I'm doing 41 things
im actually really proud of myself so far!
im 19 right, i have bought my own car already! and i have rather a lot of savings from saving a £100 every month for a year!
i think im doing alright for myself. oh, and i have half my car insurance saved up! thats good yes?
the only thing is, my savings all built up from being paid every month. now im being paid every week, its alot different. i feel so poor! like my wages being split up into 4. its hard to think “oh its ok, i get paid again next friday”
the thing is theres no guarantee of the number of hours i’ll have each week .. one week i can have 24 hours and the next i’ll have 8 =/
and when i have 8 hours a week .. ALL of that goes into my savings account.
i think i might apply for an adult learning grant .. im pooooooor!
it will all be worth it in the end though, when im older i think i’ll be very thankful that i have some money behind me!
siggypants's Life List
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1. buy 10 "just because" gifts.
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2. change my hairstyle.
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3. take an evening class in something i'm interested in.
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4. declutter my room.
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5. daily: each day reflect on 5 things i'm grateful for.
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6. go camping and sleep under the stars.
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7. write my name in the sand.
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8. clear up my skin.
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9. decide what i want to do with my life.
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10. become a big sister.
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11. get back in touch with someone i lost contact with.
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12. be someone's pen pal.
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13. learn to cook.
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14. take my dogs to the beach.
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15. start running.
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16. save more money.
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17. go and see stand up comedy.
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18. start the 365 photo challenge.
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19. get a tattoo.
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20. identify 100 things that make me happy.
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21. have a snowball fight.
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22. compliment a stranger 10 times.
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23. do volunteer work.
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24. watch the sunset with someone i love.
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25. do something outrageous.
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26. write a love letter.
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27. buy some wooden coathangers.
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28. throw a party.
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29. make new friends.
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30. get my teeth whitened.
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31. go on holiday with my boyfriend.
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32. donate 1,000,000 grains of rice through freerice.com
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33. learn to drive.
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34. recognise my imperfections and learn to love myself.
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35. tone up.
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36. have a photoshoot.
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37. bake a cake for someone's birthday.
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38. spend more time with my mum, and/or sister.
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39. kiss in the rain.
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40. get a new passport.
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41. read a book.
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How I did it: i literally said to myself one day that i just actually couldnt take that shit anymore .. and that was it.i got my CV out, brushed it up and printed it out.luckily the first place i applied for, i got an interview straight away by asking to talk to the manager! then i got a trial shift and that was it :) handed my notice in at my old work and luckily only had to work one more day .. was still a heap of crap though! Read how I did it…
How I did it: stopped slobbing around the house just watching movies or tv all the time. if we didnt go out we'd play a game or get some popcorn in while watching a movie and have popcorn fights and laugh about silly things! we went to every party we were invited to instead of making excuses, even if we really couldnt be bothered to go. and spent more time with friends, even if it was just going to the pub for a quick drink. Read how I did it…
19.11.09
im so excited about this one! im going to see russell howaaaaaaaaard :) eep! next month in nottingham! got my boyfriend some suprise tickets for his birthday! well, i say “suprise” i was so excited i couldnt hold it in for very long! lol. so he found out before his birthday! dammit!
im really looking forward to it though, got his dvd and i couldnt stop laughing! :)
I GOT A NEW JOB! :)
tbh, there were so many reasons i wanted to leave.
the girls there were all really nasty to me, seeing as the ring leader fancied my boyfriend for ages and they used to text each other alot .. as friends, but obviously she took it the wrong way and was determined he wanted to be with her lol.
the management were all pricks, i felt victimised a lot of the time. i mean come on, your in a workplace with food admittedly, with 8 teenage girls .. they arent going to wear a hairnet! yet i was always the one that got picked out for it.
my boyfriend also worked there, in the garden centre area .. that itself wasnt a bad thing. i saw him while getting paid! that was nice. it was just the fact that everyone knows your business .. if you came into work upset, everyone would assume it was because of your boyfriend.
everyone knew what was going on in your life there, so it felt like there wasnt just us 2 in the relationship if that makes sense?
and also, because all the girls wanted my boyfriend .. they werent just nasty to me. i could have handled that .. i cant count the number of times they caused shit for us and tried to break us up.
all of mine and my boyfriends argeuements were to do with those slags getting involved.
so, that was it.
good riddance :)
got a new job with my old best friend who conveniently got me that first job too! pulling pints and waitressing :) more hours, more money, and working with nice people! cant complain!
