First Update to Changing my Life

It has been two days since I started trying to change my life. I am going to go through the goals I have set for myself and review how I have done.

I am going to lose weight.

Over the two days I have not been to the gym as I have been feeling lousy after recieving my second covid vaccine on Monday November 1st. I did not hit my step goal on the 2nd however I have surpassed it by 3000 steps today. After experimenting with making sushi for dinner tonight I am unsure if I am in a caloric deficit for today but I was in one yesterday. I drank 1.5 litres of water yesterday but am under 750ml today.

I am going to be financially stable.

Yesterday I spend absolutely no money however today I spend $50 that my mum lent me (yes I know how lucky I am) on materials for sushi, an energy drink, smokes and fuel. I needed fuel and am planning on paying her back tomorrow (payday, however I am not proud of the rest of it. I am currently $6150.92 in debt.

I received a call today letting me know that from tomorrow I will have an extra hour of work per day. While this is only an extra 5 hours of work per day it is an extra 5 hours of pay per week. This extra money will hopefully help me pay off my debts quicker, or at very least help me avoid going into more debt.

I am going to put effort into learning.

I did not practice French yesterday but I am planning on practicing for at-least 15 minutes when I hit publish on this post. I finished listening to the book ‘C is for Corpse’ by Sue Grafton which was over a chapter yesterday and today I have read two chapters of ‘House rules’ by Jodi Picoult. Two new facts I have learnt over the past two days are:

Multiplying the number 21,978 by 4 reverses the numbers to 87,912.
A horses hooves are one thick big toenail.

I am going to declutter my space.

This is going to seem ridiculous as they are so small but I found two used up pens that were just laying around and threw them out.

I am going to quit smoking.

My goal with this one was to just track my smoking. Yesterday I had 10 cigarettes and today I have had 22.

I am going to build my morning and night routines.

Okay, both days I have tracked my morning routine, the only common items are going to the toilet, weighing in and taking my medication. I did not track my night routine on either day. I think it would actually help me if I had a list to follow in the morning and at night so I am going to draft some routines to follow below.

Morning Routine

Get up
Toilet
Weigh in
Take my meds
Wash my Face
Brush my teeth
Apply sunscreen
Get dressed for the day.

Night Routine

Make a cup of tea
Bathe and shave
Read
Take my meds
Wash my face
Brush my teeth
Journal
Lights out

I will do my best to follow these routines and I will be setting them as checklists in my phone so I can legitimately work my way down a checklist.

So yes, I haven’t made the most progress in the world but it has been two days. It took my 25 years to get where I am, I am not going to be able to completely change it overnight.

Are you trying to make any changes in your life? Tell me about them below!

Stay safe, stay healthy and stay cozy.

Changing my life… For real this time. (I hope)

I am done. I have to change my life, the way I am living at the moment is damaging to me. It is damaging to my mental and my physical health. Right now I weigh 95kg at 5’5, I have no savings behind me though I have several savings goals and in fact I have $6100.92 worth of debt. $6100.92 That is not okay, I do not have any reason that I am comfortable with making that number okay. Alright, continuing: I have stopped learning, I LOVE learning and reading, why do I not do that anymore? My surroundings are cluttered and majorly stress me out. I am a pack a day smoker which is just not okay and finally (at least for now) I do not have any set morning or night routines, this leaves me feeling chaotic and out of control.

If all of that is how I am feeling, how will I change it?

I am going to lose weight.
Okay, the goal weight my doctor has given me is between 60kg and 65kg. Please note, I very much encourage anyone looking to partake in a weight-loss regime to consult a medical professional first.
In order to lose weight I will be going to the gym at least 5 days a week, I will be ensuring that I hit my step goal every day and I will be eating to a caloric deficit everyday. While I will be updating here about my weight-loss efforts I will not under any circumstances be sharing any of my calorie intake information. I will be sharing my weight every Saturday and I have the goal of losing between 0.25kg and 1kg per week however I want to highlight that to start with my weight may drop a bit quicker than that as I aim to reduce my sodium and drink more water. I am not a medical professional and I do not want anyone to try to copy my methods to lose weight, as such I will attempt to be as vague as possible.

I am going to be financially stable.
I am writing this at 11.11pm on November 1st 2021. From November 2nd 2021 until December 31st 2021 at a minimum I will be going on a spending ban. I will be saving as much as possible while also paying off as much debt as possible. I will be allowed to spend money on the following:

• Grocery shopping
• Bills
• Planned for outings at a maximum of $50 per fortning
• Debt repayment
• Items that must be replaced if I have absolutey nothing else that will fulfil the purpose
• Christmas Presents

I am going to put effort into learning.
To start with, I have been saying for years that I wanted to learn French, I even have the Duolingo app on my phone not that it ever gets used. So I am going to commit to actually learning French, right now my goal is to be able to hold a basic conversation in French. I am also going to commit to learning one new fact a day and reading a minimum of one chapter a day (the chapter can be from any book so will likely be fiction books).

I am going to declutter my space.
Everyday I am going to find at least one thing in my home to declutter.

I am going to quit smoking.
Okay, so this is something that I have said I am going to do many many times over the years, I am 25 years old and I started smoking when I was 15 or 16. Now I am not going to guarantee that I am just going to quit cold turkey but every day I am going to make a note of how many smokes I have had and I will be aiming to lower the amount I consume. Today for a starting point, I had 23 cigarettes.

I am going to build a morning and night routine.
To start with I am just going to start making a note of what I am actually doing in these times. After I have an idea of what I am naturally doing I can start making changes as necessary.

I have made posts and commitments before and I have promptly forgotten about not only my attempts to better my life but also my commitment to update this blog. I end up in a cycle of posting, forgetting, feeling shame and deleting the post. I think however, where I really go wrong is that I commit to updating the blog once a week. I am just not good at planning more than a day or two in advance so my commitment this time is that I will post twice a week (Wednesdays and Saturdays) but that these posts will include notes that I have made daily. I am aware that sometimes (if not most the time) this means that my updates will not be all that interesting but I need to do this for myself and I do not feel that I will stick to it without knowing there is a chance that someone somewhere will read it.

Okay, I should post this and go to bed as it is 11.54pm. In 6 minutes I am starting the challenge to improve my life. This should be interesting.

Stay safe, stay healthy and stay cozy ❤