Anyone up for sorting their lives out in October?

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Pretty sure every time I say I'm going to do this the universe hears me and sends a huge curveball at me. Hoping this time is different

I want to get on top of my nutrition and exercise before winter really sets in and I feel even more miserable. Just getting over a cold so I'm going for a long walk at lunch to get my 10k steps in, and have slow cooked beef with veg and mash for tea tonight.

@mbosnz congratulations on the sobriety! Wishing you every success in rebuilding your strength. 💐

Ate a bit too much but I ate too little yesterday so it evens out doesn't it? Planning the month out now and seeing how quiet it is is glorious

Better day today. Got out for baby group with my youngest, had a coffee with some nice mums after. Did a 24 hour fast until lunch time and had a big lunch and a small dinner with no carbs. Prob a bit too much caffeine but husband away and I going to bed late and getting up early this week. Both kids in bed by 7:30am and some MAFS to zone out.

An ok start to the month, I started tracking my spending in Sep which has really helped me to see where I go overboard and emotionally spend too.

I'm missing my fizzy drinks!

Targets for October

1. Sort out finances. (want to move house but first need to sort out pension and savings)
2. Keep track of calories in vs calories out. (Try to loose 0.5kg/week)
3. Try 1 new recipe per week. (Did a new veggie pasta dish last night)
4. Eat my five a day. Failing so far, but had salad today.
5. Exercise 6 times a week (so far this week 2 x 3km run and 2 x 10 min palliates exercises, also walking daily at least 30 mins)
6. Practice piano (trying to learn using flow key) at least 4 x per week.
7. Declutter 1 area per week (even if its just a single drawer or cupboard)
8. Get more sleep (quality as much as quantity)
9. Get less frustrated with kids resisting....most things (give them some control over planning when we get things done, homework, hair wash!, tidying etc.)
10. Spend more time with DH going to have a couple of hours one evening a week while the kids are at clubs.

And the BIG one. Hire a cleaner.

Same but it was my mum! Hope he's alright now. Then my car failed - hoping to finally get it back today. So my good intentions rather went out of the window in between trying to sort out my work schedule etc. Getting back on the horse this month!!

Totally does - I'm anticipating paying a circa £1,000 bill today for my clutch... I genuinely feel your pain.

Oh and my goals for this month are:

1. Lose 2kg - I did start Mounjaro last month but will have to knock that on the head thanks to car bill this month, so just eating healthily and restricting alcohol to weekends - so far, so good with those to be fair
2. Start yoga at home and develop a bi-weekly habit, interspersed with walks on the beach, whatever the weather - I'm not at home currently so this will all start when I am back in my own place and not with my mum
3. Declutter - one drawer/wardrobe at a time - my place is very clean and tidy overall - but my cupboards are not... and put surplus stuff on eBay
4. Get more sleep - I'm a crap sleeper, but I think this will become a little easier as the nights draw in and I naturally want to hibernate - even if I am just reading in bed to start with until I can drop off
5. Do more creative writing - I'm a member of a circle and have never entered a competition in the year I have been there due to work and not having a proper routine to write, so this month I AM going to write something and submit it
6. Sort out a mood video (like a mood board) so that I have some really clear things to focus on for the future

That's probably enough to be going on with for the moment, as work full time and volunteer as well.

Lots of great ideas on here feeling inspired. My plan for the month.:

Daily yoga - 3 days done so far
Weekly exercise class
Daily walk (have a dog so this shouldn'tbe hard!)
Lose 5 lbs (gained in September )
Socialise once a week
Sort HRT
Take Daily iron and vitamins

Big step for me today. I bought new scales and got on them.

I wasn't even shocked but I am disturbed by how much I weigh!

About to come on my period big time 🩸🩸so hopefully scales will go down next week. But there is no getting away from it. I am fat!

Had a very rare child free day - have got my nails done, tidied out my knickers, socks and pyjamas drawers (so cathartic) and got some new bits from M&S.

Also think i may have found some childcare options.

Had a nice healthy lunch and trying to stick to one meal today.

I had a great day today
A long walk with my friend and I've eaten well
It's amazing how much happier I feel when the sun is shining!
Yoga tomorrow and then a lunch with my friends but I've already checked and there's a new salad on the menu so I'm not going to eat anything too much.

Today has been a good day. Onboarded with my training course, got my hair done, got my flu jab (not so good 🤣), did three modules of my masters and walked a lot in the sun!

I’ve had a decent start to October. Got back on my rowing machine, eaten lots of healthy food, no wine and this morning I swept the patio and emptied a lot of my summer pots that have gone over in the rain. I also started a new French course.

Need to do daily yoga though, that’s the one thing I procrastinate about even though it makes me feel much less crunchy 😅

I've spent the last two years sorting my life out really. Left DH, was a victim of a crime, endless health issues as a result, unexpected house moves, general life chaos. The job has been my constant but also the bane of my life, all the above has put off changing it.
Well I had some news about my role last week which has left me up shit creek without a paddle so I'm now on an urgent hunt for a new job. I have no idea what I want to do and I've already been turned down by one place already. I feel totally unqualified and old and looking at people who have stonking careers is making me feel sad. I've also rebuilt life around being a single parent (although ex-dh is relatively present).

I'm absolutely devastated and now I need to find full time employment paying more than 37K by December!

Well done everyone ☺️

I woke up late this morning but had breakfast and lunch pre-made so the office wasn’t too bad. The day went quite quick, I had a nice walk home (20 mins) and then did a 15 mins resistance band workout at home.

We’re having mac and cheese with bacon and roasted broccoli for dinner now which I’m very excited for. Will keep drinking water this evening and hopefully be asleep by 11.

A small check in from my side.
I haven't really decided what I am going to focus on to get my shit together this month as well as what that means from a tangible sense.
However, I am doing Sober October this year as I found my alcohol intake slowly creeping up over the last 8-9 months to the point I think it just needed a proper reset.

I'd like to find my motivation this month - I sort of disappeared over the last few years (not peri or menopausal) and I'm not really sure where it went and how ti get it back.

But I'm going to have a think of what I can target to get me started on sorting my life out!

@PandaChopChop sounds like you are really going through the mill.

Successes today:
5 of my 5 a day but for some reason it was hard-going today!
Exercise: short walk in the sunshine at lunchtime and a Caroline Girvan weight session after work
No alcohol (5 day streak)

I have been procrastinating about sorting out my car insurance claim, so that is on the agenda for tomorrow.

Lots of positive starts!
In doing ok so far, sticking to calories, but could improve on the walking/step count front. It's hard to make time for it to be honest. That's probably just an excuse though! Onwards and upwards!

I'm in. Need some October reset buddies. I've lost 38lbs since June (and have loads more to lose) but now I need to work on skincare, exercise and life admin.

Youngest DC has just gone to uni but oldest DC has just graduated and come home. Between the two of them, the drama has been relentless over summer

I had a chance to go for my director's job in July but couldn't face it so I now have to work for a mediocre white man who is ten years younger than me and speaks in corporate psychobabble. I need to find the time to seriously apply for some new roles.

Love the idea of a Q4 reset

I need to

• 1/ focus on a job search
• 2/ start day with a positive mindset (a workout helps me here)
• 3/ structure my day productively
• 4/ eat wholesome nutritious food (home cooked/non UPF)- and easy on bread
• 5/ treat myself kindly/have fun and a social life to me going through this stage - and do this frugally

I ‘started’ on Oct 1- declutter & exercise going well, nutrition good too, need to up hours at desk to get momentum to find my next role !

Have arranged catch ups with local friends for point 5, trying for 1 evening a week here

Its interesting so many posters it’s food/weight, exercise and for some decluttering that come up again & again to be sorted…, modern life doesn’t help us keep our bodies/minds healthy

Yes please. DS2 (adult) moved back in with us in September as he's started a new job that's just about commutable from ours, until he sorts out somewhere permanent to live. I thought we'd be a healthy influence and look after him a bit while he settled into the long commute and new job. Instead we've all had heavy colds and covid with one emergency hospital admittance, and we're all zombying around with brain fog and fatigue. DH has been buying loads of snacks to 'cheer us up' and I can feel the weight I lost over summer has piled back on in the past two weeks.

I want to get back to:

• Daily yoga
• Daily walk - ideally 10k per day
• 10-20 mins body weight and weights 3 times a week as there's only one local bootcamp now so I can't go as often as before.
• Taking the expensive vitamins and supplements I bought and forget to have. When I took them every day I never caught bugs going around whereas I've been properly in-bed/cancel-work ill three times in the last five weeks.
• Healthy eating and clearing the house of all the fizzy drinks and snacks DH buys.
• Drinking more water.

Also want to get back to journalling daily.

Successes today:
Just over 5 of my 5 a day!
Exercise: medium length walk, was a great break between WFH and being at home - I do struggle to keep them separate.
No alcohol (6 day streak): this is a tough one for me today but I think I have almost passed the waivering point.
I also sorted out my car insurance claim.

This weekend I want actually want to spend more time reading and relaxing!

I'm doing Sober October, so day 4 of no alcohol for me today.
Though I could really do with a glass of wine - but staying strong!

I'm spending this weekend deciding what focus areas I will focus on for October's sort out your life edition as it'll be the first few days I finally have a bit of headspace to spend on this!
I would really like to join a gym but just can't justify the cost at the moment versus finding the time between full time work, commuting and kids to make time to go there as well.

Today was ok! I resisted a takeaway but didn’t really get my 3 meals in and ate pretty bad food 😣 I always feel like my energy is low on bad weather days so I think ‘what’s the point’

B: coffee
L: half a toasted bagel with cheese, apple
snack: chocolate cookie
D: pasta with pesto and Parmesan

I did a walk after work for 30 mins and did a 15 min yoga when I got home, showered, tidied up kitchen so it’s clean for the morning. In bed already now to scroll LookFantastic.

Hello all. That’s not a bad day @loropianalover - food looks on to me!

well done to those doing sober October.

i had a manic few days at work but found time to sit down and plan for October. I have a dilofax with a colour coded family system and when im not up to date I feel like a mess!! Also had a cracker of a start to the month as I won £500 on the premium bonds!!

Today’s plan is to take kids to activities and do a run whilst they’re there. Need a bit of a YNAB update. Kids homework this afternoon and hopefully a bit of gardening.

Food plan:
B eggs and spinach
L butternut squash soup
t - enchiladas