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Can You Have the Perfect Day?

26 Thursday Mar 2026

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It is good when everything works out, your home, your work and you feel good inside and on the outside, but there are days where everything just crashes down. Example: I dropped some stuffing granules on the floor, my son, me and his dad have not been well and you wish you could turn the clock back.

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Now though I feel that it has been good to just chill and just spend time looking after my sons health and mine and that everything else can wait and it was good to not to have to set an alarm and today I was booking things for the Easter Holidays and had shopping being delivered and had a coffee, a drive and took a shower before my son was due to come home from school, so now I do feel resilient now when unexpected happens, with us being unwell and still not 100% but just taking it one day at time.

I love spending time brainstorming ideas for my content and having nice dinners to suit how we feel. I love pub grub and so we had pie, mash and mixed vegetables and it was so nice. It’s like a big hug on a plate and then had a Dairy Milk Yogurt. Not something we have all the time but now and again and it is good to just set my mind on today, but coming up with ideas to grow my blogs, vlogs and books and I took some time to format my book so it is ready to be published and so if it doesn’t go up this week it will be next week.

I feel now that no matter how much you try, your always going to have “One Of Those Days” so is it worth chucking the toys out the pram? It is good to have a cry. It does not mean your weak but I just find letting it all out can do wonders. I like to write in my journal, get some fresh air and be with nature.

You may find meditation helps, reading and listening to music. There are times I don’t want to cook but then I put on some Youtube and that gives me a push and it was such a nice dinner and so meals can be comforting. I love a good dinner and I like to have enjoyable and healthy dinners and make them fun.

Having a things in place that helps feel like, life is okay still, does wonders and distract the mood that we feel when we have a day that goes wrong and having a chat, popping round to a friends house and having a coffee. It’s simple things and doesn’t have to be anything that is strenuous, like listening to your mind and body and I love having a tidy up. When my son doesn’t want to go to school I find if I make him a breakfast he likes changes his mind and get ready without rushing and I like to take my time.

It is okay to say no. I loved it when I went clubbing but now I am and always been, a home body. No matter the day I will have a good evening and that is closing my laptop and watching the traitors at the moment and yesterday spent some time catching up on TV and it was good to just have that time away from the schedule.

So just have fun. It can make the day better and life is about experiences so why not go to the park now the days are getting lighter. Check out his blog: different experiences

Many thanks for reading,

Carrie X

March Newsletter 2026! Easter Edition

25 Wednesday Mar 2026

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Hello! It is that time in the month where I post my newsletter for March 2026 talking about Easter and our plans. As we have moved we may not doing a Easter Egg hunt this year, but if you do it is very easy. All you need is eggs and questions and use file cards or print of some clues and scatter the eggs around.

We will be going on bus and train rides and just booked to play tennis at Wimbledon park, and so looking forward to it.

I just love that we ca turn off our alarms and get up when we are ready. It is good to do different things and and many parks and Garden centres have Easter Egg hunts and plan to go up to London depending on the weather and also may go to the Cinema depending what is on.

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It is Good to have different experiences

24 Tuesday Mar 2026

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boat rides, different experiences, festivals, my own experiences, walks, where to go

It can be a great to explore and it doesn’t have to be during the school holidays or your lifestyle. I watch the Traitors and in the programme there are a mixture of people and so never allow anything to hold you back.

Yet we do have the Easter Holidays and is a great time to hop on a bus which my son and I have done and we go to London, around Epsom and other places in surrey and last year we went to East Grinstead and stayed in a lodge on a farm and it was a nice trip. It was very hot though but just so good to get away.

This was a walk I did from Kingston to Richmond and love this type of walk and a great experience is going on different walks and good to do during the Spring and Summer or wrap up and still can do during Autumn and winter.

So it doesn’t even have to be far away. I have booked to take Henry to his second music festival as he loves the Proclaimers and experiences like that is a must. As a kid we would go camping near Newbury. The first time was turbulent as I wasn’t well, but then realised how much fun it was and we’d be with other families. They were people we would go to Menorca with and Chertsey in the Summer, on some Sunday’s and swim in the river there and was so much fun.

It is good to be away from the normal routine and have fun.

Get a group of you and do an assort course. It is so much fun. I was a bit of scaredy cat but I did some of it and we had a gathering afterwards and doing a running events. I did Race For Life, The Great North run,, London 10K and when word got around I was doing running and walking events I had people wanting to join me.

Following a sports team can be great fun. I followed the London Broncos from the age 14 and it was was a huge part of my life and was with. great people and great days out. I would travel home and away to matches and can be so much fun. Myself, my husband and Henry have gone to watch Leatherhead, Fulham and AFC Wimbledon play and even Chelsea and my mum and I were Members and I was a season ticket holder for a season and can be a great place to go for new friendships and its something different and I love when we go up to the Epsom Downs and visiting garden centres that often have things going on.

It is good to have something to look forward to. It good to have that time to just hang out and we would travel, by coach, train and even plane. I flew to France to watch a rugby match and took the ferry to Paris to see the London Broncos play. It is good to travel along the English Thames. I love going on the UberBoat to North Greenwich or there is a boat you can take from Richmond, Kingston to Hampton court. We are off to see the Red Roses again this year at Twickenham. They are the ladies England Rugby Union Team and even gone to watch American Football when we there was the London Monarchs and going to the races.

As a child I was a bit of a cry baby and was bullied and not saying that is an excuse to be bullied but I would cry a lot. I remember staying at one of my friends houses and I would cry because I needed the toilet. It was because I was scared of the dark but it nearly stopped me from staying at somebody else’s house because that would have driven me mad. I was a scaredy cat and frustrated my friend. Being terribly shy when at a birthday party and my son has been scared and cried when I took him to the library but this would be at 10 years old and yet when I went to Florida for the first time did a lot of rollercoasters and so I had to change because I didn’t want to be scared all of the time and enjoy different experiences.

Having different experiences helped. I love dancing school and was super shy and it built up my confidence. I was glad that I began to play football at school and have a hobby. Doing my radio show is an experience. A friend I know went to Vietnam on her own and my step sister did the walk along the Great Wall of China and a lady I worked with at an Advertising Agency left her well paid job to travel around the world. Going to work at a holiday camp was a great experience and after I got over my home sickness I stayed down there for about 5 years and met my husband and it is amazing what will come your way by doing different experiences and life is about building memories and just take on different opportunities.

I hope you find this blog helpful. I post all my blogs, vlogs and books on my Pinterest, X and Facebook:

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Many thanks for reading,

Carrie

Weekly Cheat Sheet: Do It Together

23 Monday Mar 2026

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Hello! It is a new week and time for my Weekly Cheat Sheet. This it is doing things together.

I post these weekly except bank holidays. They are free to download and print.

To Do Joint TasksDownload

It is good to do things that save time.

So I hope you do find this Cheat Sheet helpful.

Many thanks for reading,

Carrie X

Cheat Sheet: Setting Up Your Weekly Tasks

16 Monday Mar 2026

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Hello! I hope you had a good Mothers Day. I got I set off Wireless headphones for my phone and a card from my son. Had a nice dinner and my son did well at Tennis and Rugby and won player of the week.

Now though it is a new week and this means it is the day I post my weekly Cheat Sheet. I am share how I plan my weekly tasks.

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These are free to download and print. I post on Mondays but not on bank holidays and if you’d like to be notified when I post on this site then please subscribe.

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Many thanks for reading,

Carrie X

Weekly Cheat Sheet: Getting The Best Out Of Life

09 Monday Mar 2026

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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

So here is this weeks Cheat Sheet:

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There is a blank page for you to write down What things you’d like to implement each day to get The Best Out of Life.

These Cheat Sheets are free to download and print and are on different topics and I love doing them and I hope you enjoy reading them.

You can find all my cheat sheets on my Pinterest, X and Facebook:

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Many thanks for reading,

Carrie X

Life Doesn’t Have To Be Difficult

07 Saturday Mar 2026

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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.

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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.

If you like this blog then you can subscribe and it is free to do so. I have other blog sites and so check my Pinterest where it is free to follow me, X and Facebook and I also have a Youtube Channel where I Vlog and post videos every Friday.

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Many thanks for reading,

Carrie X

Weekly Cheat Sheet: Meal Planning

02 Monday Mar 2026

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Hello! It is a new month and week. How fast is this year going? Means making more spring like food. Like Salads and have lunch or breakfast in the garden and working out in the garden with a good meal. This can ease the Mind and the Body. So in this Cheat Sheet it is giving tips in Meal Planning.

Have items in your food cupboard. I love mine and having tins of curry and great back up if your oven or a cooking appliance break down (1)Download

I love doing these sheets. The idea came when I worked in Call Centers and they would have cheat sheets and so I hope you like them too and are free to download and print but would like to ask if you do like this blog site to please subscribe to help the site grow..

I also have other blog sites, film Vlogs and written books. Check out my Pinterest, X and Facebook and my Youtube Vlog Channel:

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Many thanks for reading,

Carrie X

Simple Systems Weekly Cheat Sheet

23 Monday Feb 2026

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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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These are free to download and print. I post every Monday except Bank Holidays.

Please check out my Pinterest if you’d like to see the others ones I have created: https://uk.pinterest.com/thetypicalLondongal/everyone-can-build-a-castle/cheat-sheets/

I also share my life in Vlogs if you’d like to check it out and is free to watch and showing more of what I get up to in my life as a mum, writer and producing weekly content: https://www.youtube.com/@typicallondongal

Many thanks for reading,

Carrie X

My February Newsletter

22 Sunday Feb 2026

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Hello is the last week of February and that means it is time for my newsletter that I create each month and share what me and my son did during half term and what is coming up and just a catch up. If you didn’t know I have a Vlog Channel on Youtube and so please check it out: https://www.youtube.com/@typicallondongal

These newsletters are free to download and print and if you’d like to be notified when I post on this blog site then please subscribe.

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I get so much joy in creating them and are a great tool to help you share places I have visited and my life as a mum. I do have a parenting blog click here: https://theparentingadventurestipsandtricks.wordpress.com

I also share dates and yearly celebrations and sharing parts of my life you may be interested in. I love recommending and what has been recommended to me.

Tomorrow I will be posting my last Cheat Sheet for February. Please check the one I posted last week: Weekly Cheat Sheet: Different Ways to Organise

Many thanks for reading,

Carrie X

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