What Things we must have in our lives

I have always liked stuff, and had to try an minimalist approach, and had to get rid of books, video tapes and scrapbooks and regretted it.

People say you shouldn't have regrets, but I do. I loved having items I can look back on and continued to make more scrapbooks. It is a good way to store memories, but then it is the realisation, do I look at them?

Yes I do! 

So, what things must we have in our lives?

1. Items that solve a problem: What I mean is things like Instruction manuals for items we presently use in our home, but items that we don't can be disposed of and added to recycling.

2. Items that we still nurture: Example: Photos and cards of our children as babies, like I have kept Henry first shoes he wore, that were bought from Clarks, and would love to put these on a shelf with other items he used as a baby.

3. Items that create a good routine: This can be having your cup of tea at a certain time. I like in the morning before I actually get up, to go in the bathroom and brush my teeth as I like to have a good breath and feel self conscious when not doing so. It sets up my day and then will shower and do a bit of self care.

4. Items that help us to relax: This for me is right now as I write this blog post, and listening to music and have to play a few songs in the morning before I get up each day and before I go to sleep. I find it soothing and do have a good nights sleep.

It is all things that has a meaning behind it and creating self love and care, and celebrating what we have in our lives that makes us who we are today, and keep creating love in our lives, and makes you sit back and open doors to you all over the world and the place you are now. 

Many thanks for reading, 

Carrie X 

  

Organizing post Easter Holidays

I feel I need to write this because I think with everything going on in Ukraine the world, I want normality and to continue on, but it is hard. I feel guilty that I am able to have normality when there are people fleeing for their life because of war. 

I do watch the news now, I would avoid it but it has a funny way that keeps you captured and that is why I acknowledge it. I want a happier world and have peace like most of us want, and everyone is able to get on with their lives. 

In this blog I am talking about organizing post Easter Holidays, as you may have kids with a lot of Easter Eggs, and the one I bought for my son, I am going to give it to him tomorrow or Saturday, as if you have eggs for family, but you weren't able to see them, arrange a day nearby that you can still have Easter shared with them. 

Have a Easter Egg shelf that can be clearly seen and not forgotten and allow them time in the day to have some of them, but not eating all of them at once. It doesn't have to be all about the eggs, receiving a scented candle to light to celebrate Easter the son of god if you believe in it. My mum put in sets of pretend kids glasses and have funny hats included and masks, with Easter theme, like a bunny, or a hen. 

Recycle the packaging the Easter eggs came in and use a large box to store them in and if you have kids set chores for them to do, to earn their eggs and eat them. 

Put names on each of the boxes and eggs, so you know who is who's and saves any arguments trying to workout who's who. 

Use uneaten chocolate eggs into to a dessert or a cake, like rice cakes. I love these and if I see these in a coffee shop always invest with a coffee and is something I have loved since I was a kid. Make a chocolate pie and or cupcakes with mini eggs on top, and then nothing goes to waste. 

Make it an occasion, like a movie night and they had have piece of their Easter Eggs as a treat rather than popcorn and after dinner time, I have a rule that I am not allowed any chocolate until after lunch and in the morning unless I have treated myself with a pastry. 

Dedicate a scrapbook for the special holidays within the year and good to look back on previous Easter Holidays or a collage that you can put up on a the wall to store those family fun memories. 

Many thanks for reading, 

Carrie X 

   

 

Organizing Your Time

If you are new this blog then welcome. This blog is all about Organizing your time. 

Being a writer it is important I give myself a good amount of time to get many things done. Like now as I started this blog remembered I have laundry drying in the bathroom, I wanted to film a day in a life on my Youtube channel but my camera needs charging, and so will need to reschedule, but do have other videos I want to film instead whilst my camera's battery charges and then I have some online training to do, as I am helping with a half term holiday club, and want to write some blogs and work on my next book. 

If you'd like to check out my main Youtube channel then you can via this link:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUDFIqjVKLy7NhtcR6Hy0Tg

When it comes to time I make sure even like today when I don't have to do the school run still set an alarm and it is at 9:30am but I know I will get up early than that, but just in case. I have never been one that likes staying in bed all day, when at one time that was exactly what I was doing. 

I would take my son to school and then come back and go straight to bed and get up at 1pm to do some cleaning before picking my son up from school. 

It was not healthy as I was not doing anything and I'd feel guilty and so now I have a good routine that I am able to stay with. 

I then got myself out of that routine, and needed to change that habit, and habits can make a difference to our time, because it felt that days were fading away from me and couldn't get my arse in gear. I felt more fatigued, even with staying bed all of the day, and made me not want to accomplish anything. 

So when it comes to organizing your time, set yourself just a few goals and today wrote down 5 things I want to get done before the end of the day. 

I do schedule and have a planner and plan my weeks as each week comes and often day to day. As long as each have a purpose I get it done, and that is the key to organizing time, because I like many people, I need structure, and so I make sure I go through the day ticking things off and take it in a slow and steady pace, giving myself breaks in between. 

It isn't all about how fast we can get things done, but what I can accomplish that will set me up for the next day and the next, and the next, so your life is on a steady climb rather than going down and down. 

So Organize for work to do errands around the house and time to play. 

Have plenty of self care and fun. I make sure that when my son comes home that I have spent time writing notes as I don't take my laptop with me, but I always have a notebook and have tasks I can do and I give myself time to wind down and go for a walk somewhere and just getting the most of each day.

I hope you find this email helpful and have a good rest of the week. 

Many thanks for reading, 

Carrie X

Picking 4 things to do each day

Hello and welcome to a new blog I have been taking a break but now am back and spend time to update my blogs on this site, as since I first wrote this blog so much has changed. I have been working on other tasks and another year has gone and now it is 2024, and Christmas is over, I had to write fewer blogs but now we are back, my son is back at school, I now have enough time to write more and start getting back working on my blogs.

Since my last blog I have been listening to videos by a fabulous woman, Mel Robbins and she writes four things she wants to do each day and I have been trying this myself and has been successful. 

I do this everyday and not allow things to get too much now, and listening to Atomic habits, started doing 2 minute habits, like reading, writing and tidying. 

This doesn't have to be done using any fab software or computer programme I write mine down in a notebook and software already installed free on my laptop, OneNote and so, give yourself 4 things you want to do each day. Wanting is important and not about what I must get done as these words even writing them doesn't inspire me, but having items I want to do has helped make sure I completed those four things. 

It can be anything, mine today was to:

• Catch up on Youtube 
• Work on my books 
• Pick up kitchen towels 
• Edit a vlog I have filmed

So get organized and remember it is about quantity and breaking up tasks to do each day is #bettereasyliving 

Many thanks for reading, 

Carrie X 

Letting stuff go

It takes a lot for me to let stuff go and I admit it, I am a hoarder, but I know for my wellbeing that I need to. I do the method of when I want new items I need to declutter something I no longer need and be rid of items I already have and have no use for anymore.

I go by the method of when I leave my room to not leave empty handed if something needs to be desposed of and if it can be recycled. 

Doing one bit at a time helps me and so I don't tidy all in one go as I know this demotivates me, but one bit at a time, check out my EBook called: 

Things to Change one day at a time

Just making that one change can make all the difference and I will take a long look at it and ask myself could this do somebody else if it is in good condition or not and see if any family may want it or it gets given to be donated at a Charity shop. 

So this week I got rid of some bags of mine and put one in the bin and another to be recycled with some items to be donated and even though they were nice bags I knew that I was using them for storage but that is why I use Storage boxes so it let them go. 

It is because I want to invest in another bag I want that I have seen in a Charity shop and no it is better for me. I like rucksacks that have many compartments so have limited them down to two. 

Books I have tried to clear but I no I can't let them go until I have read them, and that is another thing I do, I am real to myself of what items I can really let go and so I am making way so I have my books displayed as they are on a book case but also stored in a rucksack so this week I am going to be changing things around do I can get rid of that rucksack, so technically I still have 3 rucksacks but once this bag goes I am then owning two. 

Letters, I find hard to clear but let go, because keeping old documents helped me get money through PPI, so I again I keep it and then it is sortiing them out into different categories. 

When it comes to clothes can be tough for me but use the method of "Do I really need them and do I wear them and are the items I know I am never gonna wear?" this does help me in not overdoing it and I select items in my basket but leave them in their for a while and go over if I truly need to have the item now. 

I don't what a overhaul of clothes but items I know I will get good wear out of it and lasts me a long time. 

You should check out my site called carriesversitilefashion as I post on this site twice a week, Monday's and Thursday 's of fashion I like to wear and got my mind on in adding to my wardrobe.

Household items at the minute I don't need to worry about such things as I live back with family again but for me I don't like to have loads of items just enough of what I know I will use and what it will bring to me, and if any creates more clutter I put back on the store shelf. 

It is a hard task but when I see a good set of items not overflowng I feel good and going to have a massive change that will help to and see if there are more items I don't need. 

Many thanks for reading, 

Carrie X 

How to get yourself organized for 2022

Hello and welcome, and Happy New Year. 

So, Christmas has come to an end for another year and so everything you bought out has to be put away and glad I didn't have to worry about but when I have my own place I will, but not organizing the decorations worked and so what I had to worry about was the gifts. 

I think because of the rush will do what I did before and plan it from January to December again as I hate having to rush around. 

Saying that I was happy with the gifts I cbose but next year I want to do something different and create bundles and if I see something that would be great as a gift buy it to save myself a lot of time. 

I am all about the time saving. Check out my video I did on my mystylewayofliving Youtube video. 

If it saves me the rush I do it, and that includes Christmas. 

So now I have my budget to sort out and new content to focus on. It means more Days in a life videos, more Make up and chat videos and more blogs to write, and I have 3 youtube channels, 

- typicallondongal 

- mystylewayofliving

- carrieseducationalyoutubechannel

It means changing my image and tonight going to be dying more hair for a bit more of a confident boost and develop a different set up to film my videos and started today to have a clear out and got more bits to sort out in my old home, and sorting through my son's toys stored away. 

So definitley time to start a fresh and start the year with a bang and finishes on a bang. 

Many thanks for reading, 

Carrie X 

 

Lots to do and such little time

So this evening I was planning to write some Christmas cards as Henry received some for school and then realise I won't be able to give one back as I will be there doing the drop off and is my sons last day of term to then finish for the Christmas holidays. 

WHEN IT COMES TO CHRISTMAS I CAN NEVER CATCH UP ON TIME!

I have tried different ways like planning from January to December and see that I do still do this in some way but I get the presents but forget the cards. WHAT AM I LIKE? Am I looking for an answer if you have an idea. 

Should I write my Christmas cards in January? Or should do a real plan where I count the days.

In me doing that I know this will stress me out, and so yes I bought Christmas cards tonight and realised shoot, it's too late, but in saying that there are always the neighbours where I used to live and where my son lives when not with me, so won't be a complete waste of money. 

Thankfully I don't have to cook the food for Christmas and that is a Godsend, and so really I don't have an excuse, I JUST CAN'T A CHRISTMAS CARD IF IT BIT ME IN THE BOTTOM.

Should this be something I need to address to the world? Well here it is. 

So I suppose it will be another set written but not sent, but nevermind saves a Postman a job, so there is method with my madness,

Many thanks for reading, 

Carrie X