-- The Beginning --
August 25th 2007 00:20
I have decided that it is time to sort out my life and make some positive changes.
It is hard to do this but I will begin with a list of things that I need to change or improve. Any suggestions or advice anyone can give would be greatfully accepted.
:: I need to stop smoking. I have excuse after excuse but I know it isn't good for my health or my finances.
:: I need to take better care of my body. I am 12 stone and 5 foot. That makes my BMI 32.86 which is obese. I don't want to get ill. People keep saying that I am losing weight but the scales still say I am 12 stone. My diet and excercise are to blame I know that.
:: I need to sort out my finances. I am somewhere around 15k in debt, which I know is not as much as some people but at 23 years old I shouldn't be anywhere near in that much debt.
:: I need to take better care of my home. It isn't dirty but it is cluttered and its no good for my asthma as there is loads of dust in the clutter. Its time for a big clear out.
:: I need to open a savings account and put some money away for a rainy day. I spend money like there is no tomorrow and then borrow to pay for more junk that I don't need. Then something happens and nobody will lend me any more. I don't blame them cos they see what I haven't until now. I can't afford to pay it back cos when I do I then need to borrow more to fill the gap. In the end they are never getting paid back properly and I complain when they nag for it back. It's not them, its me.
:: I complain that I don't have any close friends. Maybe thats because I let my life roll by without a thought for where its going. I need to be more aware of life and more considerate towards my friends. Its not that I am not a nice person, I know that I am, but I need to make more of an effort with friends instead of expecting them to always do the work.
There is a lot of beauty in life, and yet I have been too blind to see it. My life so far has been endless excuses and I have trapped myself into not being who I really am. My life is good but it will be so much more fulfilling once I have achieved my goals.
Obviously it isn't going to happen overnight and I am not going to overload myself with loads of targets to achieve at the same time so I will start with my home and body. I will take more care of myself through exercise and diet, whilst getting my house decluttered and dust free. The rest should follow.
My target weight is 9 stone so I only have 3 stone to lost. I CAN DO THAT!!!
Also, by 8th September 2007 which is just over 2 weeks away I will have my house decluttered and nice.
Check back daily to see how I am doing.
It is hard to do this but I will begin with a list of things that I need to change or improve. Any suggestions or advice anyone can give would be greatfully accepted.
:: I need to stop smoking. I have excuse after excuse but I know it isn't good for my health or my finances.
:: I need to take better care of my body. I am 12 stone and 5 foot. That makes my BMI 32.86 which is obese. I don't want to get ill. People keep saying that I am losing weight but the scales still say I am 12 stone. My diet and excercise are to blame I know that.
:: I need to take better care of my home. It isn't dirty but it is cluttered and its no good for my asthma as there is loads of dust in the clutter. Its time for a big clear out.
:: I need to open a savings account and put some money away for a rainy day. I spend money like there is no tomorrow and then borrow to pay for more junk that I don't need. Then something happens and nobody will lend me any more. I don't blame them cos they see what I haven't until now. I can't afford to pay it back cos when I do I then need to borrow more to fill the gap. In the end they are never getting paid back properly and I complain when they nag for it back. It's not them, its me.
:: I complain that I don't have any close friends. Maybe thats because I let my life roll by without a thought for where its going. I need to be more aware of life and more considerate towards my friends. Its not that I am not a nice person, I know that I am, but I need to make more of an effort with friends instead of expecting them to always do the work.
There is a lot of beauty in life, and yet I have been too blind to see it. My life so far has been endless excuses and I have trapped myself into not being who I really am. My life is good but it will be so much more fulfilling once I have achieved my goals.
Obviously it isn't going to happen overnight and I am not going to overload myself with loads of targets to achieve at the same time so I will start with my home and body. I will take more care of myself through exercise and diet, whilst getting my house decluttered and dust free. The rest should follow.
My target weight is 9 stone so I only have 3 stone to lost. I CAN DO THAT!!!
Also, by 8th September 2007 which is just over 2 weeks away I will have my house decluttered and nice.
Check back daily to see how I am doing.
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I agree with katyzz's advice. Don't be too hard on yourself and don't set the goals too high. It's brave to be looking at these things and then aiming to make changes.
I wish you luck and it sounds like you'll get there,
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So here are my 2 cents on each of your problems:
1. Stop smoking - I think you already know and it's now just up to your motivation and iron will to do this. Perhaps, instead of focusing on stopping, you can try to reduce the amount of ciggies you have a day, or do my approach and literally calculate how much you spend on smoking a month, and by cutting so much a day how much you can save up - when you see actual hard figures of money it does motivate you a lot more, and this will help you with point 2&3 as well!
2. Body - well, from trying to quit smoking you'll essentially help improve your health. And you already know that exercise and eating well is what you need! May I suggest joining a sport group or something. With people motivating you you'll feel more likely to go along. (And make friends! Which will brings us to your last point!)
3. From point one - once you have hard figures, you'll feel more motivated to save money. I suggest writing every spending down, that shows to yourself if you are spending too much or just right. You should also set a target for yourself of maybe putting away an amount of money each week into savings, somewhere you'll not touch, and only use when you need it.
4. Home - ah yes - cleaning this up can help with a lot of things! You might be able to even sell some stuff you don't want on ebay to get some extra $$ - as you said, it'll help your asthma, and with a clean house you'll feel motivated about other things too like wanting to go out and do more activities or something.
5. With your committed savings from point 3 - I suggest one of the high interest accounts like ING Direct or something similar from another bank (I like ING only because they don't have actual branches and keycards so it makes me less likely to withdraw money from it making sure I do have enough savings!)
6. I am sure you have friends
Comment by Always Eighteen
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I admire your courage, and I admire your goals!
At the beginning of the year last year, I wrote down a whole bunch of New Year's Resolutions. No matter how insanely difficult they sounded, I actually managed to accomplish a lot of them.
All the best for you, man.
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I want to eat better, exercise [again] more often. I have been doing crunches daily for about 4 days again. not alot i know, but still, i'm pretty proud of myself. <soft smile>
"Go girl!!!" Make those good for you changes.
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