First full week of the Summer Holidays 2022

It is the end of another week and the first full week of the half term and I am still alive. My son is now with his father and feel a strange feeling of parent anxiety, in that I hope that Henry as much as he can be tricky, had a good time as he is my little companion and I feel kind of lost, now he is not here. 

The week went well, I took him Swimming and softplay, the London Aquarium and today to two other parks and a walk along our local river. Then later after we had some lunch took him to see the trains, and loved it. It is good to do free things aswell as paid experiences, because you end up visiting other places unplanned, as we have found a recreation ground where they have a paddling pool, it was as luck would have it, wasn't on today, but one we can go to when it is. 

I am still writing blogs for my Life Coaching programme, "The Summer Project 2022" and so check out my blogs on my site called, https://everyonecanbuildacastle.com 

There are more videos to come if you'd like to check out my Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUDFIqjVKLy7NhtcR6Hy0Tg

Then it is next week. I will begin to film the holidays I am just behind on my Day in a life videos, but trying to catch up and I will upload them before the end of the UK Summer Holidays. 

Getting back to the this week it has felt long being up so early and am ready for bed 

I have two free days to spare and plan to do a bit of shopping and got some errands to run this weekend and want to finish the book I am reading so I can do a All about books video. These I try to do each month and on the same channel linked above, typicallondongal Carrie Holmes   

I am going to read my book in local gardens/park near by and try and get it finished. 

With that I am going to have a coffee whilst I read, and it is good to just read and chill. I do like travelling but it can become exhausting. So want a bit of calm and peace this weekend, before more Holiday fun next week. 

If you know of some good places to go for the Holidays for kids please recommend, you can leave a comment below. 

Many thanks for reading, 

Carrie X 

Typical London Gal 

Sunday catch up day/UK School Summer Holidays

So the School Summer Holidays 2022 have kicked off and today I have a free day, so I have uploaded a new Chat video, here is a link: https://youtu.be/SUw2pGZlPoI and want to keep doing random chat videos as I do really like doing them. Please give me your feedback.

In the video I am talking about how good it is for kids to have swimming lessons, because it is such a massive skill so they are safe in water, and how it was taught to a new teacher, who wasn't as clean cut as the usual teacher my son has and one of the parents wasn't happy about her. 

I remember when I first began football coaching and I made mistakes, but it is how you get better and people forget that yes she may be a swimming teacher but give her a chance, she is after all a human being aswell. We all have been new and so it is good to have a bit of patience. 

I have written some new blogs on my site Everyone Can Build a castle and uploaded my Newsletter for July 2022: https://everyonecanbuildacastle.com

I wrote a blog about when When you just don't feel like it and I felt a bit like that just now. I started to Procrastinate, as there is some bits on my list today that I want to get done, and that was to edit another Day in a life video to catch up, but of course as life has it, I needed to charge the battery for my camera, and so getting other tasks whilst I wait for my camera battery to charge, and then once this blog is written going to spend another hour on my book. 

It is always good to set a day or time where you can catch up if like me, you have a busy life looking after my son in the week and so had to spend time working in the evening and going to see if I can do a bit in the morning, but the thought of that my mind is saying "NO" I see how I feel in the morning. 

I am still doing life coaching blogs and videos, and will continue up to the end of August. 

This week I am spending time with my son for the whole week up until Friday as Henry will go back to his dads, well that is the plan and then will have the weekend again to catch up and enjoy my Saturday night off. 

Have a good week I hope to blog another daily blog in the week, but will see how it goes before I say for certain that this will be the case. 

Many thanks for reading, 

Carrie X 

Typical London Gal 

The Super Summer Holidays

It is now Monday and here I am after a cold shower travelling back from spending time with my son and waiting for him to return from school and preparing myself for the school summer holidays. It is 6 weeks and going through the days and planning places to take my little fella. 

I have written a parenting blog about Getting ready for the summer holidays, please visit if you'd like to read it, here is the link: https://theparentingadventurestipsandtricks.wordpress.com  

This means packed lunches, deciding on what bags to use, planning travel and what we can do for free aswell as items that you have to buy tickets for. I have already booked some Swimming where there is a softplay room, taking him on the train to London and have time indoors to get out of the heat. 

My thoughts of the Summer Holidays are that it can feel too long, but now looking forward to spending time to bond more with my son and watching kids TV, his favourite at the moment is the Gruffalo and Peter Rabbit. He loves his youtube which I do monitor and would say to monitor what your kids watch on their tablets or IPads, and limit the time they spend on watching them. I don't want to be watching TV all day either, but still have a good time. 

It means I will catch on blogs and books in the evenings and going to spend time clearing my camera to film more up to date Days in a life videos. 

I am putting together my next Newsletter for July and film an All About Books video and keep up with my challenge of reading book a month and continue writing blogs and filming videos for my Life Coaching project "Summer Project 2022" until the end of August and heading into the 3rd quarter. 

Then there is my monthly videos that I do like All About books see my last video I did for June 2022 https://youtu.be/nowoZ9f27Jk

Being a parent it is a job and can hard work but if you plan ahead then this will help you to just enjoy them. I created a video about, Summer Anxieties, here is the link to this video: https://youtu.be/CspiblR8pMY

So I am now going to go to sleep and there will be more daily blogs to come. 

Many thanks for reading, 

Carrie X 

Looking after you and why following positives habits are good

It is now Thursday and I was supposed to do some training but has been rearranged until a couple of weeks but do have a training course tomorrow and my challenge for this month July 2022, to do one bit of training a day and so far been very easy. 

I have been writing new blogs and filmed more videos for my Life Coaching Programme "The Summer Project 2022" and so check out my site: https://everyonecanbuildacastle.com 

Here is a link to my Youtube channel: 

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUDFIqjVKLy7NhtcR6Hy0Tg

I feel so good about the way I am living and you got to live in the moment and see what are the good things you have in your life and that is about growing each day and development the mind, body and spirit. 

I am fed of the feelings of I am not good enough and so I had to make changes. I share a lot about habits and I being productive and that is because they have worked. I don't want to see a bed unmade, I want to have my clothes washed and I don't want to spend a whole day in bed, and go out. I manage my time that I get stuff done and that includes being kind to myself and show up. 

Having anxiety I am always start with a feeling of dread and go through what could go wrong, but then will reason with myself and change it to feeling excited. I learned to do this from Mel Robbins who talks about anxiety that dread is the same as being excited, and to change it t that. 

There is still more for me to learn, but I am ok with that. I just need to keep going and if it doesn't workout as planned its okay, as each time I will learn and that is what life is always a learning experience. 

So lets all take time to make changes and get the most out of lives but loving ourselves and take time with yourself so then we can once again care for others too. 

Many thanks for reading,

Carrie X 

 

Being part of the internet world

It is the weekend again and today I have begun my Life Coaching Programme "The Summer Project 2022" helping you to have a better summer and better life. I will be sharing a lot on my main youtube channel, see link to my first video and blog:

https://youtu.be/4vgYAFHV_YU

https://everyonecanbuildacastle.com/2022/07/10/my-the-summer-project-2022-has-gone-live/

My first video is all about Productivity and Getting more out of your life by having a good set up in the morning and looking after yourself in the evening. I talk about when I am most productive and the simple things I do to help set my days so they aren't always the same but I enjoy each day rather than dreading each day. 

I learned this week, from reaching out on a Live Youtube Video by Kate Kaden about my Youtube channel, because I love her content and wanted to feel the same about mine, and the first thing she asked me was "What is it about?" and that was the first issue, there nothing in my videos talking about who I am, it is too mish mash and not clear on who I am reaching out to. What is typical about me as a Londoner and so I spent time going over my channel. I think that is the best way of learning is to reach out to those who are doing well on Youtube and have a blog, to get tips and advise. I was nervous in doing so and wasn't planned, but I wanted to ask her, so I did. 

So I spent yesterday and today being Sunday the 10th July 2022 going through my channel and who do I want as my audience? Who are my videos for? Really getting to grips with "What is my channel about?" I want it to be my life as a Londoner who is a mum and a writer. 

The online world can have bad press, but it can also be a great place to be. Doing something that someone can enjoy and benefit from is for me one of the highlights and why I love Youtube and the internet world. So look at your life and see what you'd like to change and understand if you too are online, is your message and target. 

Many thanks for reading, 

Carrie X 

The Typical London Gal 

Thursdays I feel my busy week catches up with me

It is Thursday and I have been spending time with my son and it has been fun and it is good to spend more time with him again. He has so much energy that I have been sleeping well and been awake since 5am. I am still undecided if I like the really early get up routine, but it is my body clock and can do so much more but I do like working in the evening, which I haven't been doing this week. 

My priority is of course is spending time with my son, and so spending the evenings chilling watching Peter Rabbit.

Thursday's is when the busy week, getting up so early, catches up with me. I have put on some make up today and used the Nivea BB Cream which I love so much and not used for a while so putting on makes me realise how much I love it. 

I do have an appointment today and so like to make an effort. I don't want to look like I have just got out of bed and it is important to me to make a good impression. 

My hope is I get to work at a school's breakfast club, because I have been working in childcare working in various nurseries. When I first began this work I did get bad anxiety, so wasn't good mentally and that is important. Working Volunteering in taking kids from my son's school to sports day really made me see that I'd like to do this again. 

I hope that this can be discussed today and going to contact schools local to me where I can do this. I can't do after school club at a school because I do the drop off, so when my son returns from school, so looking in working in a breakfast would be ideal.

I am doing some training and doing a life coaching course as that is something I want to do professionally too and will help build my blogs and grow my online network, so I can do more to reach out to you and in different places and people. 

I it is good to set plans and goals. I am all for it, and I am will be starting The Summer Project on Sunday on my site: everyonecanbuildacastle and filming videos for my main youtube channel: Typical London gal for this Life Coaching Programme. 

What are your plans in terms of working and know of any local schools in London South West please let me know. 

Many thanks for reading, 

Carrie X 

A Better Wellbeing

Monday is done almost as I begin this blog and I am listening to Mel Robbins who I listen to daily as I have been following her advise about being more present and her techniques to have a better wellbeing because they have worked and I do feel I sleep better, I get up when my alarm goes off, and make my bed. 

This evening I have had my shower and feel good for it and now all I will need to do tomorrow is get dressed and pack as I am spending some days at my son's dad's home and so will need to pack and then get on with some more writing and organizing, so going to bed soon ready for tomorrow and feel good to have made changes to my routine and want to do more for my mind and reaching out to you my audience and love having you near. 

I try to minimise how long it takes me to get ready for the day, as anything to long I don't want to get up. I don't wear make up everyday, because I want to look after my skin and allow it to breath, but packed some make up for an appointment I have on Wednesday to be more presentable and look professional. I do believe making that extra effort gets good feedback, but then will be taking off and next day be back not wearing any. 

I will be filming and going to edit another day in a life video, and going to film one too, and work on my books and have a good productive day and week. 

Of course if there are unexpectant events I do have to put all these plans on hold, but do what I can and going to spend some more time with my son and looking forward to it. 

I am a bit nervous about it, because I feel the doubt within myself because I am used to feeling this way and so get into the positive mindset to stop the doubt and be excited about it, and I am. I just want to be the best parent I know I can be and I realise that I still not fully confident in myself and prep myself should it all go wrong. 

I will be blogging on how it goes. and know that I will be on my feet a lot. 

So I wish you a good week and fingers crossed it all goes well. 

Many thanks for reading,

Carrie X 

What I have been up to/End of the week July 2022

It is the end of another week, and here I am watching a live coffee chat on youtube and going over what I did this week and proud of all the stuff I got done. I have been watching the tennis as Wimbledon Tennis is back on and been unwinding. It is good to take a break from writing. I have some new videos that I have put up and filming more, so plenty to see and more blogs to write. 

My Life Coaching programme "2022 Project" has ended and really enjoy writing those blogs and videos. 

Check out my site https://everyonecanbuildacastle.com  

You can more content of tools and information, like other videos that have helped me and so here is a link to my Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.co.uk/thetypicalLondongal/2022-project-life-coaching-tools-and-information/

It is Sunday again as I finish this blog and it has been a good structured weekend. I always get nervous when it comes to taking Henry back with me, because of the trains and because I live a way from each train station, fear of getting to and from those both homes. Yet touching wood, we get to our destination and feel better once we are indoors. 

I have set myself a new challenge for July as if you have read my blogs before I like to set myself monthly challenges. So this month I am going to do a bit of training everyday, even if it is a 10 minute podcast. I want to better myself and I still feel I have a lot of training to do. 

It is good to better yourself in my opinion. I have started using a new platform Canva and really like it, and I know "Where have I been", I am just be cautious because not long ago my bank account was hacked and so spending less online, but want expand have my Youtube videos to be a bit more professional and so there will be more to come. 

So more blogs to come and videos and I will be posting on my site everyonecanbuildacastle, as it is Reset Monday. I will be sorting a storage bin that keeps the notes for my books and so going to sort this out tomorrow, and do some more laundry and get started for a new week. 

I will see you then. 

Many thanks for reading, 

Carrie X