So this morning I got woken up by my neighbour again at 3:30 and I wasn’t able to get back to sleep again so I have been doom scrolling on my phone all morning.
I am now up and abut to have a shower and then take the dog for a walk before heading over to my brothers house to continue the eating and drinking 🙂 Its back to work tomorrow so I will be getting up at 5am and walking into the office again in the morning so I will be getting back into the grind again!
This morning I also made a list of all the things that I need to get done when I am on holiday for the first week and a half of next year (so from this Friday!) and I also booked a trip to the tip for Saturday morning to clear some space for the organising and clearing up! I have a lot to do but I think that it is doable and will really get my flat and garage into a state where I can live a clutter free life going forwards! As I always do in January I will de-clutter my life as much as possible and get rid of as much of the stuff that I have accumulated over the past year that I don’t use!
This year I an going to make one change and instead of dumping things in the garage I am going to clear out the garage and then make it into my gym so that I can work out in the morning without waking up the neighbours and also de-clutter my bedroom so that it is literally a place of relaxation and calm! I also want to make the current gym area into a reading area as I want to make a concerted effort to study and learn more about automation for my work so that I can make my work life more enjoyable and stress free as well as progress my career further as I have been pretty much stalled treading water professionally for the past couple of years so I want to start to improve my work life as much as possible!
Before I make the gym area I need to clear as much space as possible so that I can have space in the flat to get some deep cleaning and painting done as I have been in the flat 3 years now and its time to renew the paint work. I also need space to paint my Son’s bed frame as its currently raw wood and it stands out a lot from the white walls so while he is away on holiday in Brazil I want to paint the side of the room that is his bedroom area and also paint the bed white so that it blends in will the walls better! To do that I need to move a bunch of stuff out of the lounge to give me the space to pull the bed frame out and paint it as well as paint the walls and ceiling at that end of the room before putting it all back and doing the same in the rest of the lounge.
I plan to work on the garage all this week so that by the weekend I have the space to work with and also I can get everything that need to go to the tip loaded in the car so that I can go to the tip and empty it at 9am on Saturday! I will make this my priority this week so I will spend my lunch times in the garage and not worry about riding BMX too much then next week I will be all sorted ready to start my training.
Currently everywhere that I look is cluttered and disorganised so getting that sorted is definitely a priority so that next week I can have an uncluttered living space as also a decent clear gym area in the garage to work out it in!
At the moment my flat is so cluttered and disorganised that it just stresses me out all the time so the 2 weeks of cleaning and organising is really needed to start the year with a clean slate and give me the mental clarity to concentrate on my study’s properly.
This year I also need to sell as many of the bikes as possible as I really can’t stand having all the bikes cluttering up my life and I really only use 3 0r 4 of the 10 or so bikes that I have at the moment so getting rid of all the unwanted bikes is also a priority! I also urgently need to get my finances under control as I do basically nothing and have to borrow money each month to live on so I need to get to a point where I am not living pay check to pay check all the time! Due to this I am not sure if I will be racing this year again as I can’t afford to live without the expense of racing so I will definitely not be able to afford to race as well!
So my not fitness goals are:
Get finances under control and start building up an emergency fund
De-clutter Flat/ Garage and Garden
Sell as many bikes as possible!
I am currently going through my outgoings to see where all my money is going and then I can start working out where I can cut expenses and start to budget properly so that I can start to pay off my credit cards and live within my means!