17 Monday Aug 2026
Please see this weeks Cheat Sheet. It will be last one done using AI to help me as I feel like I am cheating you and I don’t want that and will be back to me write them completely and this one I felt helpful with the help of AI. Let me know how you feel about them. Use the comment section below.
They are free to download and print.
Many thanks for reading,
Carrie X
10 Monday Aug 2026
Yesterday in the coffee shop with my Husband and son I, saw this lady who wasn’t on her phone or reading or anything but enjoying her coffee. She looked a bit like Celine Dion and it made me realise that sometimes just having time just taking in the moment is much better than looking at a phone or not watching what is around you.
This made me think of a challenge. I am doing a challenge for August. Doing 100 squats a day for the month to raise money for Cancer Research: https://youtu.be/oaImghC1on0
So in September doing my Autumn Reset going to challenge myself to write my blogs, sort out my sons and my bedroom, complete the editing of my next book as the Reset will continue into October, is to do all those thing in silence taking the moment. Not have music on, tv or Youtube and enjoy my coffee. Not on my laptop or phone drinking but sit in the garden as we go into Autumn and just enjoy the moment.
On the train coming back from London, see Vlog: https://youtu.be/eZ3sHtml_8k on train I decided to not be on my phone and enjoy the journey. On the train to London looking around every one was engrossed on their laptops and phones that I realised have we lost the will to use travel to chat with people~? I think we just so concerned on what is on social media to look and chat. I feel we want to be liked on Instagram to feel adequate. So it will be a realisation for me. I am going to use my laptop to write but not with music on or a video on. Be on my phone too much and enjoy a coffee like that lady without a book or notebook and enjoy the moment better and see what happens.
This weeks Cheat Sheet which with the help of AI I have created on challenging yourself. My Autumn Reset will be the first subscriber only content, but will still be free to read and will be from the start of September to the end of October.
There are many challenges you can do and I really feel I am ready to take on more. Just to say my blogs are not written by AI and are from me, I just needed a little help with my Cheat sheets and that I have been learning from them too.
Do walking challenges. I challenge myself to walk, 4000 steps a day instead of 10,000 too much so be realistic and there are writing challenges too. I often do sprints from 10 to 30 minutes not consecutively as that is not realistic to me and there are loads you can do on Youtube but only using this to help make sure I don’t go over time.
So take sometime to just enjoy your coffee and take in the world and not have headphones in or on the phone and just be free to chat with someone. It is good to look around you and sit and not have any noise.
Many thanks for reading,
Carrie X
03 Monday Aug 2026
Posted in Cheat sheet, Planning 2026, Printables, Weekly posts
I love a schedule it just helps me set things up so I know and my son knows what we are doing and I love surprised unplanned days so, I have a flexible schedule but make sure we have summer essentials, but go to places I never get sick of and know is available to go in the holidays.
This Cheat Sheet was created with the power of AI which includes my own ideas and are free to download and print. If you have any feedback of ideas for me to share. You can use the comment section below.
Many thanks for reading,
Carrie X
27 Monday Jul 2026
Posted in Cheat sheet, Planning 2026, Printables, Weekly posts
I watch a lot of Youtube videos about saving money. Particularly when it comes to the school holidays and save for when it is the School Summer holidays and still having a lots of fun.
So in this weeks Cheat Sheet there are tips on how to save and can print for free once downloaded for free and to help you don’t become out of pocket and that you enjoy the time rather than feeling stressed about them. I hope you find the tips helpful.
You can subscribe if you want to notified on when I post a blog on this site. It is free to do so and soon it will be my Autumn Reset programme starting in September so check out that and is coming to the end of my Life Coaching Programme, Summer Project 2026 and so if you subscribe then you don’t miss out and please check out my Resource Library: Resource Library
Many thanks for reading,
Carrie X
20 Monday Jul 2026
Posted in Cheat sheet, Living, Planning 2026, Printables, Weekly posts
Happy Summer Holidays! They have begun. We are planning the first Monday of the Holidays and in planning for the holiday it means knowing what to pack. We are doing days out and short holidays. I have been known to pack the world, but I have been reducing what I take and enjoy the surroundings rather than what I am going to wear.
So this Cheat Sheet is a guide what to packing depending on what your doing and where.
These are free to download and print and post every Monday except bank holiday Mondays and so please share if you wish and subscribe if you’d like to be kept informed of when I post on this site.
Many thanks for reading,
Carrie X
13 Monday Jul 2026
Posted in Cheat sheet, Everyday living, Financial Living, Printables, Weekly posts
Hello! It is the start of a new week and it has been good, seeing England win against Norway. Check out my Vlog of my weekend journeys I took. Coming back from my sons last tennis lesson, went to Wimbledon and went to see my niece in a show: https://youtu.be/DWEQmkkhgV4
This weeks Cheat Sheet is all about What You Can Do for Free. I like to walk to get fit that costs nothing. I like use Youtube to do some training and visiting museums and last year my son and I tried out Parkrun. This is free and not for us but may suit someone and it literally you go onto the Parkrun website and register and then your given a barcode to scan but it costs nothing. Perhaps my son and I will try in a few years time as I wasn’t fully prepared and didn’t feel it, but many kids and adults take part and there is a outdoors gym and so I wanted to share things you can do for free and my Cheat Sheets are free to download and print.
I like to use APPs like Notes, Journal and The fitness APPs which are free and came with my phone and good to keep notes of blog ideas and just a back up and just use what can cost me nothing and save for the things I do want to pay for.
I post these every Monday ACCEPT BANK HOLIDAYS and I hope you enjoy them.
Many thanks for reading,
Carrie X
06 Monday Jul 2026
Posted in Cheat sheet, Everyday living, Financial Living, Living, Planning 2026, Printables, Weekly posts
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free weekly Post, looking after the home, recycling, Redesigning your clothing, use up what you've got
Hello! I am recovering from taking my son to the Guilfest and then watched the football so am slowly waking up.
I am conscious of what I have to use up and I do a list each week of what has be used from food and check my skincare and toiletries to make sure I use them up before buying more or running low on like Hand washes as we use them daily, I have sanitary products, shower gels and just keeping stock of what I have in my home and it helps be inventive like I have sow on badges to put on my rucksack I often use and a pair of jeans to give them a bit more character and with cooking what I can use it for and what I have in my fridge.
So this Cheat Sheet is tips on using on Using Up What You’ve got.
Many thanks for reading,
Carrie X
29 Monday Jun 2026
So I was going through my google docs as there are some that I created and never used and came across this one. It is a goals template I had created for 2020 so used it and thought I’d share it with you too.
These are free to download and print. I post them every Monday except on bank holidays.
Many thanks for reading,
Carrie X
22 Monday Jun 2026
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free weekly printable, Giving to others, life as a mum, use up what you've got, weekly cheat sheet
Hello! I hope you all had a good Fathers Day. Sadly my dad is no longer alive physically but feel sometimes he is watching in spirit and be taking the mickey out of those in Heaven. My dad would be someone who’d have you in tears if myself and brother did something wrong and tears of laughter.
I wonder what he thinks about the world as we weren’t super wealthy as a family but we still didn’t go without and he would use what he had. He loved music, comedy TV mainly and films. His Idols were Kevin Keegan and John Wayne.
Times are hard at the moment, I give each month to the Trussell Trust the Food bank organisation and not sponsored but want to help families be able to have things to eat. The thought of a young child not able to have breakfast or dinner feels my heart with sadness and so this Cheat Sheet is about Use Up What You’ve Got.
I like to see my fridge empty, it means we have to use up what we have in the Food Cupboard that has sauces, spreads, tinned meats and other tin produce and in the freezer.
So please check out this weeks Cheat Sheet:
These cheat sheets are free to download and print. I post at the beginning of each week except Bank Holidays.
Have a great week and please check out my Youtube channel where I share much more: https://www.youtube.com/@Carriechalloner
Many thanks for reading,
Carrie X
15 Monday Jun 2026
Posted in Cheat sheet, Everyday living, Planning 2026, Printables, Weekly posts
Hello! So its the start of another week. Kids going to school, got housework to do and then checking emails and catching up errands and for some, a reset.
This weeks Cheat Sheet is Ten Ways to Organise your day. On Sunday I spent some time writing down my plans for the week, going through my calendar on Notion and already I have filmed for my Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@Carriechalloner
It means getting up early. I got up to watch some of the World cup, in plenty of time but I know I will feel the affects later and so whilst having the energy going to continue with my Morning routine of posting my cheat sheet. My son is now at school and I cleared out a storage bin, cleaned dining table, read my book and going to clear some laundry, then work on more content and on my next book.
Many thanks for reading,
Carrie X
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