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