Creative Organising

I don’t know whether it is because I now have a room that is calm and purposeful but whenever I come in here I get the urge to be creative or academic.  I guess that was the whole reason that I wanted to create this room in the first place so the fact that it is actually working as planned is fantastic!!

I had recently decided to give up all my studying for the time being until I figured out what it was I really wanted to do, I felt a bit lost.  But sitting in this room at my desk with all my stationery and tools needed to carry out some successful study made me feel like I actually needed to study something, anything! 

Then an update arrived for the course that I was doing that I’d decided I didn’t want to do anymore and I don’t know whether it was the urge to open a brand new text book or whether subconsciously I decided that it was actually what I wanted to do I don’t know – and I’m not questioning it any further – but I sat down and started…

Obviously some additional planning and sections were required in my Malden to accommodate such a demanding schedule that now needed to be done as I’ve left it late as usual to get started and now time is of the essence so these were created – not sure what they will be used for but I have them anyway – and I am not actually using this Filofax to hold my study notes, just my schedule. 

I’ve tried using a Filofax for study notes before and it’s just not big enough, I need A4 notepaper and I don’t think I want to go into an A4 Filofax as they are just too big!!  I am in a spiral bound notebook at the moment and I am not sure whether that is going to work for me as it is very constricting and it isn’t one that I can tear the pages out and re-punch either so we’ll have to see how that goes but I do kind of like the fact that I HAVE to do it in order (my OCD will not allow me to do it any other way!) as I can’t swap the pages around.  I’m trying the ‘Cornell Notes’ way of doing it, I haven’t tried it before but so far so good, I think it will come into its own for revision purposes…again, we’ll see.

What I wish I understood was where this urge comes from to want to study, to learn more, to achieve higher qualification status – what is the point?  I can see the point if you’re young and have your whole career life ahead of you but I’m not such a youngster and my company have already said that, although they actively encourage and finance further qualifications, it won’t make any difference to either my status or salary...so again I ask, why bother?  If I hated the company it would be rebellious to let them pay for something that was ultimately set me free to go wherever I could but this is not the case here.  I like it and I like the people.  So, big dilemma really!

I guess the only real answer to this is that I am doing it for me.  For my own personal feeling of achievement.  To have proof that I am good enough and knowledgeable enough to undertake the examinations and to enable me to have those designatory letters after my name…

I wish I knew the answers…or even just one would be a start!!  I don’t want to lead a complicated life but I do seem to keep throwing myself into a pit of quandary whenever and wherever possible!!

Until next time, take care xxx



Initial set up for A5 Malden

Sitting at my desk and looking at the stash of stuff I have accumulated over the year(s) and I guess it is time to either use it or dispose of it.  I came across some stamps that I bought and had a bit of a play...

Autumn Days - Seriously, how cute are these hedgehogs!

I love this cat's expression!

Wouldn't hurt as a gentle reminder!

VDS and Malden with the help of Philofaxy!

All work and no play....

Right so despite my mammoth colouring in session - which I immensely enjoyed and will definitely be doing it more as I wonder why I ever stopped.  I used to love colouring in as a child, guess the grown up got the better of me - I did manage to get some pages designed but as I was looking for art work to accompany my template I got a bit distracted, as you do!

But the templates are done, with the help of Philofaxy, and I will now have to look for some good paper to print them out on as I think I want to decorate this A5 with stamps so I need to make sure that I don't get bleed through (I have noted that the Memento Ink bleeds through quite bad but the Ink It Up stuff is ok).  It'd also be awesome to be able to use my fountain pens!!

Here's a quick screen shot of where I got up to..

Slightly tweaked with images and a change of font

I have thoroughly enjoyed sitting in my new place surrounded by filofax stuff and a bit of creativity, it's been very calming and most pleasant!  I intend on spending at least 30 minutes before bed in here every night, planning out tomorrow and emptying my head of today so hopefully I will feel a lot more organised and calm.  Now doesn't that sound like an awesome plan!!

I will update as each of my sections materialise but until then, take care xxx

A5 Grey Malden to the rescue

It is that time of year again when plans are being made for the New Year.  Resolutions to ourselves of what we are going to do different next year so we don’t make the same mistakes as this year.  

I am not going to do that this time.  I am fed up with starting the New Year with so many good intentions that I am doomed to fail before I even get properly started.

I am making mine now but they aren’t resolutions, they are promises to myself that I am going to treat myself better, look after myself better and end 2015 on a better note than 2014.  I started out this year, as many years before, with such a long list of things that I guess I was feeling very overwhelmed by the time 1 January arrived.  It was not a good start.

2014 has been a pretty good year – much much better than 2013 and a hell of an improvement on 2012 which was just the darkest year of my life ever!!  But I have so much more in store for 2015 and I can’t wait to get started, which is why I have already.

The following 12 months are going to see a change in my outlook, a change in my inlook and a change of look altogether!!

I am looking into developing my knowledge and understanding of diet, fitness and nutrition too.  I think that this would be a great place to start my new lifestyle.  ‘We are what we eat’ is such an old saying but I want to find out exactly what that means.

I want to perhaps do a course on this to see where that leads.  Everyone needs help sometimes – or like me, all the time!  I like to help people.  

I am also booked onto a workshop to become a Life Coach, I am currently doing a course on this but for myself and it has changed my life so much in just a few weeks that I thought I would look into what is required to become one myself and if I could help someone else as much as this one has helped me then that’d be fantastic!

I’d always thought that Life Coaching was something that other people did and that for someone like me it wouldn’t have much effect as I don’t actually do much.  How wrong I was.  As I said, it has changed so much in such a short time that I am quite astounded.

Anyway, my vision is that by the end of next year I will know which path I will be travelling.  It could be that I decide to stay on the path I’m already on but at least I will know that it is the right path and I’m not just bumbling along for the sake of just bumbling along and not having the bravery to change anything or step a toe out of my comfort zone.  Something tells me that I will be changing completely…

To help me along in my quest for change I am going to need to plan things out a little better.  I have all the tools I need and I just have to sit and think for a while...

So with that it mind and my new quest I had to buy another trusty steed to help guide me along the way and here he is...an A5 Grey Malden!! 

Hello Handsome!!

I always regretted selling my Vintage Pink one so when I saw this one - and managed to walk away but then spent the next 24 hours thinking about him, I went back to the shop in the hope that someone had bought him but no, he was sat there waiting for me so I had to purchase him.  I had to.

I will be setting him up today, he came with the vertical column diary for 2015 but I'm just not feeling it so I will use the remainder of the Paperchase one till the end of the year and then see if that is working for me but I will update as I go, so stay tuned for that!

Until next time, take care xxx

So what's it all about?

I have 'followed' people for a while on Twitter (which I totally do not understand!) and Youtube and even Facebook - all in all I have felt like a bit of a stalker for some but these are ordinary people that talk about ordinary things...I guess that I am just really interested in other people, no matter how ordinary - in fact the more ordinary the better as I can relate to their stories - so it has made me think - I'm just as ordinary as all those I find interesting so...

Welcome to the beginning of my blog!

I have no idea what I am doing and I guess that this will just evolve as I learn more and more of what all these buttons do! But this is just an online diary type thing right? A conversation between me, myself and I about things I like or things I've found or just stuff I'd like to share with anyone who cares to take a peek...yeah, I can do this!

Today I woke up to what promised to be a glorious day. Not so. I managed to get out for a spin on my trusty steed 'Bob' who is my Virago 535 and went over to see my sister in law with my Hubby. Handpicked these beautiful flowers from her garden - they smell so divine!! 

The rain started to fall on the return journey but managed to just get the bikes away before the heavens opened. Lucky!! I don't mind being called a 'fair weather rider' there is no shame in preferring to keep your hobby pleasurable and there is nothing pleasurable about riding in the rain!!

This afternoon is being spent chilling out and preparing for an exciting week at work next week - new jobs always seem to come with the mandatory boring first few weeks where no one knows why you are there (including yourself!) and there seems to be no light at the end of the tunnel when all of a sudden it all makes perfect sense and you end up loving your new position and the forthcoming challenges it will bring - unfortunately I am not at that place yet...still at the mandatory stage but it's looking promising :) I will be optimistic and positive - mind over matter - and I will turn this around just as soon as I figure it out....lol