My head needs help!

I'm struggling big time at the minute, i have so many things going on my head is in chaos - its not a nice feeling at all and it just makes me feel useless.  I really need something to help me gain some clarity and calm the chaos......in other words its time for stepping ;) 

Invoice sales - J & F - invoiced.  T,  to be invoiced
Make shamrock
Start Jumper again
Take photos of things to add to fb pages - done
Add items to ebay - 14 spaces now to fill on there
Contact shop and scan
Close Its a quid page
Sort money for shop rental
Promote at least one wedding dress - done 

If i get through at least some of that i will feel better i think! 


As always, if you would like to join me in the positive steps challenge, just comment below saying what you would like to achieve today :) Happy Stepping! xxxx

A whole week without stepping!

Gosh a whole week has passed by in a flash! It's no wonder my house is looking a bit ragged round the edges again lol!! 

I have been doing a bit on the previous steps but not worked through them all yet:

I have managed to do these ones:

Add items to fb pages - i got lots of rings added to TQM page

Promoting fb pages - have done a little bit of this.  The list and like figures are:

The Selling Cafe - 2396
The Selling Cafe Craft Supplies - 167
Truly Quirky Me - 218
Its a Quid - 59
Greenfeat - 39

Sort auction page - all items now posted - will just check for other sales and contact buyers again.

Business plan for The Selling Cafe - started. 

Sort out knitting - fixed mistakes and now 30cm long.

Sales posted - last ones all done - 2 more to sort and post. 

Sort another box of things for the shop - not done yet



So todays plan.....

Look at Its a quid page and decide if keeping

Greenfeat - sort some more items to add, take photos and list.

Ebay - have 30 spaces to list - add more when photos taken. - started

Do some more work on knitting

Sort money for shop rental - started

Tidy living room - started

Put boxes in roofspace

Add dress to gumtree, ebay and promote on fb.

Contact shop and scan

whew am a bit behind......but will catch up soon :)

As always, if you would like to join me in the positive steps challenge, just comment below saying what you would like to achieve today :) Happy Stepping! xxxx

Some days are just harder than others

I had a really hard day yesterday, medical appointments, computer problems, stressful phone calls and other things to deal with.  I didn't get much done in the midst of all that as you can imagine.

Today hasn't been much better to be honest when it comes to productivity stakes......I discovered a mistake in my knitting which means i have to rip back about 8 rows - that will teach me for trying to knit at 2am i guess.  I did spend quite a bit of time trying to sort something out with ebay - i had been charged about £12 too much on my fees so i did eventually get that sorted.  I also sorted out the computer problems and even managed to get the rest of the shoes listed on ebay!! 

I have been working on the blogs and doing some more page promotion on fb as well so i guess i have got a bit more done than i had thought! 

So things i still want to work on:

Sort another box of goods for the shop
Add some more items to fb pages
Keep promoting fb pages - i think i should write a list of them with number of likes so i know i'm getting somewhere with this.
Sort auctions page/group - i just keep putting this off so i need to get stuck into that
Work on the business plan for The Selling Cafe
Get knitting sorted out
Sort out the sales i have made, parcel them up and get them posted.

That will do for now i think!! I am feeling a bit low in mood, but i just need to remember....

I am sure it will get better again soon!


As always, if you would like to join me in the positive steps challenge, just comment below saying what you would like to achieve today :) Happy Stepping! xxxx

I feel great!

It may seem rather silly to say it but i'm going to anyway - My downstairs is clean and tidy....i even hoovered and i just feel great about getting it done! It has taken me quite a while to go through various boxes of things, paperwork and the like but i can sit here now and admire my handiwork and give myself a pat on the back.  I know its a simple thing, and to be honest it really wasn't that bad to start with, it just took me a while to get through it cos i was doing little bits here and there.  However the fact is i did it, despite feeling like poop squared for several days....

I feel like i have achieved something and my happy hormones are sparking (ok so its neurotransmitters but that didn't roll off the tongue quite so well lol!). The point i'm trying to make is regardless of how simple this challenge might seem to be it is actually based on scientific knowledge.

So, now that i have sorted out downstairs i can focus more on that old spare room and getting the money sorted for a new car.  I can also do some more work on The Selling Cafe and get working on that business plan.

So, today i got another 3 pairs of shoes listed on ebay and i have 6 pairs left to list - i want these all added by tomorrow.

I have a few craft orders/sales to sort out now as well and have made a start on one of those.  I am giving myself a target of 24 rows of knitting to do on that each day (its an aran jumper) so that should help me get through that reasonably quickly.

The other things i want to do now are:

Sort fabric for other order
Sort another box of goods to send to the shop
Add some more items to fb pages
Do some more promotion of fb pages
Sort auctions page/group
Make a start on writing the business plan for The Selling Cafe
Work on building the blogs

Right then.....things to do hahahaha!



As always, if you would like to join me in the positive steps challenge, just comment below saying what you would like to achieve today :) Happy Stepping! xxxx

Even when i'm bad i'm good....

I really haven't been feeling well this week, i have had a terrible headache for the whole week and my eyeballs feel like they are scorched.  The joys of having to take antibiotics eh? Anyway its just struck me today that despite feeling so darn pooplike i have managed to get quite a lot done. 

I have sorted out quite a lot of things in house, i have listed a few things for sale, sold some things and i have sorted, labelled and posted things to go to the shop.  I have also managed to finish several craft projects and I made a start on saving towards getting a new car....another couple of sales means i now have about £60 in the car fund account!! Ok so i have a bit to go yet with that, but £60 saved is a good start i think :) 

Today then the plan is....

Put away all the clean washing - done :)
Do some crafting - done :)
Tidy living room - done :)
Parcel up sales - done :)
list remaining shoes
Sort gift basket for Feb 
Go through all items on auction page

That little lot should keep me out of mischief today LOL!

I like this quote and chose it today to remind me its good to acknowledge the progress i have made!

As always, if you would like to join me in the positive steps challenge, just comment below saying what you would like to achieve today :) Happy Stepping! xxxx

Whoosh!!! Major Productivity Spike....

It never ceases to amaze me just how much of a difference stepping makes to me, and yet i do seem to slip out of the routine of it all too easily.  Now that i am back in stepping mode i have already got so much done....

So far today i have:

Cleared a lot of unnecessary clutter from the living room
Put washing away
Tidied around bedroom a bit
Sorted dresses for selling

I also would like to do the following:

Write blog post for The Selling Cafe - done :)
Some craft work - done :)
Finish tidying downstairs
Wash dishes
Do another wash - done :)
Hang up wash to dry - done :)
Check bank account - done :)
Check ebay/fb for sales - done :) another sale YEY :)
List dress on gumtree - done :)
Take photos of remaining shoes and list
Sort an account for car fund - done :)
Sort posting shop stuff

Wow bit of a bigger list today....reflects my mood and motivation levels today, hopefully i will get through plenty of them :) 

I love this quote, it feels like i have adjusted my sails by starting to step again and i am cruising along very well today :) 

As always, if you would like to join me in the positive steps challenge, just comment below saying what you would like to achieve today :) Happy Stepping! xxxx

Well yesterday wasn't too productive.......lol!

I really don't know what happened me yesterday, i didn't get much done at all! Aw well today is another day and i have been working through my steps from yesterday :) The important thing is the things still get done sooner rather than later! 

So today i have already

Done a little bit of tidying downstairs......will try and do a bit more later if i can
CC is paid
Items are ready to post to the shop
Sales are parcelled too and ready to go

As for my longer term goals i want to think about one of those goals - clearing out my spare room.  I have to say this is a mammoth task as the photo below shows!!! This is however my craft room....or at least it will be when i get it cleared out.....also i don't want to just dump things or send them to the charity shop because i want to use this stuff to fund my car purchase.  

The only way i can do this is by working through 1 box at a time.  I have started to do this already this week and have managed to list a few things on ebay and facebook - I am focussing on a box of shoes first and today i have sold my first pair :) YEY!! First lot of cash to add to my car purchase fund!! 

So some more steps for today then.....

Post sales and shop things - done sales bit, shop stuff to be sent different way!
Do some more crafting
Take photos of the rest of the shoes to clear out
List shoes on facebook and ebay
Wash dishes
Put washing away
Do some more tidying in living room
List dress on ebay/gumtree as well

So my first steps towards a few of my goals has been made!

As always, if you would like to join me in the positive steps challenge, just comment below saying what you would like to achieve today :) Happy Stepping! xxxx

What do i want to Achieve?

At the minute i am kind of just ticking along, managing day by day.  Sometimes thats a good thing and a big achievement in itself - daily living can be quite enough to be working on at times.  At other times when i am able to though i like to think about what is it i want to achieve....

I did set myself some goals last January which i will have a look at soon to see how i got on with them, but for now i would like to think about what i would like to achieve this year:

Buy a new (to me) car
Clear out my spare room
Write a new business plan for The Selling Cafe
Build up an emergency fund pot of £2000+
Improve health

Thats about all i can think of for now...I probably will think of more as i go along.  

I will be breaking these goals down over the next few weeks to help me work towards them slowly. I'm still a bit fragile today so more little steps for today.

I want to:

Continue with doing a little bit of tidying downstairs
Pay CC
Prepare items to post to shop
Do some crafting
List another 2 items on ebay
Parcel up sales

As always, if you would like to join me in the positive steps challenge, just comment below saying what you would like to achieve today :) Happy Stepping! xxxx

Easy does it......

One of the things i find difficult when i'm not well is to be gentle with myself.  I hate not being well and i hate not being able to do things.  I do find my positive steps challenge helps me with this though....rather than it being a list of things i HAVE to do and one to beat myself with when i don't manage everything though, it has become a way to help me manage my limitations.  It helps to motivate me when i feel low in mood, but it also helps me to be more realistic about my expectations of myself.  There is something quite powerful about writing things down while also acknowledging how i am feeling each day.

So today i am sticking with the being gentle with myself :) 

I would like to:

do a wash - done :)
hang wash up to dry - done :)
tidy living room - some done....
do some crafting - done :)
list another 2 things on ebay - done :) 
make a payment off credit card

As always, if you would like to join me in the positive steps challenge, just comment below saying what you would like to achieve today :) Happy Stepping! xxxx

Mental Health has Slipped!

Its one of those things I just hate having to say.....My mental health has slipped a lot over the past few weeks.  I am in more need than ever to work on positive steps to help lift it again, but i've been avoiding it somehow.....

I am hoping by coming back here it will help.  Things feel rather overwhelming so its small steps for me today:

House Maintenance 

Wash the dishes - done :)
Do a wash
Tidy Living Room - started :)

Finances

Add shoes to ebay - 2 pairs added/ 9 still to add

Business

Add themed albums to main page - done :)

Do some crafting - done :)

Thats enough to keep me going most of the day i would think



As always, if you would like to join me in the positive steps challenge, just comment below saying what you would like to achieve today :) Happy Stepping! xxxx

Getting back on Track!

Well i have completed most of my steps from last week.....still trying to get into my daily stepping habit which obviously hasn't happened yet as my last update was 5 days ago - hmmmmmm!! For about 3 of those days i have felt like i'm doing the old headless chicken impersonation, so here i am again to get back into the driving seat of my life :) 

Business

still working on those selling albums and so another 10 to work on: 

Nala Home - check up to date
Lotties Delights - done :)
Crafted by Sez - done :)
Crafty Jo Designs - done :)
Love soap with Sarah - done :)
Angies Angels Embroidery - deleted
The Shed - done :)
Pretty in Pink - done :)
All that Sparkles - descriptions and prices need added
Dee - check items up to date

Also payment to shop to sort - done :)
Contact Ian re burners - done :)

Finances

Add another 5 items to ebay
Sort bank account for AT - form requested
Write a list of bills to sort - done :)
sort auctions page

House Maintenance

Tidy Kitchen - done :)
Tidy Living Room - done :)
Hoover all downstairs - done :)
Brush down stairs - done :)

Health

Sort appointments:
psychologist - done :)
psychiatrist
dr - done :)
nurse - done :)

order meds - done :)

I am in charge of where my life goes!

As always, if you would like to join me in the positive steps challenge, just comment below saying what you would like to achieve today :) Happy Stepping! xxxx

So, Its 2014 then is it?

Hmmmm guess who got out of the habit of stepping over Christmas??? hahaha - as i said it just seems to get in the way for me and it takes a while to get back into the old routine.....Its hard enough some times for me to actually have a routine to start with so a break just magnifies the issue for me.  Aw well i am back again now and actually really looking forward to getting my thoughts in order!

Happy New Year to you BTW ;) 

So, let me see, i have a lot of business things going on right now but i don't want this blog to turn into a business list only so i'm going to try and work under my headings again:

Business

Main goal is to get all selling albums on the fb page up to date.

Breaking this down then:

I have currently got 31 selling albums, some of these are current members and some are from people who no longer post on the page.  I need to decide which are staying and which are being deleted.  done :)

I will work through 10 albums at a time to make this more manageable:

Product of the week - all sorted.
Stacey Davidson Creations - all sorted
Loved Toys - all sorted
Truly Quirky Me - all sorted
Misty Makes - all sorted
Gotydotcom - all sorted
LouLou's Handmade Homes - more items to add
Couture Coffee Beans - all sorted
Perfect Patchwork - all sorted
Springdale Florals - all sorted


Finances

I need to start listing items for sale on ebay again to increase income - done :)
sort paypal accounts
check rent payment - done :)

House Maintenance

Tidy living room
hang up washing - done :)

Health

Check next psych appointment date
Check Meds and sort order date - done :)
Make appointment with doc
Make appointment with nurse
That little lot should get me back on track rightly!! 

Quite liked this - reminds me i haven't given up when i go off track and its just temporary!

As always, if you would like to join me in the positive steps challenge, just comment below saying what you would like to achieve today :) Happy Stepping! xxxx