I thought I'd take this opportunity to look back on the year so far and see what has been going well, what hasn't been and how much we have managed to tick off of our 2019 Bucket List.
2019 Bucket List
Family Couple Children Personal Home
Picnic on the
beach ~ Christmas Break ~ City Break ~ Spa Break
Loose at Least 2
Stone ~ Send a message in a bottle ~ Save More
Visit Virginia
Water ~ Replace
Wardrobes ~ New
Sofa ~ Read More
Go on a Steam
Train ~ Hot Air Balloon Ride ~ Conquer 1 of My
Fears
We realised that a breakfast bar wouldn't work in the kitchen so that's one thing off the list and as for a hot air balloon we had a look at a few but decided we would wait until next year when I had worked a little more on my fear of heights.
My Youtube video has my top tips for money saving. |
The one goal that isn't looking likely and I'm really disappointed in myself in is weight loss. I started off so well at the beginning of the year but then slowly and surely I stopped putting the effort in and the weight crept back on. Last week I decided that I needed to get my butt back in gear and I'm pleased to say that in the first week I've seen a 5lb loss.
We're off on a mini break during the October half term where we're hoping to tick off at least another 3 things off this list so look out for my Instagram stories for updates on these.
Over the last few months my outlook on life has been changing and day by day I'm realising what the most important things are to me and they aren't the same as what I previously thought. Having lost my mother in law earlier this year and watching my Grandmother struggling with dementia it really drives home how precious every day is and that we should be making every second count.
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Lymington in The New Forest |
Small things that would've got my back up before, I'm slowly learning to let slide and teaching the kids to collect memories and not things are high up on my list.
I started this year off with high hopes and in good spirits and had a big wobble around May and June but thankfully I've managed to take some time out, clear my mind and hit the refresh button and have got back on the proverbial horse.
If you've got in to a bit of a funk just take a deep breath, hit the reset button, don't let life stress you too much and rest will fall into place.
How are you feeling entering the last quarter of this decade?
Emma xoxo