Getting back to celebrating music and socialising once again

So it is Monday once again and did my Monday Reset. If you want to know what I am talking about, then check out my blog site: https://everyonecanbuildacastle.com

I am still reflecting over last Friday, I watched and helped out, my sons school Sports Day and I was so happy to be there, as it was my first time seeing him take part, and he loved it, and everyone was so respectful of each other. I just emailed my son's teacher, as he will be changing schools again, because of level of learning and am sad about it. 

I feel at the moment that a lot of people are still getting through the pandemic, and finding it hard to stay on track, and this is why I do challenges for myself. I have a new newsletter and so if you'd like to read it then it is available via the site linked above. 

It is why I have begun a reset. Its as if we are trying get back on our feet and taking a while in doing so. 

Not being able to see anybody was hard and feel confined in one space. When it came to the first lockdown, I got told off in sitting in the park and all I was doing was chilling. I think a lot of people were suffering from not being able to see their love ones and yet, as a society we did all we could to help each other the best we could. 

This weekend it was music festival weekend and so good to see people dressing up and enjoying themselves again and being someone who watched Glastonbury on the TV, made me want to be there too and so I am going to go to another music festival as they are such good fun. I went to the one in Hyde Park, Hard Rock Calling, and it was fantastic and a great weekend. 

I think as humans we are stronger than what we think we are, and that is has been a highlight for me and it is good to see Diana Ross and going to watch the Pet Shop boys later, as I was too tired to stay up but written down to watch it today, and so I am craving now to go to a concert and would like to share the experience with my son Henry, I love the music world and would love to do more such events, and when I do of course I will blog and vlog to my hearts content, that's if I am allowed, and should be a must for me to go to again. 

Did you go to the music festivals this weekend? What ones would you recommend. Please leave a comment below.

I have edited some of books om amazon, and so check them out. They are under my two names, Carrie Challoner and Carrie Holmes. 

Many thanks for reading,

Carrie X 

My Lifestyle

I am in my room listening to a video by Mel Robbins and I listen to one video a day because I feel anxious over the weekend, as never know what my son is going to be like. He is very much energetic little fella and I love him out of this world. I find it hard to keep up, and he was the one pulling me out of bed this morning. 

Sundays are the days I plan for the week ahead, and I have cleared my Laundry for the week, and going to try my hardest to keep this up. If you have not read any more of blogs on this site before, I have been challenging myself each month, and June's was to sort one area of my life a day, and in doing so has given me a lot of energy. 

Monday's I am going to a weekly reset and in thinking about this, is gonna help me with Challenge for June and stay on track with my life. I like having things to do, and Sundays have been a day to get my life together. 

Having my lists ticked off is so fulfilling, and I am not showing off, like "Look at me ticking off my lists" absolutely not, but it can be done. Taking tiny steps that will reach the larger ones, is worth it and I feel a buzz, and it shows how far I have come in my life. I have made the choices but that is part of life. 

I feel we forget that we are human and we have bones that can break, if we aren't careful, but doesn't mean we have to stop living, and building ourselves. 

I do write books about wellness, on amazon under the names Carrie Challoner and Carrie Holmes. 

Many thanks for reading, 

Carrie X  

 

Getting my life together

It is Thursday and almost near the end of the month and boy its been a eye opener for me, as sorting one area of my life each day has given me so much energy that I feel guilty when I see a pile of clothes not put away, so making the effort in making sure that they get sorted out, has shown me that I can be tidy and put effort in when I want to.  

I love clean spaces, it's the process of it that puts me off, but I have been getting it done, and making me see what I can achieve in a day. I've been putting off uploading my Days in a life video, not because I don't enjoy them, because I do, but because I filmed so much. So I am separating the videos into parts otherwise they will be super long for you to watch, and is a long lengthy process, but rewarding myself with being able to watch a Youtube video, has been worth it. This gives me more energy to sort my life out.

I have even been updated my EBooks, and so check them out on amazon.com under my two name, Carrie Challoner and Carrie Holmes. 

I have just finished my Newsletter for June and so will be going up either later or tomorrow. I am out tomorrow as I have volunteered to help take kids from my sons school to a centre for Sports Day, and so probably won't blog tomorrow but do a few bits done in terms of blogs and videos. 

I am saving and putting a day in a life video as we speak and just getting it ready to be uploaded and then I filmed a skincare video yesterday, and going to see if can fit in another video for my main channel too. I want to film my parenting vlog, called Truth About Parenting, and when I do I will let you know.

Today I fitted in some training in Life Coaching and I am doing a course I enrolled on, at OfCourse they are brilliant platform to do courses on and there are many different ones. I finished my Printable for my "2022 Project" Life Coaching programme, and so check out my blog https://everyonecanbuildacastle, and I wrote a new blog on this site, and on my parenting blog, https://theparentingadventurestipsandtricks.com 

It is good to set tasks, and I have been using my 5 things I want to do today using post its and then put on the wall when done. 

Life was never like as a kid and growing into an adult. I do a massive list and rarely ticked anything off so it is been a long process and progression and now things I being ticked off, you just have to do it.

As I read the above paragraph I have already began planning for next week in my planner, and having a planner that works for you, is a great way of getting your life together. 

So much has changed in this world and many people have gone digital, yet I am still to catching up.

Use what works for you and not for somebody else, and set a date to get it done. 

Many thanks for reading, 

Carrie X 

Getting my life together for the week ahead

Sunday 19th June 2022

It is Sunday evening and watching some Youtube and now approaching the end of the weekend and apprehensive as first thing I want to do is exercise again in the mornings, and I wrote a blog for my Life Coaching programme "2022 Project" on my blog site: https://everyonecanbuildacastle.com about doing a Monday Reset and if I get it done. 

My Hayfever is pretty bad this year and have a swollen eye and taken a antihistamine this morning, and is going down, its just annoying because of the way it looks. It looks like a bird as poohed on my eye lid. 

Sorry if that is TMI, but just painting the picture and not been able to put on any make up because of it. 

Monday 20th June 2022

It is now Monday and yes I exercised this morning as planned and just put some laundry on and tidied my bedroom more. This is not to show off, or gloat, as I did go back to bed as was putting the reset I wanted get done, off like I know I can, but got up and just got it done. 

I do feel so much better for it. Do I want an unvacuumed room? No!

Do I want a laundry bin fall of clothes that needs to be washed piling up? No!

This is part of my June challenge (2022), to get one area of my life sorted and tidied. 

So got to wash my own bedding and putting this off now. Do I want to sleep in fresh linen? Yes! 

I am going to get it done, or at least stripped ready to wash. 

I called the doctors, but as always was fully booked so I will try again tomorrow, but my eye is clearing up, so probably won't need to call the doctors. 

I am procrastinating now watching a video on Youtube knowing I have got bits to do. This is my life and yes so having my first coffee now and listening to Kate Bush, Running up the hill, whilst I continue to finish this blog post. 

I will be editing a few more on my blog https://stylishmanmma.blogspot.com

This is to update them and I have two chapters to edit on my Second Draft on book writing, and then it is then getting the third draft done. 

I do have a new Life Coaching video to go up, and then want to film another, before I catch my bus to be in Epsom by the time he gets dropped off after he has finished school. It is all systems go. 

I hope you have a good week too. 

Many thanks for reading, 

Carrie X 

Sorting out my life and getting stuff done

It is Tuesday and I have been sorting my life out and trying to get more shape to my life. So I have sorted through my passed blogs to update them and reposting. It is good to go over passed blogs, because it helps to inspire me to write more and my Youtube videos too. 

Some may say you shouldn't do this, but it is how I like to reset and let go. 

When it comes to sorting out, I go through all areas of my life and plan to do a total revamp of my working station. This includes going through my planners and it can be so refreshing to be out with the old, and in with the new. 

I have spent time watching Outlaws on BBC 1 and loving it. When watching the first series it took me a few episodes to get into it, but now I am catching up on the second series and think it is brilliant. 

This evening as I carry on this blog tidied my desk and, I have been sitting in the garden in my home  writing, with a nice coffee and sometimes having a lunch. With the hot days I find my appetite can reduce and just getting super thirsty. Riding on the bus today it was so hot and muggy that I am glad there wasn't a load of traffic, and so in my Pyjamas, with a can of Diet Coke and a slice of Banoffee Pie, made by my Step-father. 

I uploaded a new video on my Youtube channel, All About books, and will film another one tomorrow and getting to grips with my lists and getting more ticked off. It feels wonderful. 

Finishing this daily blog and it does feel so good to have a clean desk/dressing table and I use it multi reasons, and so feel like I have had a good day, and more to be done tomorrow. 

I want to sort out my clothes tomorrow and tidy up as I a few piles and want to do a complete revamp of storing my clothes and so have all my dressed together, coats, blazers bottoms, jumpers etc. So I will let you know I how I get on. 

Many thanks for reading, 

Carrie X 

 

Having a reset and setting this month (June 2022) challenge

Not sure when this blog will be posted as I am editing a lot of my previous blogs, and updating some of them and been doing lots of sorting out, as I have set a challenge for myself to sort out one area in my bedroom and on my computer and doing a total reset. 

I was a bit wary about calling it reset as lot of people in blogs and videos do a lot about resetting and don't like to be jumping on the bandwagon, but something I feel I have to do, to clear my mind. 

It is now the weekend and plan on Sunday to sort my clothes out have my clothes better organized, and so I will share if I manage to do this and will be continuing on next week. 

There are parts of the year I like to do this, to clear the head and to rein myself in and have a false stop, to go over the things in my life. I have had mental health issues and so this helps me to reshape everything and just concentrate on my making changes to help my mental health. I hate being stressed, and I continue to write this blog I go through the post it's on my wall to see what I have done. 

I am going to make my own version of a Kanban board. I just want my desk to be cleared and to have a more of an organized set up. 

I am even going to dye my hair again, and need to get more videos done for my Youtube channels and have sorted this out too, and deleted some videos, for my mindset and ones that have no relevance now, and to have a complete sort out. If you'd like to visit my channel then look for Typicallondongal 

There is a book I wrote on amazon, about making on change a day, rather than doing it all at once. I am all about gradual changes. Life is not about being in a race to get stuff done, but being steady and having a good headspace. There is a app called Headspace that I have used, and great if you'd like to do meditation.

It is important to me, to make changes when I feel that I have too much. Seeing what I have in my life, I do find it reminds that life is not about stuff, but what value they have in my life. I cleared out two planners to create a fresh start and take out what stands in my life anymore. 

I am still doing life coaching programme "2022 Project" and have written a new blog, about What to when you mess up. 

Many thanks for reading, 

Carrie X 

  

Celebrating the Jubilee and now having a clear out and resetting my life

Hello, it is Monday again and can't believe the Jubilee celebrations are all over, it was such a joyous week and weekend. I am sad about it and so suffering from Post Jubilee blues. The street party I went to, and was around the corner where I live and it was such a wonderful Saturday afternoon and seeing so many smiling faces. It seems like the Royal Family are always on duty and visiting so many places and wonder if they ever take a break? 

As a kid I always dreamed of a Royal Wedding, with the glass carriage, and wear a wedding dress with a train, with a load of bridesmaids and page boys, having a kiss on the balcony at Buckingham Palace, and then sent to the royal plane to take us to the airport and to a wonderful honeymoon. 

It was so magical for me and the Jubilee was too. 

I am now starting to want to have a clear out and sort through my stuff, and so I am going to sort out one area of my room each day, so it is less cluttered, and means clothes, files on the computer, deleting videos that are no longer relevant on my channel Typical London Gal, Carrie Holmes, and reposting and updating many of my passed blogs on Wordpress and Google too. 

I love having clear outs and feel to move on with my life these things need to be done, and resetting my life to more opportunities, like more work outdoors and growing my blog content and videos. 

It does really nice to get rid of the old and bring in the new, and today I put my books I have read away to donate and any books that belong to the library. 

Let me know if you are doing the same. Leave a comment below. 

Many thanks for reading, 

Carrie x  

The Platinum Jubilee Celebrations and how good it has been the entire week.

It is Friday and heading into a new weekend. Tomorrow it is street party time for where I live and really looking forward to it. Not had a street party in years and so going to enjoy it. I planned last minute and so today, visiting Sainsbury's early and I picked up some scones, jam but no clotted cream. They had sold out. 

There seems to be a lot of shelves not being stocked up still, and wonder if they are still have troubles in lorries not deliver some items. It goes to show what an impact COVID had on things like supermarkets not having a lot of items. 

I am glad that we have some normality back, and can sit down in the park as they had inspectors telling you off, and could only walk around, but not sit on any of the benches. I felt a little a bit stuck and I hate staying in and do like getting outdoors. 

I feel that I needed this week to arrive, to bring back social contact and having time just enjoying other people's company. It is hard to not hug your friend, you've not seen in a while and it had a impact on, not being able to have a birthday celebration with anyone. I think of all those elderly people, stuck in their homes alone. I think we are all happy to be able to sit in the sunshine and have play dates again. 

It is now Sunday and spent my Friday watching the St Paul's Cathedral church service and the Street party on Saturday was fantastic. Some of the music that was playing was a bit off, but not all, and they hired and ice cream van, did a tug of war, which I took part it, sang the national anthem and did a treasure hunt for the kids. They even had trampolines and a space where the kids could play football and my son rode his bike around the street. 

Now I am on my own as my mum and my step dad took Henry back to his dads. I have filmed a week in a life and so glad I did that, as it will be good to look back on, in years to come.

The concert lastnight was terrific, the whole lot and glad to have watched it and enjoyed the music and the speeches, it was a real good tribute to the Queen, and glad to have gone up London to see the celebrations too, like the flypast and part of me wished I had gone to the concert too. 

Still it was brilliant and still buzzing with excitement and I hope you enjoyed it too. 

Many thanks for reading, 

Carrie X 

 

Celebrating 70 years of our Monarch

It is Thursday and to day I took a trip up London again to see the flypast, for the Trooping of the Colour and went to the Southbank London, and we had a really good view. It would have been nice to see the Queen at the ceremony of the Trooping of the Colour but wasn't, but glad we were able to see her on the balcony of Buckingham Palace, which I saw when I got back home.

When I see people from all over the world visiting my home town, London, I do feel like "That is my home and I am proud of it". 

We, my son, and my mum and step dad walked from London Waterloo, along the Southbank to London Bridge, where you can visit the Borough Market, but it does get busy there, so if you don't like huge crowds of people, then it is good to get there early. 

You can get a lot of different street food. We went to a pub which has also a cinema for a bite to eat and you do get a good portion, but can be pricey so it is good to save and plan ahead when eating there. Yet there is a lot of option, but again the restaurants and bars along there can be super busy. 

Tonight is the light of the Beacons and so half watching Sheerluxe and started watching the rest of the Queens Jubilee, and looking forward more tomorrow. It means staying up late and not getting a lot of sleep as I have my son with me and he is an early riser, but I want to enjoy each day of the celebrations, because I won't get to experience this ever again, so don't want to miss a thing. 

I hope you enjoy it too. 

Many thanks for reading, 

Carrie X 

Writing about a historic event and how I feel about the Platinum Jubilee

It is Tuesday and I am trying to get enough done before I am on half term duties and spending time with my son. I am going to take Henry up London, and so I have written a blog on my blog mystylewayofliving 

Now it is Wednesday as I continue this blog and so today, I took Henry up London to see the Jubilee decorations, but I was a little disappointed and felt it was not a lot and was just Union Jack flags. but still I am not going to feel down, and tomorrow there is a flypast, and this is always fantastic to see. 

It was also my son's dad birthday and my nieces so was out celebrating, at my nieces home and had some fun playing a new game UNO. Really good fun. I really miss not playing cards and would do this all of the time as kid with my grandparents. They were fun times and I miss not having grandparents. I had a proper set of grandparents and spent a lot of time with them. When my nan died, she was the last one of that generation of our family to die and it grew a hole for me. I still dream about going back to their studio flat they lived in Earl Court, London, but noone is there. 

I am filming a day in a life video of this week, and celebrates 70 years of the Queens rein, and it is good to be alive to see all the celebrations.   

I want my son to see it all, so when he has kids, if he wants to have children. Seeing people cheering and having fun is what nearly got lost due to Lockdown, but in saying that, it has also pulled people together. The efforts that people went to, to communicate to others, like the Body Coach, he did workouts via social media to help kids exercise. It was getting families involved, and come together even more. 

I hope this week is full of happiness and joy, that everyone can remember this week for the rest of their lives. 

Many thanks for reading, 

Carrie X