I'm doing 6 things
Went three times a week for two weeks in a row, and felt amazing. Not been so happy in a long time. Then didn’t go at all for a week – had just started a new job, training was stressful, had to help my brother move. Not good.
But now, by Wednesday of this week, I have at least managed one yoga session at home. My goal was to go three times a week. I now want to manage at least twice, and practise three times if I can. There is a yoga class near my workplace which I want to join. Then that would already be one of my sessions, and I could do another one at home (yogatoday.com for free weekly lesson), and there’s still free yoga on weekends near where I live – but only for as long as the summer, and I don’t always manage to get up that early on a weekend ;)
forestfox's Life List
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1. learn and practice yoga
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2. save some money
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3. go travelling
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4. play the guitar
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5. learn to dj
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6. learn to drive
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How I did it: Now whenever something pops into my head, like 'I want to learn this' or 'I fancy doing that' I just go and do it. No obsessive 'I don't have time', 'I don't have money' (within reason). I now listen to more music, and put on new bands that I've always wanted to know about; I've started playing frisbee just because I enjoy it, and I soon want to start learning to mix.It helps having a new job soon, which means I will actually hav a bit mo… Read how I did it…
How I did it: First I had to stop getting so depressed. I had a bad experience over several years during my teens which meant my self-esteem was severely damaged, and I went from being a carefree child to being a troubled young adult.I beat the self-hatred by first getting out of the verbal abuse that had made me suffer so much. I was finally miles away, with a fresh start, but for years after, I would suffer with bouts of tearfulness, angst and worry,… Read how I did it…
How I did it: I used to get bullied horribly by someone close to me. They said I was stupid, ugly and uninteresting, and I started to believe them. When I finally got out, the emotional and mental scars were still there. I would worry terribly about what people thought of me, wanted them toaccept me to prove to myself that I was not as worthless as I'd been told, always being reliant on other people's opinions of me as my self-esteem had been diminish… Read how I did it…
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I need to get some equipment first so I’ll start saving up for that when I get my first paycheque in my new job :) oh the excitement! :)
I’ve finally graduated and landed my first job – and the pay is not too bad so now after 3 years of being a scruffy, starved student I will actually have some money to save :) I’m getting really excited about it and have set up a budget – after putting money aside for rent and bills, I’ll put 50% towards general expenses, like food, travel, going out, 25 % for extra expenses like clothes, books, spare cash for nights out, and 25 % to go into the bank. And then I’ll be able to save up for some things I’ve been depriving myself of for the past three years, like a new guitar, a yoga mat, new speakers for my stereo; just generally little luxuries I haven’t been able to afford.
Now I do realise such a budget is only possible if 75% of your income will cover bills and food, travel and the odd coffee during the week, but before you get jealous – I’m frugal rather than excessively rich, and I have worked like mad for the past 3 years to finally get a job after uni. Hence the excitement about now being able to afford some hobbies :)
