Hello! Welcome March.. I wonder how many is aware of Mothers day on Sunday? As I didn’t realise so it is time to get those flowers, perhaps a trip somewhere or a meal to celebrate our Mumma’s and Nanna’s for all we do.
So this cheat sheet is about Getting The Best Out of Life. I love my days now and the one thing I like to do is walk and when walking on the treadmill for example I play four songs and then finished. Since doing that it has helped me to focus and do between 15 to 18 minutes. I do have a blogsite where I share my fitness: Get Active Get Fit
We put so much pressure on ourselves that we can often feel defeated and so why bother? In reading a Paul McKenna book he said “How would you feel if someone else did your idea?” like a book, a game or some kind of project and when we are envious, Mel Robbins has said that being envious is us feeling “There isn’t enough to go around” and I believe that.
There is always going to be hurdles and have events that you can’t control so why not embrace those times and use it to become stronger and do the thing you want to do. Not hurting others but making a change to your life that makes you face the bad and the good. I feel I can feel destroyed if I get into to an argument and find it hard to deal with so I will put on a song or leave the room to calm me down and journal. I can rant and it is good like crying. It is a release and then I am fine.
Arguments don’t have to be difficult to handle and walking is also something I do to release tension and handling difficult times. I remember I didn’t go to work one day when one of my uncles died and needed to just keep walking and walked from Kingston to Richmond and I felt so much better. I felt it was what I needed to do and not something I have done before but I needed to be outside and not cooped up inside.
So if you having a hard time at the moment then listen to your body. How is your breathing. Is it fast or slow and is a great time to do a home project you have been putting off. I remember when the world cup in South Africa and my husband and I were living in Wimbledon and England were losing and in the end I ended up tidying out a draw and instantly felt better and yes okay if you not a football fan, I get that may make you yawn but using an example, to distract the mind when life is becoming difficult and the one thing I ask myself each day as my mind and body begins to get anxious is ask myself “What do I want to focus on today?”
February was about getting my son ready for school as he had been having one to one tutoring at the library whilst we were waiting for a placement and was praying, which can help and he was successful and that has been my focus, now it is to get my home in Epsom sorted out and moving. Then March is to get my next book I am writing finished and published.
Then will be planning for my next Life Coaching programme I do each year. My Summer Project on this blog site I do each year and there is more to be arranged and confirmed. I do this to help you have a better life to have a better year.
I will be creating videos on my Educational Youtube Channel and really looking forward to it and helping you feel good. With the what is going on with the world I feel a bit of TLC is needed.
Anyway so what do you want to focus on and even swimming is good for the mind something I am desperate to do. So as I write this blog have booked a swimming session as it has so many benefits and because of distance I get my steps in and so looking forward to it and get back into it.
No situation has to get sticky and can be the best thing. I am glad for example my Grandad Parkinson’s did get too bad and he left the world without being able to do anything, because he would not have liked it so even though it was traumatic and still able to hold his cigarette and he was never willing to give this up and he loved horse racing and was still able to walk before he left the world and I miss having my grandparents in my life but it was his time and I am glad he had lived to old age, but now he with his brothers and sisters as my grandparents were proper grandparents being the heart of the family. Yet seeing my Uncle after his stroke was heart breaking, so glad that he is no longer in pain as he felt the life he once had was taken away from him and so so sad. I know that he can now rest and be with my Uncle Charlie and again with nan and grandad.
I do feel life has a purpose and feel no matter what is thrown at you, you can come out of the other side thriving and glad that my Uncle Tony spent his last days being near his daughter and grand children. I am glad my grandad and nan got through the world wars and then got to experience cable TV and my Nan loved buying from QVC and died where she was born. I know some people may not believe me, but I feel that the way my nan died, my grandad was waiting for her and God was looking after her for all she did for her family and was her time to properly put her feet up.
So life can still be good and work for you and does not have to be difficult.
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I think we discredit ourselves when people stop contacting us or someone has jumped in front of you and they feel more worthy that you and you are like “What about me?” “Why do bad things happen to me” like Ross in Friends and not everyone is going to be your bright light and I feel that life tests you, because some people you meet can be challenging and to see what type of people do we want in our life.
It can take a while when someone has been unkind to you to get over the hurt. They may feel you owe them something. You don’t owe anybody anything it is up to you, but keep the faith within you. Once you start having faith about yourself then you’ll find that its mumbo jumbo to you and that there are people who have your back. Why should we allow people who are unkind to upset your day? Everyone is allowed to live and its not about having the best life. I feel that is unrealistic as life comes with hurdles but that life can be fun and to now it is about being authentic.
Not everyone is going to be your friend and I am okay with that now.
It is good to have people in your life that think differently to you because I feel it opens up a good conversation and help build our own opinion or sometimes we like to listen to others problems to not give an opinion but a lending ear even if you don’t have an answer just to listen to others, the more you build trust as long as it is a two way street and if you have people who are the same as you then it can be boring. When people in your life has a different point of view it doesn’t mean you have to ignore each other but you see them of who they are and this is the same and the same. I like that I have different type of people in my life and I love the people I met at Butlins because we had to put up with eachother. We had to stand on our own two feet and many were rebuilding their lives and doing something that was different to the every 9 to 5 job. Many were in the forces prior to working there and some had a tough time at home and so was a kind of escape from that.
I loved being part of a group and when there are people who care about your safety then you realise that the world is full good people, no matter how some are mean, are good and most people are genuine. With what is going on in the world it can make us cross and not see anyone but we have to keep on living and get the best out of life and get out into outside world and I feel those that do bad things, disrupt our lives and gives me more reason to respect my self and no I am not playing God, I want people to feel good about them selves and not to give up and there is another side of the world that is good and that this is just be a blip.
I would always get fed up when shopping and had been laughed at when trying on clothes so I decided that I wasn’t going to do that anymore feeling already self conscious from the beginning and I avoided changing rooms but then I was like “No I will try it on” and let those supposedly friends snigger. It made me realise that laughing behind someone’s back didn’t suit me and how I’d feel if that was me. I am lucky now though, having a good settled life and with people who truly love me and it as far as I am concerned has to be a two way street when it comes to being with people and having faith in yourself and others.
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Hello and welcome! It is a new week. It is almost the end of February and remember it is Mothers Day soon. I am not sure if my son will care. He unaware of it, but that is fine I will be back doing my Radio show. Check out Epsom Hospital Radio. Look under Carrie Challoner and do show on Sunday’s.
So in my home I like Simple Systems and is the Theme of this weeks Cheat sheet.
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I have found that we are always consuming, we scroll on Pinterest and look at Instagram and shop. With Social media it can take over our day and when we watch a haul we instantly want to go out shopping and buy items from TikTok but we then see we didn’t need those items. We can compare ourselves and our lives and I am not being a hypocrite as I do use it, but I am careful what I watch and what I put out there into the world.
I am now vigilant it what I am feeding my brain with, because we can be easy be influenced and I am guilty of that.
Also are we listening to gossip? I remember working in a call centre and there would be people talking unkindly about other staff, celebrities, reading magazines and it could really make us feel uncomfortable and I was told I was no good at my job so decided to just not listen to it. As long as I believed in myself that was all that mattered.
I was there to work and didn’t always socialise, because I didn’t want to be surrounded by people who were going to talk about you the next day.
“what you put out there in the world is what you will receive”.
It is also bad news. I do watch the news but not all the time as I find it depressing and don’t watch anything too gory, but like a drama and I don’t watch soaps because I can be quite disturbed by them and rather watch a concert, Days in a life Video, writing tips and love being part of the writing community by watching those who have self published, getting tips and ideas, life coaching or a good podcast.
Also what we read. I am reading a book about the punk rock era and of a guy trying to make it and forming a band based up North, Liverpool and the music scene around that time. I find certain songs really can affect my feelings. Not because they are bad but because the song reminds me of a tragic time, like Never Walk Alone, I remember the Hillsborough Disaster and I just find it so heart wrenching because of the words and so I play certain songs that helps with my feelings unless it is for a book I am writing.
The diet culture. I have had an eating disorder, had really bad anxiety and body dysmorphia as I hated myself a lot as a child and teenager, because of the way I looked and I would be really upset. I avoided mirrors and changing rooms. Now though I love my body, my hair and skin. I like to exercise, learning what my body can do and am skilled. I can dance, write and a good imagination and creative.
So spend some time writing down the things you are feeding your brain and workout, what is effecting you and getting you down and what are the good things you are consuming?
It can take time but you mindset can change and work for you and not against you.
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I am always trying to better myself, example I wanted to get up earlier, but I fell back to sleep but I know when I do finally get up earlier more, like I have done in the past, will get more tasks done and I like getting up early, when it gets lighter again in the mornings will be better and will help me to be more awake and my energy boost is in the morning. However I do like my routine of reading first thing in the morning, during the day and in the evening.
People do think I am mad in wanting to get up super early but even thinking about this, is creating endorphins that makes me excited about it and know from experience that it will give me an extra boost.
The one thing I want to do next is to go on my early morning walks again. I love to walk and hearing the birds sing and hearing the trains and just taking in my surroundings. I am moving from my home in Wimbledon and I feel happy. Having to pack every week has taken it toll so now I am more or less be around the corner and my son is going to school, instead of going to the Library. It has been good. I have journaled, created a new book about a library and reading, but I feel school will be better for him and myself because he will have that interaction of making friends again, doing school clubs and back to his days broken up so he’s not restricted in one place and can run around during parts of the day and I can have some time to myself.
I also want to eliminate somethings. Unsubscribe from some Youtube channels. Not saying they are no good just my interests have changed, in what I like to watch and the same with my email accounts and reorganizing and sorting out the home.
So where is your life right now? What changes do you want to make?
It could be your finances. I am now on a Low Spend year and going to film more for my Financial Youtube Channel and not buying clothes and books and notebooks and this has made me really be vigilant with where my money goes. I do have a Youtube channel about how I manage my money to help you manage yours: (72) Financial Living – YouTube and I each year do No Spend January and do No Spend days.
It is good to go through your life and anything you not sure about and what would make that area in your life better? I need to get a lot done but I am looking forward to that and like having plenty to do and it will feel weird not being with my son, it will be a an adjustment again, but feel positive about it.
So where are you in your life and please let me know below of what you want to change and have more in your life if you don’t already? You can leave a comment below.
You look at a windowsill in your home and it is cluttered so you tidy it up and now you have a a bit more structure. Your child gets a certificate for learning at school. I manage to cook a meal, never cook before. These are the small things that can make a big difference in how we see ourself and our life.
This weeks Cheat Sheet is all about the Daily things I like to do on a daily basis that sets up my day. The small wins are just as good as the small ones. Today I tidied up and get clothes out of my son for the day. Have my two cups of tea I like to have in the mornings and later will get a take away coffee.
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It can be the hardest the times when you have nothing set up to feel good about yourself and your life. It is all about living in the moment and like I did another Radio show yesterday after feeling so nervous and it was good and so tip# Go through what you have done each day.
It is a better feeling that you have taken on action, a step towards the bigger tasks like at the weekend, I went through my clothes and it is good to let things go, to focus on each day and I don’t need a new outfit all the time and rather book things to do. At half term I am taking my son to a show and take him to the Cat Cafe in London and like booking days out for my son.
Tip# Write down what you enjoy.
Tip# Get a bag and start to go through a draw and at the weekend as I had so many clothes, told my mum to get rid of anything in the draws I was using, away. I am moving so no longer going to live in Wimbledon, this is a huge change and means really getting my head down and do more things to move towards the bigger things I want to do and decide on what is important to me now and what is not. Making one change can make a huge different. Check this blog: Making one change
Hello! So you still deciding on your goals for 2026. This Weeks Cheat Sheet is to help you. If it is your lifestyle, like if you not sleeping well, sorting out the home, better health and shopping habits.
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Hello and Welcome! It is that time again for a new Newsletter and setting those goals for 2026. I post these each month and are free to download and print.
This year I am going to be a lot more organised and sort out my home and I have chosen my word for 2026 “Grow” and so that is what I am going to do. I want to see my blogs, books and videos grow by working on these three things along with my radio show I do on Epsom Hospital Radio and also my learning.
Soon it will be February and I am not one who celebrates Valentines Day but Easter and already stores are selling Easter Eggs. I am going through a declutter and moving so, many changes but I have decided that I am going to embrace them, especially when it something you can’t control.
Everyone can build a castle 