Life is not about having things but experiences that last forever and create good memories

Beginning of the week and catching up on Youtube. I have done my plan for the week and the five things I want to do today, and followed Mel Robbins technique of getting out of bed. watching this video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H9AS670gIrA

 am loving the space I have in my bedroom now and really want to declutter and sort my desk out next and it has made me see that I don't thousand of things to make me feel good, but minimal and I need to let the hoarder go. 

Life is about experiences and not having things that clog up and spending lots of money on clothes and shoes. I have enough and going to to do next January to come, of no spending, only on what I need and set myself a financial goal.

I really feel that my life is taking shape and gong to focus on Christmas, getting my hair cut as I feel like it is to long and straggly. One of my goals for this part of the year and take time with my hair and would like to style my hair each day and not just scooped up in a ponytail. You have to give yourself a make over if you feel like I do, as self care is so important for wellbeing and confidence. 

I want to dress up for Christmas and get into the spirit and buy my son a new Christmas jumper and planned out my outfit and yesterday I filmed a new Sunday chat video, talking about Anxiety over Christmas   and I am not going to stress and noone should, but enjoy the day and spending time with family and friends. I like the meal, having a glass of wine or champagne, even a snowball and buy some Mulled Wine and Baileys.

Many thanks for reading, 

Carrie X

Typical London Gal

Life is about living not just breathing

Sunday night and I am uploading a Sunday chat video and I talking about having anxiety over Christmas and going to try my hardest to keep this going as I like having a video go live at the end of the week. 

Now it is up, so check out my channel Typical London Gal Carrie Holmes. 

It is good to say I had a great weekend and having a tidy and room cleared of so much stuff to feel life changing and has made a difference and it has taken doing total reset which I have filmed it, to make me feel this way. I would recommend it. 

I still got my desk to clear and at the side of my wardrobe, and will be getting this done to help me even more.

I like functional spaces, and getting my life together. 

This has helped me get more stuff to be done that has been waiting, like I need to continue working on my new book and got a Christmas guide printable to do for parents and all do my gift guide videos and complete my Christmas presents for this year and then getting down to completing my goals and plan for 2023. 

Do wish the weeks would slow down, but I have to remind myself you can't change time. What I can change is managing my time and doing things that are important to me. Life should never be wasted, and make time for the things you love. This week I want to get my hair done and got appointments, and I do get anxious about it but change it to being excited and tell myself if I do this, it will lead me to other things. Like I know if I take the call I have scheduled will take me to my goal for this year and that is to work outside, and this will help build my life up to inspire others. 

Life shouldn't be struggle, but joyous and I want to help with that. I know I can't change life events or prices going up, but what I can do is teach what I have learned through life, to others at no cost and give support. That is why I started writing a blog and making Youtube videos. 

Helping other parents like giving tips on what I have learned from being a mum myself. It is important as parents we take care of ourselves and learning to love yourself and still having an identity and not just a mum, but a guardian who sets a good example, but not afraid to express themselves. 

It is okay to have a day where you want to focus on you, that you want a day off from being mum and get your hair done and if your confident enough learn to cut your own hair, you still learn skills via the internet and using the internet positively. 

Many thanks for reading, 

Carrie X 

Typical London Gal 

Being productive feels good

I have done a total reset and sorting out my room and boy I am pleased with its progress and it has been very therapeutic and totally needed. I will take a photo and add it to this blog of the clear out I have done and even got my sons bed ready for when he comes over, and so going to do few computer tasks to do and then going to wait downstairs for when he arrives. 

I feel so good in seeing the transformation and even though there was a part of me not believing I would get it completed and yes still got my desk to do, but include it when I do a reset on Sunday and Monday. 

I may be working on Monday outside for a nursery I am just waiting to find out, but so glad to see my room taking shape. 

It is good to sort things out in your life that is getting too much and I was a super productive day, and good to have time to put on audio book or music, I watch youtube whilst I did my total reset and nearly forgot about Teams meeting, but was okay and just go the time wrong and was sorting out documents I needed to hope to have some work outside on Monday but looks like this isn't happening, however not going to stress about it, and see what the week ahead brings. 

I am so used to setbacks that I am kind of immune to them now, and if it not meant to be then so be it. 

Stressing all the time does no good and the stress can lead to high levels of anxiety and wanting to be invisible, and so I am trying not worry and take knock backs but keep moving forward with the world and what life brings and keep growing. 

Many thanks for reading, 

Carrie X

Typical London Gal 

There are some brilliant people in the world

It is late Friday and just got my son to bed, but have been watching Children In Need and I watch this every year and did donate and it is amazing what people do to make a difference for others and why I blog because I like to make a difference, not to win an award but because I love giving to others. 

One of my goals for 2023, I want to do more Charity walks up London again, as I love it and took a break, as I have been battling with my mental health and so ready to go back. 

Today as I continue this blog (Sunday 20th November 2022) and went to an award ceremony because my on has been having horse riding lessons at school at the RDA in Ewell and teaches horse riding for children with disabilities, and so nice seeing the children and young adults collecting their awards. 

Many of the organizers of this event were volunteers and it was very well put together, and it really brings home how many amazing people there are in the world. It is these people who deserve awards and they were, and makes me want to continue on writing my blogs to make a difference to people's life and these are people were retired, and just looking after the kids aswell as looking after the horses and in all weathers. 

I did take photos and so if you'd like to see a photo from this afternoon then check out my Instagram, Typicallondongal 

If you'd like to check out the riding school then here is a link, and not sponsored in anyway I just think it is a brilliant riding school, https://www.epsomrda.org.uk/

So I am gong to enjoy my evening and get bits done before it is a new week. 

Many thanks for reading, 

Carrie X 

Typical London Gal 

Getting my stuff together

It is Thursday evening and I feel like I need to do some bits like I always do when it is this time of the day which is 7pm, and this helps me get any last tasks done before bed to start a fresh the next day. 

I am not sure if I will get this blog done, but like to write everyday and share my thoughts.  I look around me and need to do more of a reset, and if this if the first blog you have read of mine then welcome, here I talk about my thoughts and feelings and want to write this blog everyday, but it tricky but going to make more of an effort. 

In the last few months I have been doing a Autumn Reset    but need to do more and so next week I am going to use part of it to get my life together and have a good sort out and decide on what is going to stay and what items I want to let go. 

I feel I need to be set for the new year and with Christmas there is a lot of organisation and so that is my aim and be free from stuff. I put my hands up, "I am a hoarder" and "I need to stop accumulating stuff and I think I will film it to help others do the same, who has my problem. 

So going to stop this blog here but will back tomorrow. 

Many thanks for reading, 

Carrie X 

Typical London Gal  

Take your time and do the things you enjoy

So a new week and I write this as it is Tuesday evening and waiting for a live video on Youtube by Sarra Cannon and I am showered, in my Pyjamas on well a vest top that I am now wearing with my pyjama bottoms, and getting my life together, by working on my book and posting a blog, and get some reading in. 

Talk about bad luck, I just been sorting out my clothes I washed but because the lid of the toilet was up and many of my folded clothes fell down it and so had to put a few clothes back in the wash. 

Reminder make sure the toilet seat is down before tidying up my washing. 

I am feeling like not doing anything but getting bits down and today I am going to be filming my first Christmas gift guide and so looking forward to that and pushing on. 

My printable for my Autumn Reset has been published to my site: everyonecanbuildacastles.com

It can be hard to juggle everything and so I do believe when you break tasks down makes a huge difference to me and slows me down. 

I find that is the hardest part for me. I try not to rush but living in the city you get used to rushing around and being conscious of time. 

When I travel that is when I will take time to lose myself listening to music or reading a book and when I don't have these, I did feel anxious without it.

So take time to spending time listening to your favourite tunes and songs, read a novel with a cup of tea and coffee and make everyday count. 

Many thanks for reading, 

Carrie X 

Typical London Gal   

Managing my life

What a weekend it has been celebrating my sons birthday and it was also my brothers and was really good, even though my son wasn't always grateful and was moaning a lot, but filmed a day in a life and posted some of it on my Instagram, so he can look back in years to come once I edit and upload it to my Youtube channel. 

I have just published a new Weekend in a life video of when we celebrated my nieces birthday and went to see a play and of me tidying my room which after a busy weekend can become untidy. 

Sunday's are where I prep for the week ahead and go through unfinished tasks and gather my life together by making sure I have what I need to function like making sure I have money, my keys, my purse and charged up mobile phone, appointments I have in the week, what I plan to wear and what I want to do this week. I think we all get stuck on what needs to be done to what I want to get done. 

It not about racing through to do's but what is going to make me feel good this week, and what do I want to get out of it? I am someone who puts things off but feel the strain in doing this and so now it is if I complete this task I can go onto this one, and then the next and continue this pattern and being disciplined for me is a must and the one thing I need to work on, is taking my time and concentrate on one thing as multitasking for me can lead to burn out which I try to avoid with all cost as I know I will be stopped in my tracks when this happened, like it has happened before. 

Set a schedule that works and go over what you have done and the one thing I want to do is a week reflection of what my week has been and what I want to do next and have some relaxation time and get outdoors. I find when I haven't gone out I find it hard to breath properly at times and need to be out in the fresh air. 

I hope you all have a good week and more blogs to come. 

Many thanks for reading, 

Carrie X 

Typical London Gal 

Last Day of Half term Autumn 2022

Half term is over and I feel that it was good and that we did jam a lot in, check out posts I put on my Instagram https://www.instagram.com/typicallondongal/ He was a kids club the week before that my son enjoys going to, but we also went to see a show in Kingston Upon Thames in England, which is near London and if you wanted to know what it was called, it was Dinosaur World, at Rose Theatre Kingston. https://rosetheatre.org/whats-on/dinosaur-world-live

It was a good show and brilliant for kids of all ages, and not a big theatre, but there were many parents with their kids, and my son loved it. Hence why we went to the Natural History Museum too in the week and was brilliant for him to see and loves a TREX, and costs nothing to visit, but during school holidays it is worth booking before visiting.

That is the joys of living in a city is that there is always something going on, and do miss the days when I would be spending time out up London, having a night out after work, when I worked up London and not going home until early hours. 

My tips when it comes to going up London for the evening is try and come home for your safety with someone and cabs can be expensive, so good to plan ahead to plan route back home. With my friends and I, we would share the fare and give it to the last person to be taken home to pay for the taxi ride. 

There are night buses too and will often travel further than during the day and all you need is a bank card or an Oyster card to pay for it and to get home safely. 

So I am not going to get myself ready for bed and plan for the week ahead. 

Many thanks for reading, 

Carrie X 

Typical London  Gal