If you have plans but you are not sure where to start I’d recommend doing a Mind Map. I do this a lot. It helps with overwhelm and lay out what you want to focus on and building by creating steps to allow it to grow and build whatever that is that you want to see “GROW” my word for this year (2026) and so I have created a printable for you use and I hope you find it helpful.
This is free to download and print and will be creating more. You can find my printables on my Resource Library and on my Pinterest which has all my blogs and printables, such as my Weekly Cheat Sheets and Monthly Newsletter, as I have many and I create each week and printables for my yearly programmes.
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Its a bit like doing a family tree. So you can do from yourself. So Carrie, I write blogs, Books and youtube. I want to publish another book, I am a mum, and need to get Henry ready and settled in his new school, I want to grow my blogs and do some new training on my Educational Youtube channel.
So I hope you enjoy this tool and there will be more coming.
Hello and welcome to another Monday. If you are new then each week I post a Cheat Sheet on various things and this week it is: Different Ways to Organise. I do a blog specifically about Organisation if you’d like to check it out:
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.
I do these each week and are free to download and print. If you’d like to see more then please subscribe and you will be alerted when I post on this site and I do a monthly newsletter aswell check it this months: January Newsletter 2026
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.
It is time to declutter and say goodbye. There have been many Youtubers who are doing videos on decluttering and organising videos at the moment and I too have been decluttering. Soon we will be moving. I have been filming some decluttering I have done and planned too do more. I am currently sorting out my bedroom and my sons, along with the Living room and the kitchen. I like to get things in order as I can be messy. Check out this vlog: https://youtu.be/c8ECaPgezp8
My room is being changed and as you can see it needs to be improved.
I am not always one to fold clothes and then wonder while I am mentally insane. My mum is like Mary Poppins she can turn a unmade bed into a masterpiece. To me it is a pain in the backside because I still end up with creases and the Mattress protector won’t stay in place and feel like abandoning it as soon as I start and a lot of swearing starts to come out of my mouth.
I will begin to pull my hair out that one of my Aunties cats used to do as I try to keep things in order but it never works out that way.
So the first thing is what is getting on your nerves?
If there is something that is really bugging you then it is a good place to start. So for me I bought some new pillows because mine have gone out of shape and I like to regularly change them and then will wash and replace my bedding again and eventually I will get a new set.
Then what areas do you like?
Embrace these areas and take photos and create an album so you can see what is working and what is not.
I exposed my mess in a Vlog I ( just linked it above) showed my corner unit in my bedroom. It is a hindrance but I like my bedside. I will be putting shelves up for my books and going to tackle my corner unit and get it in order. It is on my list so it won’t be a hindrance anymore. WHAT i AM TELLING MYSELF ANYWAY!
Do an area at a time.
So you may say, Monday I will sort out the kitchen and do a draw. Then once that is done then move to the bedroom.
So this week my plan is to, sort out the top of my closet. I see what I can let go of and what I want to keep. What will be useful and will not.
Then following week I will sort out another bag. I find it to overwhelming to do it all in one go and so I like to do it in steps. At the weekend I sorted out books as I am moving soon. I live in Epsom and Wimbledon and so will be moving to somewhere new, no longer in Wimbledon and so it is really being set on what books I want to read or let of the books I am not going to read.
When it is blistery outside it is nice with a cup of tea or coffee and get rid of what has no longer has place in your life anymore.
I like to have the heating on and I know some may be too scared and why not help a friend or relative have a declutter. Have a bit of a party with Bacon Sandwiches and tea allround or some tea and biscuits.
Why can’t it be a joint effort and gonna go through my sons books again as he has moved up a step now, with his books along with toys that have parts missing, ready for his new toys and games.
I have a new addition to my home in Epsom. A printer and my son is eager for me to set it up. We are also planning to have a cat. Yes we are and I am kind of looking forward to finding one that is suitable but means we have to be extra vigilant with what we have and not leaving bits of food on the floor.
It has been good and there is more change but I feel good about it, come with me on this journey.
Hello and Welcome! The beginning of a new week and it means another Cheat Sheet. If you’ve just visited this blog site then thank you. I post a weekly Cheat Sheet on many different things and are free to download and print.
They are tips of getting more out of your life through enjoying reading, watching and organising and just getting the most out of you life and with productivity too.
This weeks is a list of my Favourite things I like to listen to and watch.
It is coming to the end of my Winter Wellness programme which I created and ends at the end of January and this week I will be posting my Monthly Newsletter. So if you want to be notified of when I post these please subscribe.
I also have a vlog channel and post a vlog every Friday:
I bet there are lot of people wanting Winter to be over. I hear it and not going to say “Oh think positively” if you can’t get your car out of the snow and you can’t go to work to earn your living, then how can you? Nature can have its evil side and so wish you all the best and hope that they have some way of contacting others. The feelings of people being stranded makes me want to wave a wand to get rid of the storms we have but you can’t so I will pray for you and those who you may know are stuck and they get help.
Going out it seemed okay and went for us here in Surrey a coffee and the darkness is making me feel cozy and grateful for what I have and feel different. There are things I’d like to do, I just fear housework. I am making sure Henry does some learning. He has two schools interested and so feel that some good things are on the horizon, but gonna see before I get my hopes up or look too far ahead of myself and live at a steady, slower pace.
Where is your mind at?
I think it is a natural to feel extra hungry or tired because we as humans need day light and when there is lack of it we feel like doing nothing and its okay to do that. Your not doing anything wrong and often we feel we are.
We still today as I write this blog, went out for a coffee and picked up a few things and Henry did some learning and I feel I being told subconsciously that not to worry about clearing out a bag, which in the end completing this blog did. Its okay to focus on my son and getting a place in a school, rather and housework as I received a call about Henry having an assessment. He has two next week and feel my prayers are being answered.
My sentence for me this year is “Wait and See” and not get impatient that things are taking their time. Sometimes life can be like that and with my son and school is taking my mind off on it being cold. I do find it hard to exercise when it is cold and move at all.
Yes set goals, manifest, create a Vision board and get a new diary or planner, but what is around you right now? I have gotten in a place where I am okay by how it is now. I have clothes, my son, my homes and my writing and at this moment, I love all these things.
So I am open to what 2026 brings and just let life be more present and leave part of my life to fate and yes I believe in God. There are changes and transitions, as I am moving, as I live partly with my mum and step dad but with my husband and son too, and they are the things I am focused on now.
There is still a lot to learn and going to do more courses as I love doing that. I loved my reading and completed 20 books this year and my challenge for 2026 is 21 books. I will be updating site, My Books and Stories.
I am watching a Video by Carter Sullivan on Youtube and is on the same mindset as me and that is to see what happens in 2026. Its a relief to me and letting go off the girl who feels I have to map it out all the time and mind maps are good, but you don’t have to set up your whole year but where your are now.
So January it is getting back in to learning mode, for me working on my book called When Mothers Are Real and setting up my watch for measuring my steps and sorting out the home.
I have begun No Spend January and set up my planner which I plan to film and it doesn’t mean I can’t spend anything. Its only essentials and stock up on them so I don’t need to go and buy. It means doing a spending plan and what is not a priority.
Everyone can build a castle 