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Weekly Cheat: Goal Ideas for 2026

05 Monday Jan 2026

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Happy New Year! Check out my Resource Library which I will be updating. It has many different printables: Resource Library.

This weeks Cheat Sheet is ideas in Setting goals. I am not made really any new ones. I am working on being more organised, with my homes. I live with my husband and Son and with my Mum and Step dad.

I still decluttering and tidying different places, but that is it really. I have created visions boards and I have room ideas as I have been working on changing it. I am more changing my focus. I am not going to have many commitments for myself and focus on my son, homes and walks. Along with more radio shows and visiting many different places.

I loved that last year and want more of that. I loved our lodge we stayed in and this year we are going to the Isle of wight and Edinburgh. Visiting Windsor was good fun, so on this years wish list, is to go to St Albans, Guildford and Crystal Palace by train or bus and doing trips throughout the year.

So here is this weeks Cheat Sheet:

Goal Ideas For 2026 that suit youDownload

These are free to download and print and do them on a weekly basis, except bank holidays.

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Many thanks for reading,

Carrie X

Having Regrets In The Year

01 Thursday Jan 2026

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I have regretted things. I have really punished myself over them. Life is about moving on and going as the times goes and letting things go: Autumn Reset Day 5: Letting things go If there is a photo that makes you unhappy delete it. If there is a piece of clothing or furniture that makes you quiver and upset you then addressing your feelings can help aswell as letting them go.

There are certain songs that can trigger it and so I will play a song that makes me happy or change the thought because of that song. Listen with fresh ears and the same with films or certain TV.

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Time is not going to wait and as humans we grow from our mistakes. I have said the wrong thing. Can I turn back and correct? Not I can’t.

Life is full of lessons and we need to forgive ourselves and stop obsessing. If you can imagine being constantly being hit on the head or anywhere with a mallet how would it feel? It would get on your nerves and that is what regrets do.

It is up to you to of how you want to keep pestering yourself. Cut yourself some slack. You can’t fix what’s gone and so why should you? Will the person you have a regret about or an incident that happened involving someone, be restless about the regret you have? Do they still talk to you?

What is it that is bugging you? Write it down. I when my son was doing some tutoring, went through my fears and past worries and why they were bugging me and it just made me come to my senses of it all and felt ten times better. I have begun to realise that somethings are meant to be, because that is how we learn about relationships, good communication, living better and building our inner self to be the better person you are and reinvent yourself and start a fresh.

No being rude to someone is not good, but I wonder how bothered they are and teaches to stop regretting and just learn. Think of all the good things you have done and how is your life now? So stop regretting and start living.

I do have Youtube channels so if you want to check these out then here are the links:

https://www.youtube.com/@typicallondongal

https://www.youtube.com/@financialliving

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Many thanks for reading,

Carrie X

#Dreading Going Back To Work due to being bullied

31 Wednesday Dec 2025

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I was fired by an employee back in 2008 and it really affected my confidence. I couldn’t wait for #Christmas to have a break. The people where I worked, was so rude that I wondered if they would be that rude to their family? Snapping whilst on the phone as I would be doing what a company should do, give Good Customer Service and they hated it. The guy who ran the company, was awful.

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There was no morale and when I reported the bullying to him he blamed it on me and yet it all the people who were there, were all really unpleasant and so going back after Christmas and start of a new year I was fired. I feel they did the right thing, because I didn’t walk out, which some would have done and so I am glad he did fire me now because then it made me decide my next path and did some temping for a bit, but was ready to go back home and my time living near the south coast was coming to an end.

So if it is too much then don’t let yourself feel as though you have to take it. There are organisations you can call for help and then I found job in Kingston and yes there were not very nice people there but I became resilient and they ended up leaving and I ended up being in a good team and so take action. It may be fate, meaning that its time to change and that can be the thing we fear the most, of what to do next so we can often feel that we have to stay. No, if it is stressing you out then leave and get support and life is about chapters ending to welcome new beginnings.

One person who was having issues in a job and she rang me unexpectedly because she felt she was being bullied and sometimes you don’t want to be rescued, or for someone to resolve it for you, its about able to speak to someone to make sense of it. So talk to someone. Also you have a right to leave and say that you are not happy and if things don’t change you will leave and it is okay to confront. I would not advise to do it without support for your own safety and not their word against yours, but ask for a chat and if you can have someone there with you.

I have come across many walks of life and met different kinds of people and those that carry out the bullying are actually the one that is vulnerable and perhaps they need help. I am not saying they should be getting sympathy, but that often it is not about you but about them and the using you as a verbal punchbag and so should be reported for their own sake.

I hope that helps you and as we head into a new year I wish you a Happy New year and if you like to read more of my blogs on this site then you can subscribe.

I do have a Vlog channel. Here is the link: (70) Typical London Gal Carrie Holmes – YouTube

Many thanks for reading,

Carrie X

What is Holding You Back?

31 Wednesday Dec 2025

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Obstacles (jumping hurdles)

See above a blog I wrote in 2018 and still relevant because as there is always obstacles but I have learned to deal with them and not allow them to stop me in achieving my goals and dreams. I do a radio show and we have a new system to play music. I have found it challenging but rather than avoid, faced it head on and I know if I keep using it, the less of a hurdle it will become and challenges are there to help you.

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Life has a way of keeping you on your toes and so allow the hurdles or doubts that come into your mind, and life and what you want to do. Do you want the voice of doubt bug you? Are you going to quit?

Quitting is fine, but if it ends up as a regret then take some time to reflect and does it excite you? Mel Robbins says that anxiety and excitement is the same thing. I love my show, I just finding the nerves overwhelming but I know this is what I was meant to do along with writing blogs, books and creating videos. I care so much and want to create my blogs, videos and show to help those. The Radio show is for my local hospital as it is a hospital radio station and I get so much joy.

What does a new year mean to you?

Is there something that gives you a burst of excitement?

I am going to see Bon Jovi once again. Yes it could end up being cancelled, I may become ill, but what ifs are just that. What if it all turns out alright? My son is going to a potential school option and finally get a placement. I have chosen to have less commitments for myself in 2026 to spend my time visiting different places I’d like to take my son to and want to explore more and continue what we did the year we are leaving and yes trains can have disruptions and the buses haven’t been reliable but we have got to where we wanted to be and plan less to do more.

Twenty twenty five has been a good year. Okay my son got sick at the beginning but we still had the meal we wanted afterwards, because he was taken to hospital and Henry was fine, he didn’t have a meltdown and just chilled until we could go home and just a bump in the road. Life will have bumps and as much as we don’t want our kids to be sick, their intolerances and immune system need to develop and so, he wasn’t fazed by it and so I am not.

When we went to the Polka theatre a lot and one of the shows we ended up getting drenched. The Radio event I did for the first time, leading to Christmas in 2025 finished early because of the weather and had issues with music and the choir shows, but we carried on and I enjoyed it and was a good experience and didn’t allow my nerves to talk me out of it.

So face the obstacle but don’t allow them to continue to grow, my word for 2026 and if you fall, get back up again and carry on.

I have written another blog about the Inner Critic on one of my other sites: https://buildingselfconfidencetud.blogspot.com/2020/07/learning-to-love-yourself-instead-of.html

Many thanks for reading,

Carrie X

Monday’s Cheat Sheet: Getting Ready for 2026

29 Monday Dec 2025

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HELLO! It is almost 2026 and so it is time to make those changes. For me I want more of what I had experienced this year (2025) and so don’t see it as starting a fresh. For me it means more growing as a person and focus on my son and on my own learning. I love to learn and listen to others that have had success as a author, right blogs and successful on Youtube and find out what works and what doesn’t.

My reading has grown so much and a habit I have stuck to. I enjoyed the walks I did, even when I was reluctant and trying out Park run and would like to try out more fitness clubs. I liked the trips we went on and met up with my eldest cousin. It was good to see family and wish it could be more often.

So this Cheat Sheet is about Getting for 2026.

Getting Ready for 2026Download

These are free to download and print. I post them weekly and thank you for those who have liked them and will post more come the new year.

Please check out my Vlog channel if you want to see more of my life, being a mum, writer and now do a radio show each week for my local hospital: https://www.youtube.com/@typicallondongal

Many thanks for reading,

Carrie X

Getting The Best Out of Winter As we head into 2026

19 Friday Dec 2025

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It has a been a different kind of winter this year. Not that cold but wet and rainy, with a bit of frost in the morning. Yet riding on the bus in the mornings to take my son, Henry, to do his schooling, I have found myself boiling hot.

Picture I took from when I visited Windsor this year and so been setting my Winter, to enjoy the places we went to and so using this time of year, winter, to go through 2025 heading into 2026.

I like to have a nice iced coffee still, yet you’d think that that would be too cold and hot coffee all the way but no. So enjoy your take away iced coffee, is one tip. As I write this blog, gonna have an iced coffee indoors and I am looking forward to getting a perfect glass for a home coffee for 2026. So to gift to myself is going to be shopping for a better set of glasses and no more novelty mugs.

With the changes I want to make I want to clear out the kitchen before the start of the New Year. I decided to let my baking tools and equipment go; I know I may go back into it but I like cooking dinners rather than baking.

So second tip, find some home projects to do. I am trying to do more of my sons bedroom and mine and it really is making me use my Winter, to my advantage to concentrate on what I can let go of and making improvements to my homes. I live in two places and soon we, my parents, will be moving from Wimbledon and I feel positive about it.

I spent time yesterday creating vision boards for 2026. Organsing my birthday and Christmas gifts for family for this years Christmas and been organising my Notion. I went through my plans in terms of my finances for 2026, just got to put my planner together. I like to plan ahead when it comes to my finances I am going to do “No spend January” and try to do a “Low spend year” as I am going to call it, because I feel doing a No Spend for me, too unrealistic.

I am finding now that there are less things I want to change, but have more experiences. I liked the walks we did this year and the places we visited, my son, husband and I, with my mum and step dad and would want to visit more places. So rather than focusing on the low energy I usually get, I think well I am going to slow down. I am going to have a good set of books to read and just thinking about what I can do, not what I can’t. Normally I put my indoor workouts on hold but I have found that I like breaking up my exercise and do some through the day, rather than a set workout and I have a watch that I bought to wear at home and out to see how many steps I do when at home and outside as do like to potter around the home and tidy. I like to walk through the local parks and checking out the shops and can shop with out buying and going to continue and not act on impulse unless it is doing a bit of a workout and cleaning and tidying is still physical activity. Check my blog site on google: https://getfitgetactivewithme.blogspot.com/

I loved the walks we did even though I was reluctant at the time but it was good and loved Windsor, We walked from Kingston to Teddington and would love to continue to walk and visit different places within the UK, so using the Winter to think of all what we did this year and I love to plan my year and have things to look forward to. I have tickets to see Bon Jovi, plan to visit Scotland and the Isle Of Wight. Third is to get away. If you can get out and my son and I do bus rides and just good to be in a different environment and where my creative side of my brain gets active and I live rivers, lakes and the sea.

I hope you have been enjoying these blogs and there will be more to come. Please check out these links:

December 2025 Newsletter

https://www.youtube.com/@typicallondongal

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Many thanks for reading,

Carrie X

December 2025 Newsletter

18 Thursday Dec 2025

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Hello! So should I ask how the Christmas shopping is going and organising the food, presents and decor. My husband and my mum have taken care of the decor and the food.

It is good to delegate and I can take care of buying gifts and ordering bits and I am looking forward to the celebrations.

Then there is the new year. Twenty Twenty Five has not been a bad year for me and share the things I feel were good and worth remembering. Please check out my December Newsletter:

December Newsletter 2025Download

There will be more Cheat Sheets. I will be doing some training on my Educational YOUTUBE CHANNEL:

(128) Carries Education Youtube Channel – YouTube

It is about making 2026 as good as the previous year but growing it to be even better. My word for 2026 is “Grow” and that is what I intend to do.

So please enjoy and if you’d like to see more of my life then why not check out my Vlog Youtube Channel:

https://www.youtube.com/@typicallondongal

Many thanks for reading,

Carrie X

Autumn Reset: Three Things To Avoid When Doing a Reset

19 Friday Sep 2025

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Hello! If you are new here then each year in September I do a Autumn Reset. I go through a number of items to complete, to kick start the change of, a new season, to help kick start the new Academic year and started doing this two years ago. I have done a printable to help you, please click here: Autumn Reset Worksheet 2025

I was going through what I do each day and I find filling up my mind, can get a bit tiresome and so I avoid these when doing a Reset:

  1. Try not to fill up my mind with too much, by not being on my laptop all day, put my phone somewhere out of easy reach and read once I have had a break from screens and watched a bit of light TV, along with being quiet.
  2. Not taking breaks. I find it hard to write all day and like to do it short spells. So will take a break by washing up dishes, cleaning and tidying. One of my items is to complete the first draft of another book. So far It has gone well.
  3. Not doing a recap of what I have done in the day. Not necessarily writing it down, but in my mind and helps to see what I have done and realize I have done more than, what I have realised.

It is good to not wear yourself down. It is good to have a few things done, its not about how many things you can do. It is about the result post Autumn Reset.

Go through how it has made you feel, e.g. Completing an Essay, completing a room makeover, cleaned your entire house or like me, completed a draft of a book you are writing.

A recap is good to address your feelings whether good or bad, measuring your progress. I talk about doing a Mind Map, because it is motivating and it directs you.

Then going through, example: You’ve written a paragraph of the Essay. How many words does it have to be? When is the deadline? To get my book finished I know if I use my Mornings and evenings, where I know I have a good amount of time to write, even if it is for 10 minutes, I will complete the revised first draft to then start editing. My aim is to write,’ 40,000 words and I am doing some training to help me.

You may discover areas of difficulty. That is fine. There are plenty of free sources. I have a Education YouTube channel myself: https://www.youtube.com/@CarrieEducationalYoutube-ws4xp and there are TED Talks, Youtube University and even LinkedIn have free courses and I have done courses via OfCourse: https://www.ofcourse.co.uk/ and check out, Skill share.: https://www.skillshare.com/en

If you are joining me and you have tips on getting the projects completed, for this years Autumn Reset, then please share in the comments section below.

You can subscribe to this site for free and you will be notified every time I post, on this site and do many different programmes on this site, like The Summer Project which has ended, but will be back in 2026 and to come my Winter Wellness.

I do have a new book out. It is called Mum&Me and is available via Kindle and Paperback: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Mum-Me-Gucci-Tits-Virtue/dp/B0BGNF4LNF

I also have a vlog channel. I am taking a break so will be back with vlogs in October: https://www.youtube.com/@typicallondongal

I have have a YouTube Channel where I talk about Money and Finance: https://www.youtube.com/@financialliving

Many thanks for reading,

Carrie X

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Weekly Cheat: Setting goals for the year

13 Monday Jan 2025

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Hello and welcome! Here is my weekly Cheat Sheet that I post every Monday and is free to download and keep. At the beginning of the year I like to set goals and make life changes. The one life change that I have kept since last year was to read a lot more. I read in the morning and in the evening. I brush my teeth first thing in the morning. This year, in 2025, I have begun putting myself more together. I started styling my hair and wearing more makeup. It was a choice to keep or dispose. I decided I wanted to keep my makeup and use it.

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I set my goals for the year yearly seasonally too, 2 years ahead and 5 years. Do what works for you. Why not put these cheat sheets somewhere you will easy see them.

I want to send my love to those in LA dealing with the wildfires. It is life destroying. It is heartbreaking to see.

Many thanks for reading,

Carrie X

New Cheat Sheet for 2025 It is planning to build your life to be better than ever.

06 Monday Jan 2025

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It is now 2025 and boy am I looking forward to the new year. It means making changes to your life and make better than the last. Well try, I know many are snowed in, so I hope you get inspiration from my weekly Cheat Sheets I will posting every Monday to build your life so it is better.

They are free to download and print.

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You subscribe on this blog aswell my Vlog channel and you will kept alert of my posts and videos.

Many thanks for reading,

Carrie X