Learning everyday

Hello it is the 1st of May 2024 and today I launched my Life Coaching programme "Summer Project 2024", please check out my site: http://everyonecanbuildacastle.com

Please check out the video I made today on my Educational Youtube Channel: https://youtu.be/9ohaKdBmL6s

I also posted a new Vlog: https://youtu.be/fmKqOrLBVwY

My printable for my Life Coaching programme you can find this on Everyone can build a castle.

Today I felt so energized and will be doing a new course and it is good to keep updating my knowledge of the topics I am interesting it, to help towards new opportunities. I love learning because I find it refreshing. I find it opens up the creative part of the brain. 

Reading is a great tool. I like to read a range of books from historic, to biographies and chick flicks. 

I do have a site that you should check out: https://wordpress.com/home/mybooksandstories.wordpress.com

It is helps with my future self and the books I want to write. 

To write you need to read. Even if you have a learning difficulty. Henry Wickler was dyslectic, and remember listening to his story as he has written books himself. If you want to do something you'll always find away. You don't even have to do a course, you can train yourself. I use Youtube to learn, books and reading other peoples blogs. 

I learn from my son. I learn from watching TV, and listening to Podcasts. 

The brain needs stimulation, as we can get bored so I make sure I educate myself each day to stop this from happening and can open a lot of doors to opportunities, and address your fears and take on challenges. 

We learn from making mistakes and accidents. Life is about learning to help us be happy and encourage yourself to seize the day and get out off our comfort zone to follow our dreams, and is why I have developed my Life Coaching Programme to help you do that. 

So lets learn together, so we can grow and teach ourselves.

Many thanks for reading,

Carrie X  

 

A quick trip up to London

So today I took my son up London, but all he wanted to do was get on a train once we reached London Waterloo, wanted to have a donut and get the train back. Thankfully I got a coffee and him a cup of milk, and got two small donuts from the M&S store in the station, waited for the train to go back home, and that was it.

Now since my son was watching trains on his tablet next time wants to actually leave the station and walk again from London Waterloo to Epsom, or from Epsom to London Waterloo, which we have tempted, and then says he wants to go to Dorking. 

Kids change their minds a lot. Something you have to get used to, being a parent as it is hard to keep up with what they want to do. 

He then said he'd like to go by train from London Waterloo to Dorking, but agree we'll travel during the school holidays come up, to travel to Dorking from Clapham Junction, and just now changed it to travel from Earlsfield to Guildford. Well it will be nice to travel somewhere different. So we shall see. I did write a parenting blog today, if you'd like to check it out:https://theparentingadventurestipsandtricks.wordpress.com/2024/04/30/rewarding-your-children/

Tomorrow my Life Coaching Programme "Summer Project 2024" starts, and will be posting blogs on my site:

and filmed a video for it, if you'd like to check this out: https://youtu.be/-E2LmAU0xBg

We were lucky with the weather, and my son wants to play football but I have my pyjamas on now so had a tantrum. If I had known it was going to be this sunny late evening then I would have done, but tomorrow we will. I feel as a parent your always high demand. 

Anyway, I am going to enjoy the rest of Tuesday and will be back with a blog tomorrow. 

Many thanks for reading,

Carrie X 

Getting it done now it is Monday

So it is Monday once again and have completed all my tasks. Sorry not rubbing it in by any means, and found a simple system that works, as I would be fighting to get jobs done and completed. Giving myself that time in the morning has helped, along with not having to travel so much. 

Tomorrow as my son is off from school going to take him up London and be good to do something different and plan to do some writing in a coffee shop rather than indoors. It is good to have a change of environment, and will vlog, but need to clear memory stick to do so. I have been doing lots of filming and on Wednesday my Life Coaching programme starts and filmed a video for it, if you'd like to check it out: https://youtu.be/-E2LmAU0xBg   

I did my cheat sheets for my blog sites everyone one can build a castle and The Parenting Adventures Tips and tricks. So please if you'd like tips and ideas each week, to help you have a good week ahead, then please check them out, and free to download, and please check out my Pinterest as I post everything on there too: https://www.pinterest.co.uk/thetypicalLondongal/

I am watching Saturday's Britain's Got Talent and it is a choir singing and I am enjoying it this year. I was getting a bit bored with it, but they have really got some fantastic acts and if you got personality and charisma, you can entertain people, with talent. I like that they have all been very different. 

There is a secret I have been holding, and check out my video I filmed for my Life Coaching programme, to hear me talk about it, as I have started working on radio. 

It is so much fun and it has made me see that whatever you want to do in life then go for it, and yes it can take a while but once it has come true then all the hard work, it makes it worth it. 

There is nothing wrong with being ambitious but you have to make it happen, and that is take a risk, send that email or make that call, just taking that chance could really change you and your life.

Many thanks for reading,

Carrie X 

How I like to spend my Sunday

Today was my sons last Rugby club session for the season, and it an amazing club. It is run by volunteers, and they really are so inclusive as it is for children with learning difficulties and disabilities and one of the coaches had their own little boy joining in too. 

Everyone is so friendly and swear I have shared this before, but I just can't stop writing about it as it one of the best clubs my son has joined and he had the kit on for it today, which my mum bought for him and really suited him.

Check out Wimbledon RFC.

This was last week Wimbledon RFC 

I have planned for the week ahead, and already I feel as it is 1:37pm getting into my PJs already. 

Is it too early? 

What do you feel like doing on a Sunday when you've been out and it is raining outside? 

You can share in the comments below. 

Being a Sunday, when even though it is summer, still pretty cold, like to have a roast dinner, and then use leftovers the next day. 

I am making an apple crumble today. It is a long time since I made it, but looking forward it. This can be eaten once baked cold or hot, but realised we don't have cream or custard, to go with it but not going to fret and still enjoy. 

What is your favourite meal on a Sunday?

For me it has to a meal or a pudding that I don't always have in the week, and the same on Saturdays. Yesterday I had baked potato with lovely cheese and leaks. That is a nice meal and I had that last week with butter and cheese, and don't have all the time, but when I do I really enjoy it. 

This week my son is off on Tuesday so going to take him up to London and have a good day out.

I like going up to London each week, and this week we have the General Election, and so going to be voting, not going to say who, but do feel as a UK citizen that it is important to vote, as it is my right and for a party that really is going to make a difference to the country. 

Also we have a bank holiday coming up and I did a video talking about, please check it out: https://youtu.be/Yi_BSUErQck

So going to continue to enjoy my Sunday to be all fresh for a new week, 

Many thanks for reading,

Carrie X 

The Weekend is coming

Oh I am tired it has been a long day but glad I got all I wanted to get done and that is important. I plan my life so I don't get overloaded by doing so much, and I feel such a buzz as I walked to my sons school again today which is a far distance and is such a nice walk, and yes it rained but wasn't bothered. 

Taken on walk yesterday to my sons school

It is another day I was so tired in the end yesterday, and so it is the next day. 

Now it is the end of the week and glad the weekend is near as it is good to not have to not worry about my son getting ready for school and means we can venture out and not necessarily, be anywhere. 

I like to be away from my laptop and so I use the weekend to spend more time with my son and this weekend we are going to do our monthly task of buying food for the local foodbank, and love doing this and helping others out. 

Then there is TV. I am will be watching Britain's Got Talent but next week and then there is football on so will watch Match of the day on Sunday morning and then my son has his swimming lesson on Saturday and rugby club on Sunday. 

It is good to have things to look forward to. I will be sorting out my bedroom in Wimbledon and going to have a potter of cleaning things out, and will film. 

So yes so going to take a shower and will be blogging next week.

Many thanks for reading,

Carrie X  

Changing your habits and environment

Hi and I took a trip up to London and just got back as I have done some good walking and having a mooch around the shops vlogging in Victoria and saw some good bits I'd like to buy, I will be taking another trip next week.

I got on the bus just now in Epsom after travelling back by train from Victoria and the bus diverted to the high street again and terminated the journey so went around one big circle, how annoying. 

Anyway apart from that it was a good trip and had a nice lunch in a restaurant Itsu and had Thai noodles with chicken and green beans, and my mum had a Coconut Soup, and do nice tea there too. They are in Victoria Street and there are two along the high street, as you walk straight ahead out if the  big entrance from the overground station, where you got more shops, and restaurants and stalls. 

I did film so will be in a vlog coming. (vlog channel: (4) Typical London Gal Carrie Holmes - YouTube). It is good to have a break from the same environment and take a trip on the train and bus and looking forward to when the weather warms up here in the UK and have a picnic and work outdoors.

One of my favourite things is reading in the park and eating outdoors with the sunshine and blue sky. 

This morning I published a new vlog: https://youtu.be/c0euxNq6XM8 so please check it out. 

I have continued to get up early if you have read my other daily blogs and it really has been the best thing I have done. I am realising that just by changing one habit a day can do wonders to how you feel each day. Yes I know it isn't for everyone, getting up early, but it doesn't have to be that, it could be cutting down on drinking coffee in the morning. There are days where I will take a break from it. Too much of anything can take its toll. 

It is what makes you want to get up and enjoy the days ahead. Its is what suits your wellbeing and having self belief that you can make positive changes in your life, and that there is a whole world outside waiting for you, it just takes that one change that can divert your feelings and thoughts of your life, so lets grow our lives and on the 1st May 2024 my Life Coaching programme starts, Summer Project 2024 Check out my Pinterest board: https://www.pinterest.co.uk/thetypicalLondongal/summer-project-2024/ and is to help you have a better life to have a better year, and yesterday posted my work book for it, check out my blog: http://everyonecanbuildacastle.com/2024/04/23/my-life-coaching-programme-summer-project-2024-helping-you-have-a-better-year-and-a-better-life-is-coming-at-the-start-of-may-2024/

Many thanks for reading, 

Carrie X 

Variety Act on TV

Hi there and happy Saint George's day, and I did wear the colours today and do it for my dad and in laws, who would celebrate it each year. The last couple of years I have forgotten and so wanted to make the effort as it only comes round once of year, and we should celebrate where we come from. 

Talking about being from England do acknowledge that I am British too and watched Britain's Got Talent and oh my word,

Sydney Christmas was brilliant and have not stopped watching it, and watched Sunday's episode and this years is good, and so will be watching more next weekend and really love that they have had some real surprises. Not going to say too much as many may still have not watched and hate spoilers. 

As a kid I loved the Variety show and never missed a year and it still going on and like the different acts you get like Attraction who did a Shadow act and it was so clever and gave me goosebumps. 

Then there was Jonathan and Charlotte that sang Let this be our prayer and so yes it been more serious now and a lot of the acts seen so far have raised the bar and will support Variety acts out there. 

As a child was more confident than I am now and loved doing ballet and tap and then Ballroom Dancing and love dancing acts, comedians and magic, and that lifts you off your seat. 

Let me know who has been your favourite act from when it started to now. You can leave a comment below. 

Many thanks for reading, 

Carrie X