Stats.
So far I have walked 7 Miles in December 200 miles in total since starting this blog
I have stopped myself from spending £190 at work (£10 of which in December) on sweets and snacks, I don't really need.
Click this link to see how all the endeavours are helping to build towards the final goal.
Thoughts
Lots of thoughts, just how to put them in order. a target of 200 miles has been surpassed that is a good thing to have to write about. I have also surpassed £1,000 pound actually saved, which is a good psychological target to have broken through.
This is the first post about activity in December, the month has the potential of setting me up really well for 2019. Because of how my fixed shift falls, I don't actually get any days off for Christmas, it means I will get 18 days in at work so be saving £90, I have 31 days of the supercharged saving which means £93 saved ( >>> link to super charged saving plan <<< ) and already I have been able to put away £140 from items sold.
Selling my old phone has been a bit of a roller coaster, initially thinking I could get £240 then being shown a fault I hadn't noticed, for that offer to slump to £24 then yesterday getting £100 for it as part of the remaining dvds being sold. So as I hadn't sold anything last month it kept me well on target. with the £100 i put into the share scheme it means I have smashed through the £1,000 saved barrier (currently £1,193.02) with the not spending money and supercharged saving this makes the end of month figure being over £1,370. A very respectable achievement and a good base to go onto in 2019.
The walking is doing well, and I admit could do better but 200 miles is not to be sniffed at. My goal for 2019 is to not just be walking to work, but having some good long walks in between especially as I have two sets of holidays coming up for January and March. This is where keeping up the pace might be an issue, short time at work and a short month in February so the first three months of 2019 maybe steady and not abundant.
That is why all signs are good to look at, and I know people would laugh at the fact of me talking about 21p interest on my money last month, but seeing that figure go up and keeping an eye on it the same as everything else. Is like ensuring the watering of a plant and making sure all the buds are fine. As that figure increases it means only a very small part to the total, but the higher that interest paid is, the larger amount I have saved.
My optimism is high, I think without this I certainly wouldn't have barely anything saved, I would certainly have eaten more at work, wasted that money and be probably down with myself. At the moment I can see a bright prospect, enjoy the thoughts of having covered 200 miles and see an achievable goal into the distance.
YAY!!!
Stats.
So far I have walked 28 Mile in November 169 miles in total since starting this blog
I have stopped myself from spending £141 at work (£27 of which in November) on sweets and snacks, I don't really need.
Click this link to see how all the endeavours are helping to build towards the final goal.
Thoughts
It has been over 2 years since the EU referendum was held in the UK, now I don't mention this as something to bang on about the rights and wrongs of it, but more to do with timescale. I remember talking to folks about it, I am remember the results morning, all very clearly, as though it was this summer, and if pushed I would say it happened last year but would have struggled to grasp as I do now that it is over 2 years ago,
Now the point of all that? Well it is the concept of time, at the moment I am still in the very early stages. Looking forward to the future, looking forward to future targets. Still with the nagging doubts, of will I achieve my goals? Will I get anywhere close? The answer comes from experience itself, and to simply take each day as it comes, as I do now by writing these blog posts. Complete one each day. Note down what I have added to the total and move onto the next step. At some point in the future, I hope at least, I will look back and say "Wow!" I remember when I had only collected £141 and now I have over a grand or two grand.
It is all step by step moment by moment, your goal sometimes arrives without warning and surprise and when you look back you don't always realise just how far you have travelled.
Stats.
So far I have walked 25 Mile in November 166 miles in total since starting this blog
I have stopped myself from spending £138 at work (£24 of which in November) on sweets and snacks, I don't really need.
Click this link to see how all the endeavours are helping to build towards the final goal.
Thoughts
It was great to have some time yesterday for just me and our lass, we had a look around town, and on more than one occasion I made our lass laugh. Our lass has the dentist today, so I did want yesterday to be a day of forget whats happening in the future kind of experience.
It also meant with the 3 miles of walking to work, we also did 3 miles yesterday walking around town. I used my Better Points app to measure the distance and I was quiet surprised at how far we had walked. It is also a shame to see how many places which have closed down. You do look and think it is becoming a ghost town where you can just eat, drink or buy other folks cast offs. I do feel that big brands should open up and have more of an experience with their products, so you may well buy them online but you can have a day out trying the different items, as we all love to try before we buy. We should have more places where you can learn new skills or brush up on old ones. Long gone are the days of pile it high and folks will just come and buy it.
In other news, the blog had it's first comments, although this is just a online diary, to help me keep up with the project, it does help to have folks pass by and share their thoughts. The cartoons on the end of posts and on the bottom of twitter posts have worked a treat, people much prefer visuals to a lot of words. Here endeth the lesson.
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