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Autumn Reset: The Last Week and feel satisfied of my progress

31 Thursday Oct 2024

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So it is the last day of October, Halloween and so is the last week that I will be posting about my Autumn Reset and I have been looking at Secondary schools for my son, for next year and we have seen ones we feel will be good for my son Henry, I have cleared out my closet, just need to move bins out of there and buy some hangers for my clothes check out my last vlog I had posted yesterday:

I was trying to complete the first draft of my second book of Mum&Me, check out book 1, already published on Amazon: https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/51lK525tveL._SL1499_.jpg however didn’t so need to make changes to help me next time and also I have continued working on another book called Behind the Eyes Of the other Woman and so feel a little disappointed that was unable to complete the first drive of Mum&Me, but going to continue on and will need some editing but deadline will be by Christmas and more realistic. I feel that with half term it was hard to fit in some writing and perhaps plot a bit more and recap from book 1.

The one thing I am pleased about was completing my Counselling course so now looking to continue to learn as was given advice on what courses to follow on from doing the Counselling course. I just need to plan more. This is all about learning on areas which I found easy and what I found difficult to get my first draft of my books completed and as said keep plotting and use notes that I wrote for book 1, to help.

So been a good challenge and please give me some feedback and if you joined me in doing an Autumn Reset then please let me know how you got on. See Comment box below.

All in all though pleased with myself and have still made progress and feel good about it. That is the main thing. If it has made you feel good then that gives me a boost and that my different programmes I have created have helped you and so have a good Halloween and more blogs and programmes coming soon.

Many thanks for reading,

Carrie X

Autumn Reset: Week 7 Getting Results and Good outcomes

24 Thursday Oct 2024

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So it coming up to the final week of this years Autumn Reset. I have completed sorting out my closet in my bedroom. There still storage bins full, in there but it is organised and ready to be transported to the shed and I can now hang up some of my clothes.

Check out my latest Youtube Video, which is a vlog that includes me sorting out my closet, and there are a few more to go up so if you want to be notified of when these go up, then subscribe to my vlog channel: https://www.youtube.com/@typicallondongal

Here is my latest vlog:

The areas I wanted to complete was to sort out my closet in my bedroom in Epsom, find a secondary school for Henry, for next year, complete my counselling course I was doing and complete the first draft of book Mum and me, book 2.

Seeing the results is what matters to me and that I have uncluttered my build in wardrobe. My book is taking its time and feel that I won’t complete the first draft because it will need a lot of editing and feel I need to do an edit to continue to write the first draft but am getting chapters finished and written so far, over 38,000 words. Yet seeing it coming together and areas I like is helping me push through. This book follows on from book 1 which is available from Amazon: https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/51lK525tveL._SL1499_.jpg

I want more space in life to grow my content, clear clutter from my bedroom to help me have a clear mind and make it into a nest for myself, support my son in his education and grow further my knowledge in helping people to have space in their life and have found by doing an Autumn Reset has made you see the results of completely projects/tasks and you are getting the outcome you want.

Many thanks for reading,

Carrie X

Weekly Cheat Sheet: Days indoors on your own and if you got kids

14 Monday Oct 2024

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It is another week and when it is raining then there is nothing better than having a day indoors and have some time on your own and then family time. Please check out this weeks Cheat Sheet:

What to do indoors on your own and if you have kidsDownload

They are free to download and print and hope that they are helpful to have some time to breath and catch up with chores and alone time.

Many thanks

Carrie X

Autumn Reset: Week 5 When Things Don’t go to plan

10 Thursday Oct 2024

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Yesterday I was uploaded another vlog but there was copywrite on it and so I edited three to four times and it has gone up but a little disappointed and didn’t realise that I couldn’t show a clip of a playlist, so when things don’t got to plan it can affected other plans, so what do you do? (If you’d like to see the video here is the link: https://youtu.be/2ZvlsxFZkmo

Picture of me at Morden Hall Park cafe planning my content and for my Autumn reset

Well I now know and will avoid showing clips of music and so ran out of time to sort out my closet which I am clearing for my Autumn reset. I did work on my book, my second book of a series I am creating. Check out my first book: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Mum-Me-Gucci-Tits-Virtue/dp/B0BGNF4LNF). This is another area I want to complete. Well complete the first draft for my Autumn Reset and will catch up on sorting out my built in wardrobe so going to be continuing on today, to sort that out and feel that I am in a good place with all that I want to get done by the end of October when my Autumn reset finished.

Go through what you can leave but can continue when, if you have kids, can do whilst they are at school and have made progress. Or depending on age have them help you. If it is safe to do so.

There will be times when somethings you are working take longer than others and there is cooking and cleaning other areas of the home and getting shopping and fitting in some walking and fitness. This is why it is good to plan. Be honest with yourself of on how much you can do and like my video I took a break then tried again.

Then there is sorting out my sons next school as next year he will be going onto Secondary school and we have chosen three schools. So the next stage is now applying, hoping we get a place in one of them and I am nervous. It is a lot to contend with, because my son has had to change three times to find a Primary school that could meet his needs and this was decisions made by the schools because he has ADHD and Development delay and so its many buckets I am trying to fill and not doing it bit by bit.

So how are you getting on with the Autumn reset if you doing it this year and please give me some feedback. You can do so by commenting below and remember to subscribe to keep updated of my this blog site whenever I post a blog and is completely free to do so.

Please check out my Pinterest as my content is there too: https://uk.pinterest.com/thetypicalLondongal/autumn-reset/

Many thanks for reading,

Carrie X

Autumn Reset Week 3: Set a time to stop and relax through the day and at the end of the day

24 Tuesday Sep 2024

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So I have a cut of point of how long I will be working on content, checking emails, writing and filming, so I can focus on doing dinner, getting ready for bed and allow my body and mind to wind down, to relax and I stop working on my laptop around 2pm and do bits from 5pm to around 6pm and is working for me. So set yourself a time to stop being on your devices and have a bath or I will read.

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In the mornings I am currently working on my next book of a series I am creating, then I will have breakfast with a few cups of teas, get dressed and ready for the day. Today I walked on the treadmill, helped my son get ready for school and I did some leg exercises and weights and helps me to wake up and then I stop on my laptop before 7am and then back to it when I my son leaves for school, up to the times I have written above and so I used it to sort out my room as it needs decluttering.

I find if I am on my laptop late at night I struggle to get to sleep because my mind is still active and by setting a time now to stop has helped me sleep well and spend time watching TV with my son and have him to some reading and some days I will pop out to be out in the fresh air. It does me wonders for my productivity and having a time to be with yourself and your mind, helps me to be present and love walking where there is a lot of nature or plenty of things going on and being a different environment.

Being in the same walls can make me so claustrophobic and so just being out doors, hearing the birds, saying good morning to people, doing some writing in a coffee shop once a week and tomorrow I am off up to London, helps re-energize and not be stuck in one place all of the time.

So make it a ritual of settling down with a book, with a cup of tea or coffee and allow your body relax and many meditate, but for me it is reading or watching a bit of TV at the end day and then set time to go to bed once I am fully tired, by setting a time to stop looking at my phone, switching it on silent and not on my laptop has made a huge difference for my wellbeing and health.

Many thanks for reading,

Carrie X

Autumn Reset: Week 2 Favourite Time and Place to Get Things done

17 Tuesday Sep 2024

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Today I went to Morden Hall in Morden in London and it has a lovely shop and a lovely cafe. So to work on getting things done is to find out what is your favourite time of day where you have the most energy? For me it is the morning and where is your favourite place to go to help get things done.

This morning in Morden Hall Cafe. Working on my book and video scripts and ideas.

I spent time in the Morden Hall Cafe writing notes for my books and working on my other channels and video ideas and watching a bit of Youtube. I love working in coffee shops and cafes. There were other people doing the same and just so good to be in a place that energizers you and tomorrow I am off to see a School, as part of this reset is to find a secondary school for my son, for next year.

I checked out my closet in Epsom that needs to be sorted out and have a idea of empty another storage cube bin and my corner unit and this is going to happen on Thursday and today finished another question of my counselling course that I want to complete by the end of this years Autumn Reset.

Some maybe a night owl and like to work later in the evening, which I was doing for a while, but I like the mornings, so do a reset and on a day and time that suits you and works around your daily schedule to get tasks completed by the end of October 2024.

It so good to find a time you know you won’t feel the massive slump and not be bothered but that you are excited to do the tasks that will help you get the outcome you want. Like working on my bedroom in Epsom will give me more space to hang my clothes and not have everything all over the place and it does no good being the way it is, so doing it when I know I will gladly get it done. This is how you commit and move on to the next projects and areas of your life you want to focus on. changing your home be the what you have dreamed of and same with finishing a book or a course.

So lets continue and my first week went as good as it could as I had a my a sick child, who is now better and got what I could, get done, but not putting too much pressure on myself.

If you like to share your first week of this years reset then please lets encourage one another. You can use the comment section below, and please subscribe then you’ll never miss a blog.

Many thanks for reading,

Carrie X

Autumn Reset: Week 1 When there are things you really don’t want to do

15 Sunday Sep 2024

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So today I had a tidy up. I tidied my clothes and going through my clothes for the laundry that is in the guest room in Epsom and is one area of my home in Epsom, that I want to do a makeover on have begun to decide where I am going to start first.

This morning I completed another chapter of my book series that I want to work on to complete the first draft during this yearly reset that I do each year and the other area that I want to add is in my sons bedroom. At the moment he has a TV unit that has pictures on it, but also stores some of his clothes so my son can find what he wants to wear and an outfit when not in school, without difficulty. Room and spaces to me have to be functional. Like example having my sons clothes set up each day do when he comes from school can go to his room and change, without having search around and is there waiting for him.

His uniform is kept in his built in closet in his bedroom and also want to organize his books.

You will find when doing a reset and changing spaces, that there are other areas that crop up and needs work on and want my sons room to be suitable for my son, to have some easy access for him to find his clothes and pick them up and with books too.

His toys are downstairs in a cupboard and has easy access, and sorting out the shed found some toys that he has rediscovered and the shed will eventually be where I will be crafting at the moment not practical as it will be cold in there and so may need to put these plans on hold but I can still sort it all out and so yes so many obstacles but means I can focus on finding a secondary school for my son. One area I am sorting and work on my book and complete my counselling course.

So there are jobs that I have been putting off and made excuses but I am done with that habit and I want a room which is clutter free and is nest not just a room, so no matter I can still declutter and so second week going to make some changes that I know can be done and have less to sort out, once the shed is ready to be used as a craft room.

Many thanks for reading,

Carrie X

Autumn Reset: Week 1 Not Planning Too Far Ahead

12 Thursday Sep 2024

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I am someone who likes to plan, but have to rein myself in, to remind myself to focus on each day and what I can do today. My son been ill has reminded me to do that.

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So focus on one thing you can do today that will help you tomorrow, like having time to make a nice cooked breakfast to begin your day, before doing your reset tasks.

Today my focus was to take care of my son, by making sure he has his antibiotics, he was going to go back to School tomorrow, but due to the antibiotics he has been taking, has an upset tummy and so will start to sort out the guest room and the shed I want to clean up, as it has been refurbished with a new roof and doors, is once my son returns to school which I hope is next week, to be cleaned up, so I can take my craft products, out of the guest room, to be moved into the shed.

When my son has been at home this week I have worked on my book and this morning I was awake early and got up to work on it with other tasks and been struggling to get up early the last few days and once my son is okay can do more and so if you want to join me in this yearly reset programme and you don’t miss a post please subscribe.

So I will see what tomorrow brings and if I can continue to work on the different areas of my life, to organize and work towards their completion, then I will and see how my son is, so he is well again and then I can do more to complete the projects I want to get done, for this years Autumn reset.

Please share your first week if you have joined me and lets cheer each other along as we add our wellbeing and for me it is all about, having the life I dream of, which is to teach and help others as much as I can, by developing my projects to make sure they are helpful and that you love being part of my community I am building to help others live their dreams.

Live you life and believe that what you dream of is possible.

Many thanks for reading,

Carrie X

Autumn Reset: What you would like to focus on in joining me in this reset programme

12 Thursday Sep 2024

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So it is week 1 and I have laid out what areas I want to work on for this years Autumn Reset, using my printable (please check out my blog: autumn 2024 and it is free to download).

To get started I wrote down What I want to focus on?

In asking this and looking at my list I can workout, what is truly is important to me and what will once the most important tasks are completed, like booking my son to see the dentist, will then give me room to work on the next items that I would like to complete, example: I want to work on my next book, of my book series I am putting together, and complete the first draft.

This week has been challenging because my son has been off school due to a Chest Infection and so been working on my book, and today contacted the dentist and just focusing a few areas at a time, can really help to work on the next part on the print out, breaking it down.

So the first thing I need to do about the Dentist is to contact them to arrange an appointment, then go to the appointment. I split my tasks up that I want to complete. I split the up in Home, Work and Play. So booking the dentist is under home, working on my book, goes under work and not really got anything under play but this could be fitness, meeting with friends once a week, trying out different restaurants in London for example, and gives you the outcome you want.

It is all about what will give you joy and building the life you want, being the person you want to become.

So lets work together and please share what areas/tasks you want to complete for the Autumn Reset. You can leave a comment below.

Many thanks for reading,

Carrie X

Autumn Reset: The First Week Creating a plan

10 Tuesday Sep 2024

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Hello this is the first day of my Autumn Reset and will helping you to reset and help to finish areas of your life that need completing.

Please see my last blog that had my Autumn Reset free printable Autumn Reset starts tomorrow

I have begun to feel in first page of what I want to complete and then will be deciding what are the main things for me to do, and what can be completed on another time and will go through my Notion of my goals and plans for 2024 and 2025 and what is top priority.

So what is a reset?

It is where you pull yourself back and restart and the Academic year is when I like to get things complete before the following year and make way for other projects I want to do and get back into planning and sorting things out for the rest of the year. This is what it for me means and get back into the school routine and set new goals and help build my habits to organise my life and means decluttering and changing your food, home and routine for the autumn season, ready for the winter.

So I have begun making a list and this week was challenging as my son was home from school with a Chest Infection and so if you can’t join in straight away then please don’t worry you can start when it is a good time for you, I just wanted to help you as I do a reset each year and found it helpful and hope you do too.

You don’t have to fill in all of the printable but as you start and begin to get those tasks completed and use the pages where I have put week 1 to decide where you’d like to begin and reflect on each week and log what you have done so far and spend time go through what would be the easiest to ones where you feel may need more time on. This is where it is good to use the page of printable of breaking your tasks up once you have decided on the areas/tasks are mostly important to you to complete.

Please subscribe as I will posting on a two to three day basis for this programme and then you won’t miss a post and will be filming too on my vlog channel: https://www.youtube.com/@typicallondongal

Many thanks for reading,

Carrie X