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My 2015 Goals

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My 2015 GoalsIt’s January, and time for setting my 2015 goals! For the first time since setting up this website, I’m going to declare my goals publicly and publish a monthly update so that you can see my progress (or the lack of!). In this way I hope to be held accountable by my readers and I also hope that this process will inspire you to write your goals and maybe go public too.

I’ve used the Wheel of Life (click on eBook Resources above for a template you can download) and have now split my goals into different areas of my life. After completing the WoL exercise it became clear that some areas required more attention than others and this is reflected in my goals.

This will be a year-long process, although, of course, I intend to have completed some of these goals long before the end of the year. I may also add or amend goals as the year progresses to recognise any changes and remain flexible.  I will not delete any goals that become ‘obsolete’ but will maintain them on the list with the reason they are no longer viable if this becomes the case.

Here are my 2015 Goals (in no particular order)

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Gloucester: Bucket List Challenge City 2

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Gloucester_1After a little research, Gloucester has been selected as the second of our Bucket List: Visit 12 UK Cities in 12 Months Challenge. Last month we spent a couple of days in Bristol as we are currently facing the challenge of shorter days and cold weather.  The cities we’re choosing are therefore closer to home than those we will visit during the Spring and Summer months.

Gloucester is a city of approximately 122,000 inhabitants, originally founded by the Romans. Its main attraction is the Cathedral which is a beautiful, grand building dating from 681. Gloucester also has an inland dock and numerous historical landmarks.

This trip was a ‘one-dayer’, and so we picked out a few things to do and see to get a feel for the city. We also wanted to build in a little fun. Here’s our itinerary for the day:

  • Leave at around 8am
  • Taster skiing lesson
  • Into Gloucester for lunch
  • A wander around the Docks
  • Visit to Gloucester Cathedral

A cold but sunny Saturday morning was a great start to our trip. The journey was clear and easy and we made good time. Once you cross the Severn and head into England, the landscape in the area is fairly flat with the Malvern hills framing the distance. Given the time of year, there were lots of trees with pretty displays of mistletoe, which seems to be quite prevalent in the area. [Read more…] about Gloucester: Bucket List Challenge City 2

Bristol: Bucket List Visit 12 UK Cities In 12 Months!

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You might have heard me mention in an earlier post that I’ve recently put a Bucket List together? I was inspired by other Bucket Lists I’d read and suddenly it had dawned on me that I needed more adventure in my life. My Bucket List grew out of this idea and now runs to a list of about 40 things I want to experience, have and do! I guess I’ll need to post my full list up at some point, but for today, I’m going to write about my first Bucket List Inspired Adventure!

One of the most tragic things I know about human nature is that all of us tend to put off living.

Dale Carnegie

It started with the happy coincidence of the arrival of my birthday and the inevitable question of ‘what do you want for your birthday?’. It’s not often I yearn for a ‘thing’ for my birthday, if I need anything, like a lot of people I go out and buy it. Instead it’s more likely that I will want to do something and that usually means going out for a nice meal. But instead, this time I already had the beginnings of my Bucket List! I had an incomplete entry for ‘Visit xxx city’ that, with a little more thought had morphed into ‘visit 12 UK cities in 12 months’.

Wikipedia gave me lots of ideas for places to visit, in fact, far more than I expected as my ill-informed understanding had assumed that in order to be called a City, said city must have a cathedral. I now know that this condition relates only to cities recognised before 1888. However, I have since decided that the 12 cities I choose to visit must meet this condition.

So, with a little bit of research, a check on the budget and the amount of time we could be away the decision was made for my husband and I to spend two days in Bristol. [Read more…] about Bristol: Bucket List Visit 12 UK Cities In 12 Months!

How I’m Using Affirmations To Become The Real Me

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journeyThe thing I love about affirmations is the way they subtlety allow new and empowering truths to embed themselves into my mind. In using them, I gently become the person I want to be, or rather, the person I know I am. I’m continually surprised when a new behaviour naturally makes an appearance and I realise, on reflection, that I’ve been affirming it as part of my daily routine!

The adage goes that we need to take some time to find ourselves. We need to take time to find out what really makes us happy, what makes us sad, to find out where our passions lie, for work, for love, even for food (maybe this one is easier!). But is this really true? Do we really need to find ourselves?

I think there’s another way to think about this and that’s to consider the things we know, or better put, believe about ourselves. For example, if I believe that I am a shy person, is this really true? Will setting out on a journey of self-discovery enlighten me sufficiently to categorically confirm that I am indeed a shy person? Furthermore, even if I am able to determine that this is the case, will I like what I discover or will I be inclined to make changes so that I am no longer a shy person? Maybe being a shy person doesn’t sit well with my aspirations and I therefore perceive that there is a need for change. [Read more…] about How I’m Using Affirmations To Become The Real Me

10 Things You Didn’t Know About Me BUT 1 Of Them Isn’t True!

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earthSo I was pondering what to write about this week and thought that maybe I should let you know a little bit more about me! The idea of coming up with 10 things seemed like a good place to start and I thought it would be a bit of fun to include a red herring in the list too to see if anyone can guess which one I’ve made up! Answers in the comments please!

Of course some of you know me quite well anyway, and others don’t really know me other than through my blog. This makes choosing the list quite difficult, but here we go anyway!

  1. I’ve crowd surfed (but just once!). This happened on a holiday to France. It wasn’t your usual idea of crowd surfing, but just enough for me. I jumped into a line of waiting French men who then passed me over their heads and down the line, all the while swaying to the blaring music! Down the line I was man-handled until reaching the end of the line where I was set down on my feet. A girl’s dream comes true!

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