Yesterday was my 31st birthday, I had opted for a somewhat quieter affair, having forgotten it was my birthday until the Thursday or was I trying to avoid it? I let you decide.
I think it is easy to forgot all the things you have achieved over the last year when you have such a big monster (I am picturing it as the fluffy monster in the workplace pensions ad who turns abit grizzly once in awhile) take over your life so this is my end of year progress report
Health and Wellbeing.... Improvement Needed
I have obviously started to take my health more seriously over the last year. I had recognised that my fatigue and pain was becoming a real issue and was beginning to stop me doing the things I loved such as my personal training sessions with Nush and my sewing (trembling hands are not helpful when trying to thread a needle). In April I decided enough was enough and I had to get help even if I got told there was nothing wrong with me.
Since I have had every blood test under the sun, MRI scan (hello brain, yes it proved that it existed), physio and be prodded. However progress has been made and I have something to call this energy sucking disease.
I have a tendency for perfection so I put a whole load of pressure on myself when I want to achieve things but that is something I am going to have to learn to let go.
Goals for the year ahead....
- get a referral date and do as I am told
- improve my diet
- begin to find some gentle exercise that doesn't leave me laid out on the floor
- start to do the things I love again such as sewing (but slowly)
- blog about what is going on so it doesn't whirl around in head
- learn people will not judge you if things aren't perfect and that things don't always go to plan
Work.... Good progress
I am fortunate that I am still able to work and get the social aspect of my job because I am a people's person. Work have very accommodating around my illness and I work shorter days, though this has it's own stresses trying to fit in everything I used to do in to shorter hours. This pressure is starting to ease up now I have team around me who are supportive and understand that my workload has to be split in to smaller chunks.
Saying that I did get a promotion this year and given that I only gave up self employment a year ago, I don't think that is bad going. I am keeping the goals pretty light in this area as not sure where this illness will take me.
I have also finally sold my business which quite frankly was killing me, I just couldn't stand the stress of it so having sold this off, it has removed a huge burden I was placing on myself of being perfect and rushing around. I am slowly learning that health must come first (believe me it is a constant heart vs head battle)
Goal for the year ahead....
- Manage to stay employed
- learn what I can from my new boss
- learn to do one things at a time so I don't get in a muddle
- develop a back up plan in case
Life, House and Money.. Steady Progress
18 months ago we brought our forever home. she was, what I like to call a fixer upper or more commonly known as the "house of bodge". Next week we put our renovation plans in to action and begin building our extension which I am uber excited about and if I had the energy I would be there with a sledgehammer.
I am not going to lie to you but my research on extension has developed in to an obessision with home improvement shows (love Sarah Beeney's Property Ladder and Double your house for half the money)and grand designs magazine. Mood boards have been made, loved
all the cutting and sticking, made me feel like a five year old
again.
This has involved pennies in order to build the extension, who knew bricks can cost so much! But in the long term we will have a home that works for us as a family with fewer walls for me to walk in to.
The money front has also improved over the last year with debts from the old business going down even if it isn't as quickly as I like. However the money problem will always resurface as I have cut back my hours at work in order make progress on getting better so this will be one to work on further in the next year. Ideally I would liked to clear the bulk of my debt by the end of next year so that we are in a much more comfortable position but hey you never know what life is gonna throw at ya!
Goals for the year ahead....
- Continue to pay down debts (debt free by 33 is the aim)
- learn to say no to things I can't afford to do right now, things will wait
- learn to plan before making big decisions (this annoys my husband as I am impulsive)
- Get the extension build and decorated by Christmas so we can host our annual pot luck party
- Find the expensive kitchen I like but within my budget (processco budget vs Lemonade budget at the moment)
Sorry abit of a long one for my fellow spoonies but would be great hear all of your goals for the year however big or small.
K x
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