Speeding towards the goals

So here is my weekly blog about how I am going working towards my goals. As you can see this week is titled “speeding” cause I have been doing so many things!!

1. Live life, get out and do things, experience life

This week I arranged to go and see the bell shakespeare company production of Macbeth in May, SQUEEEEE. The Man and I also went out to the movies and saw Darkest Hour, and I have booked for The Man and I to go away in November to a B&B for a weekend SQUEE again!

I had lots of friend things this week too. I went over to Jackie’s place and helped out cleaning her bedroom and chatting, then Cass came over Wednesday night for dinner. Thursday night was tea and dinner with Nic and then Saturday afternoon was board games with friends.

2. Get healthy, lose 20 kilos and stay quit from smoking

I have stayed quit from smoking YAY. And not so many cravings now. I have also devised a ‘Nicci friendly’ eating plan and have put it into practice, so far it is working really well and my sugars are way down. Hurrah. I also went for a walk this week with sneakers and ipod and all. Need to build up the exercise but at the moment I get sore from a little bit. I have also been to my OA meeting I also asked someone to be my sponsor in OA and for someone else to share food plans with me and they both said yes! Yay!

3. Streamline, organise, sort out the house

I have slowed down on this one, but I did go through the books I am giving to lifeline and box up the ones for my counselling library and I also bagged up the spare clothes and doona covers after I cleaned out the linen press to take to Vinnies. I also rang ACT carers to find out if I could get some help in sorting out my garden and I am getting a gardener to come out and do a quote! YAY. Might also also if they do rubbish removal and get rid of the old furniture. Woot.

4. Write my story

I have started brainstorming for three different stories, one about food addiction, one about growing up with a adult with mental illness and one just my story, the last two may get merged.

5. Spend more time with the Aspie lad – teach him

This week Aspie lad has been at his grandies but we did hang out a lot on Monday before he went and on the weekend before. We mainly just watched movies together and I gave him lots of hugs but this is still all part of what I want to do

6. Work on my counselling diploma

I wrote an entire last assessment piece for my extra unit on childhood development and sent it off. I also sent lots of emails and sent off a pack to see if I can get recognised prior learning so I don’t have to attend the seminars. I also got them to send me out the catch up pack for unit 4 as I never did the change over as required a few years ago by the government.

7. Rediscover spirituality

I have been thinking on this one and have come up with my own unique concept of the ‘Nonni’ journal. I was thinking about how I see my higher power, my concept of the universe or God and what I came up with was something that is older and wiser than me and has both masculine and feminine energies. This made me think of grandparents and Nonni is italian for grandparents. And so the Nonni journal was born. I can write in it when I am seeking guidance or when I am expressing gratitude.

All up I am quite proud of all these things I have achieved this week. Woot.