,
keep blogging! I’ve always loved writing and found it the perfect way for me to
vent or offload and it’s my creative therapy! It’s been an ambition of mine for
a long time to have a blog and I’m really enjoying it. So this month I aim to
blog as much as possible and about all different things. To think that I could
be reaching out and helping even one of you, makes it more than worthwhile!
So, get
setting your goals for October! What is it that you want to achieve?
