The Past Few Weeks

The last few weeks have been pretty hectic therefore I have been struggling for time to post on the blog, however I have still been working on my challenges.

Over the last few weeks I have been busy doing work on both my Pet Sitting course and my Animal Care Degree. I have also completed two exams for the Animal Care degree and passed them with an "A" grade.

Despite being rather busy with studying over the last few weeks I have also managed to spend some time with my mum, partner and son.

Other challenges that I have been working on over the last few weeks include:

• looking to increase the income (aiming for £2000 per month) - not far off at the moment
• Getting a decent amount of sleep every night - managing this most nights
• Getting debts cleared - slowly but surely getting there.
• Make budgets and stick to them - pretty much done however unexpected car expenses changed it slightly.

Tomorrow I will spend sometime deciding on the smaller challenges for October so will post a plan for October once decided.

Day 5 and Day 6

I did not really get much done on day 5 as I was not feeling to well, feeling a bit better today although I have not got many of my challenges done as I have busy catching up on work.

Tomorrow Day 7 - I plan to evaluate where I am up to with all my challenges.

Day 4 Of The Challenge

Today I accompanied some more of my steps which were to post a daily entry on my 101 blog, get a decent amount of sleep the night before and also to get all the work done that is in my diary.

Steps For Rest Of This Week

I have had a look at my list and decided on some steps to work on for the rest of this week. The steps for the rest of this week are:

1. Work on Pet Sitting course
2. Work on animal care degree
3. Eat 5 portions of fruit and vegetables per day
4. Make an entry every day on animal related blogs
5. Make an entry every day on 101 blog
6. Update networking sites on daily basis
7. Spend some time every week with my mum
8. List 20 items on ebay per week
9. De-clutter the bedroom - list all unwanted items on ebay / free cycle
10. Spend more time with son and partner
11. Spend at least an hour every day having me time
12. Go horse riding at least once a week
13. Obtain a job that involves working with animals
14. Grow my hair long again
15. Set monthly spending budgets and stick to them
16. Completely cut out take aways
17. Go out as a family once a week
18. Complete work as set out in my diary
19. Get my son into some sort of routine
20. Sort a cleaning schedule for the house ans stick to it
21. Make £2000 per month through various jobs
22. Get a decent amount of sleep every night

What Happened On My Second Day

Oh well my second day did not go to well I only manged to achieve two of my challenges which were to refrain from take aways and to get enough sleep.

I am doing well with refraining from takeaways as actually not had a take away for about two weeks.

I feel I will have to try harder to work with what is stated in my diary as this is still proving to be a bit of a problem. I will also have to get organised enough to enable me to post updates on my blogs on a daily basis.

Plans For My Second Day On This Challenge

Oh well tomorrow will be my second day on the challenge and I feel I have made a good start today. I start my animal care degree today so this will be one of my challenges started. Other steps that I will do today are:

• Make daily entries on animal related blogs
• Make daily entry on 101 challenge blog
• Get a decent amount of sleep
• Refrain from having take aways
• Complete the work that is set out in my diary for today.

I think this will give me enough to concentrate on today as I will be in college all day.

My First Day

Today was a very productive day as I managed to achieve all the goals that I set for today.

• I have made a start on catching up with my Pet Sitting course and scheduled the rest of the work that needs to be done.
• I have planned the entries for my blog and scheduled it in my diary
• I have updated networking sites and scheduled it in my diary to be done on a daily basis
• I have telephoned my mum using my free calls and arranged to visit this week.
• I attended the riding lesson with my son and booked lesson for next week
• I have made all meals from things that were in the house therefore keeping to the no take away challenge.
• I have organised my diary so that every day next week is actually manageable and I will stick to what is set out in the menu.
• I have also successfully organised a cleaning schedule and put it in my diary so that it is done on a regular basis.

Small Steps

I have been thinking and I think the best way to acheive my steps is to take it a bit at a time.

My plans for today are:

1. Make a start at catching up with my Pet Sitting course
2. Plan entries to my animal blogs and put this in my diary so that it gets done on a daily basis
3. Update networking sites and put this in my diary so that it gets done on a daily basis.
4. Plan time with my mum for the coming week
5. Attend my riding lesson and book a horse riding lesson for next week
6. Continue to have no take away meals
7. Make sure that every day in next weeks diary is manageable so that I can achieve the work on a daily basis. This is a very important one as I have work to do today as I am really bad for carrying work over and it never gets done.
8. Organise a cleaning schedule and put it in my diary

I think this is everything that I will attempt to do today as it is my first day.

I have thought of something else that I will add to my list and that is to get a decent amount of sleep every night as this will be more important soon as I will be at college.

My 101 Steps

I have decided to create a list of 101 things that I would to do within the next 1001 days. My challenge will start on Sunday 23rd August 2009 and the 1001 days will end on Sunday 20th May 2012. I thought it would be a good way to structure things to keep me focused towards things that I want to work towards and achieve. I have not managed to complete my 101 list but thought I would make a start and add to it as I feel necessary. At the moment my list features 69 steps.

Here is the list:

1. Lose weight – Get weight down to 12 stone
2. Lose weight – Get weight down to 10 stone
3. Pass my Pet Sitting course and get my qualification
4. Pass my animal care degree and get my qualification
5. Try my hand at falconry
6. Eat 5 portions of fruit and vegetables every day
7. Make an entry every day on my animal related blogs
8. Make an entry every day on my 101 steps blog
9. Update networking sites on a daily basis
10. Do the race for life in 2010
11. Spend some time every week with my mum
12. List 20 items on ebay every week
13. De-clutter the living room – list all unwanted items on ebay / free cycle
14. De-clutter the office – list all unwanted items on ebay / free cycle
15. De-clutter the spare room – list all unwanted items on ebay / free cycle
16. De-clutter the kitchen – list all unwanted items on ebay / free cycle
17. De-clutter the bedroom – list all unwanted items on ebay / free cycle
18. De-clutter my sons room – list all unwanted items on ebay / free cycle
19. De-clutter the garden sheds - list all unwanted items on ebay / free cycle
20. Spend more time with son and partner
21. Spend at least an hour every day having some me time
22. Go horse riding at least once a week
23. Pay off my personal loan
24. Pay off household bills
25. Pay off catalogue bills
26. Pay off credit cards
27. Visit the Scottish Island known as the Isle of Mull
28. Obtain a job that involves working with animals
29. Grow my hair long again
30. Learn how to grow my own vegetables and start doing so
31. Get married
32. Find a more suitable house to rent until I can buy
33. Save money toward the wedding
34. Go on a hot air balloon trip
35. Have a party for my 30th Birthday
36. Invest in a new bed
37. Set monthly spending budgets and stick to them
38. Save money to buy my first house
39. Get a new car – ideally a land cruiser
40. Locate suitable stabling for a horse close to my home
41. Get my own horse
42. Start training as a veterinary nurse
43. Revamp my wardrobe – sell unwanted clothing and footwear
44. Completely cut out take aways
45. Go out as a family once a week
46. Complete work as it is set out in diary
47. Visit Dublin with my family
48. Take family to Euro Disney
49. Get my son into some sort of routine
50. Clean my car at least once a fortnight
51. Learn the art of show jumping
52. Sort a cleaning schedule for the house and stick to it
53. Keep on top of the washing and ironing
54. Start competing with my own horse
55. Get a border collie
56. Learn the art of canine agility
57. Learn the art of fly ball
58. Write my first autobiography
59. Write my first animal related book
60. Get my first animal book printed and market it
61. Get 30 minutes exercise every day
62. Go on a camping trip at least once a year
63. Achieve BHS exams
64. Earn extra money working with horses
65. Go to horse of the year show in 2010
66. Visit a dentist and see about getting my teeth sorted prior to getting married
67. Use all the points I collect from things such as club card and nectar.
68. Take a trip in a helicopter
69. Make £2000 per month through various jobs.
70. Get a decent amount of sleep every night