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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

Weekly Cheat Sheet: What to do on a rainy day

23 Monday Sep 2024

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Hello and Welcome! It is time for a new Cheat Sheet, which I post weekly, on a Monday to start the week and this weeks is ideas of what to do on rainy days as this morning it wasn’t that nice here in Epsom, UK Surrey.

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Many thanks for reading,

Carrie X

Autumn Reset: Week 2 Planning Projects and reflecting on how it has gone

20 Friday Sep 2024

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So getting my projects done I begun to use a planner I got from The Works and planned on sorting out my bedroom in Epsom and where I am going to start, to get it all cleared and be ready to move items to the shed we have once we can sort out the shelving, cupboards, floor and walls.

So I have began to sort out the corner unit in my room and cleared the tidied the top of it and on Monday will be clearing the inside to tidy up my clothes and then start clearing out the closet by observing that I can clear some of the storage bins in there, in order to sort out my craft items and so got toys to get rid of that are out in the corridor and they are toys with bits missing and so no good to anyone.

I have worked on my book and glad to have gone to Morden hall this week, see my latest vlog which features this https://youtu.be/51UAqGNvaic plotting my book, create my script for my Financial living Youtube channel and filmed that today https://youtu.be/giFVlp3oVWY and saw another Secondary school this week that could be a possibility for my son to got to once he has finished in year 6, which is next year.

I only got 3 more questions to answer to complete my last unit on my counselling course and thinking of ideas for my room and created a vision board for it and would recommend in doing this and one thing I love to to, is on amazon create a wish list of items that I have seen and have created a board on my Pinterest where you can find my blogs from last week if you have not read them yet, with other content on there too:

Please check out my printable which is free to download. You can find it here Autumn Reset

Have a great weekend and please share of your 2nd week of doing this reset that I do each year and thank you for your visiting and if you want more blogs like this then please like and subscribe, as then you don’t miss one.

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 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

My Weekly Cheat Sheets: Getting ready for the Autumn

12 Monday Aug 2024

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Hi All it is Monday once again and time for a new cheat sheet, which I post every Monday on this site and on my other site, https://theparentingadventurestipsandtricks.com and this week it is about Getting ready for the Autumn:

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Yes I know we still got a few weeks but some countries and different parts of the UK have already gone back and started getting ready for Autumn and just to keep you in formed, on the 10th September my Autumn Reset Programme starts until the end of October.

To download these weekly printables it is free and can be shared.

Many thanks for reading,

Carrie X

Weekly Cheat Sheet: Getting thing done by having a Total Reset

08 Monday Jul 2024

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Weekly Cheat Sheet: Getting things done by having a total Reset

Please see post above of my weekly Cheat sheet which I post every Monday and this weeks one is about getting things done by having a total reset and completing and delegating tasks and what can be done on another day.

They are completely free to download and please remember to subscribe so you will be alerted every time I post a new blog.

Many thanks

Carrie X

Life Coaching Programme “Summer Project 2024” Making life Simple

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You don’t have to follow others if you don’t want to, but find those who like to live the Simple Life and I am not talking about 80’s sitcom the Good Life, growing your own veg or herbs, which you can if you want, but where you know what you have to do each week and what suits your lifestyle.

Image of Rosbery Park in Epsom and where I like to walk through, as feel so good when I do.

I think we are in the “Now Culture” and yes sitting and waiting doesn’t always help but when you are exhausted each day, it is worth taking a back seat and let life take its course. I plan a lot, but sometimes it is good to just relax and do things not on the to do list. Example yesterday we watched a film, today instead of editing my book, spent time working on my blogs and catching up on Youtube and write my daily blog: https://mydailythougthsandfeelings.blogspot.com/2024/05/making-most-of-weekend.html

I use one note, my diary and google Calendar of what I want to get done each week. I use my Filofax to plan my writing and courses and go through my finances and go through my expenses and use an Excel Spreadsheet and go through important dates, such as appointments and birthdays.

When it comes to getting things done, I like to have music or something on at the background and to exercise I walk and use my exercise mat and dumbells. When it comes to cooking I like to have things in the cupboard and fridge because my husband didn’t want to use the freezer anymore, and also because like the week just gone my son and I was in Wimbledon, for half term (school holidays).

Having a simple picnic or a train ride and time to go where we want and not worry about time. I this week are going to make time to have a good clean and tidy in the kitchen again, as I did this the last week before half term, and doing more walking at home on the treadmill and outside. I like doing weights and using my exercise mat.

I like to cook and have things to hand that will keep me below budget but fulfilling and so like to have sauces to make our family favourite meals, like Meatballs and spaghetti, I am getting some left over bolognaise we had on Saturday so it doesn’t go to waste and tonight it is curry and my sons favourite meals is beans egg, and toast.

Simple meals, planning and organizing in simple ways and simple living is how I roll and will continue to do. Life doesn’t have to be hard and enjoyment is the key ingredient and feeling free from stress to make each day as good as the last one.

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Many thanks for reading,

Carrie X

Life Coaching Programme “Summer Project 2024” Habits of a life time

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My life has changed a lot and it has taken a long time to find my place in life where I feel happy and content. It has been due to changes. I this morning as I write this blog got up at 5am to have extra hour to work on different projects, spend time playing with my son and following my dreams by making sure I stop feeling so anxious each day.

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So the first tip is:

Find your time when you feel the most energy.

This is in the mornings, and it is taking a lot of testing to find my most energetic time. I no longer get tired in the afternoon and use this time to exercise unless I have gone for a walk outside, and start my day. This allows me to edit my book I am currently writing and continue doing a course I am doing, to help build my skills and knowledge.

Second tip:

Make it realistic and achievable.

Once you have found the time when you feel energy, then begin to go through your other habits.

I had been trying to get up earlier but kept failing, and the one morning it just happened after the little sleep that night, and felt wide awake, and got up at 4:30am, but found this tough to keep this going and wasn’t realistic for me so I get up now between 5 to 5:30am and suits me, and I make my first cup of tea of the day, to edit my book. There was a time I would go for a run, as it started to get lighter each morning, but not realistic for me now, and when I began last year to start going for a run again, I picked up an injury at the top of my leg, so I go for a early morning walks, once my son has gone to school. It is not realistic for me to go for a walk earlier now so do it is once my son is off to school.

Third tip:

Start in one place at a time

So what area in your life is important to you that you want to change? Take a picture and brainstorm ideas of how to sort this area out and how you can begin to take action. So I needed help in finding time to edit my book and so do it in the morning so then it is done and then work do some of my Life Coaching course I am doing, and block my time.

I use Google Calendar and it is good to get these areas worked on first, then it is getting dressed, breakfast and getting my son ready for school, so it is good to find a good routine and to stop repetitiveness. As humans we like variety and so do something different each day and so I will spend time between the gaps of my day, writing a blog and catch up on Youtube or TV.

Set some time to do whatever you choose

This is free choice time so I can do whatever I like and it really helps me to wind down and reset my mind and have breaks to get chores done and clear the washing up, put on some laundry on and clear clothes and sort out my sons clothing.

I will make sure I take time away from my laptop and it has made a difference and read a book, and just make sure I am properly relaxed to help me have a goodnights sleep and will do some reading, and currently reading: The Healing Power of Mindfulness and very interesting and like doing some mindfulness and taking in what is around me and a good way to relax the body and mind.

I hope you are liking these blogs and please comment below if you too have tips of Habits of a life time.

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Many thanks for reading,

Carrie X