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TUESDAY (i.e… the week from hell…)

Well that may be a bit harsh; though I am completely exhausted!

Working 5 days this week, MDS orientation tomorrow after a sunrise pilates class, then back to work in the evening just to wake up to let the plumber in the next day… Not to mention working the rest of the week. It doesn’t get busier than this, and I don’t feel eased into it at all!

It has perhaps caused my good habits to start faltering a little bit… We finally got a new fridge in and I’ve been so busy that I haven’t even had time to do the groceries, and I can feel myself trying to stay in bed every minute more that I can. But it’s about pushing through!! Some small wins for motivation:

Fridge fixed hell yes!

Plumber coming in soon to fix the shower and soon I will have the shower pressure of my dreams…

Pilates 6-week challenge is a go! And all 6am classes booked for extra kapow

Uni starts next week and I don’t think I’ve been this excited for an education since I figured out what university was.

Setting the course for having a nearly perfect work life balance…

weekdays look like pilates in the morning, lovely afternoons, and university from 3-6pm

weekends look like daytime work in cafes with a bit of variety here and there

Things are falling into place and dare I say, exactly where I hoped they would. I am incredibly grateful, and there are a few challenges up ahead, but I am going to handle them with grace and all the knowledge I’ve earned. I have a few things I want to focus on the rest of the week, especially in between work and the other commitments I’ve got going on:

get that meal plan sorted and groceries done

set up the kitchen and bathroom with a wee kmart run

get rid of the shit I don’t even touch in my wardrobe, it’s getting a little shocking at this point 😭

try out hot pilates!!

finish a single book instead of trying to read 3 at a time

And there’s most of it! Gonna try visualise my ideal person and life, and put it all into action. Slow is better than not at all as I’m trying to remind myself! So incredibly thankful I can feel my frontal lobe developing, and I think my darling’s is too… he’s so incredible and I think he’s grown more than me in the last year! A real inspiration and great influence for me. Now to convince him to spend his mornings in the studio with me…

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SATURDAY (of week 4…)

Life comes at you so fast!

Main thing in my head is looking for more income opportunities to fuel my newfound pilates addiction… I could do that shit every single day but damn if it isn’t expensive! I’ve been applying to a couple more jobs and I had a look at my university timetable; it’s pretty interesting. I have classes from 3pm to 6pm, Monday to Friday. Would be incredibly awesome if I had a job that bent to my every whim. Not to worry, things will come right!

Watched Babygirl… and that’s where I will leave it because I don’t think I’ve had anything plague my mind this much since I was a Batman fangirl in high school. Harris Dickinson is incredibly motivating (don’t ask on what, I will not elaborate.)

Here are some affirmations. I’ve been working on who I want to be and what I want out of this year and unfortunately it’s hard to implement evidence-based policy with no evidence. Loving things, sticking to things, and getting out of my comfort zone are the big three for me at the moment. I’m excited though! Pilates is awesome, I actually could throw all my money at it and be absolutely chuffed. I’m still waiting for a fridge and working shower head though, but once that’s sorted, you have no idea the person I’ll become. It’s actually kind of crazy, feel like I’m scarting myself with all of this progress in the last month alone (!!) but I fucking deserve to have the life I want! And a fridge!

Small habits will change your life: How you spend your mornings. How you talk to yourself. What you read. What you watch. Who you share your energy with. Who has access to you. That will change your life.

Never lose sight of how good you have it.

You will literally never ever regret this.

I don’t care how many times I have to start over, I am not settling for a life I don’t want.

February is going to be insane for me: I will be unrecognisable by March.

Healthmaxxing 😋

The person I want to be is disciplined (!!!)

Colour of the year is red!!!

Eat healthy. Move. Hydrate. Smile. Sleep.

Life will unfold; there’s beauty in lingering.

and keep writing!

That should do it for today…

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THURSDAY (already!?)

Sooo this week has been crazy already and it’s only Wednesday! Just to recap:

Travelling since Christmas… extended stays in Takapuna, Whiritoa, Matarangi, Coroglen, and just came back from Waiheke last night. I am exhausted.

Moving! Packing so many boxes and unpacking them again all on my lonesome. Sad. (But also very exciting!)

The mental toils of decided whether or not to do lowercase + emojis or to keep it somewhat professional… as you can see I have made my choice.

I am already slacking on this column…

A lot has been happening and yet I cannot help but feel a change in the wind… I am so excited for this upcoming year and I have the first pilates class of the year booked for this Saturday! And I’ve managed to drag a friend along! AND I am taking my lovely little boyfriend to a charm bracelet making class next weekend… Everything is coming together…

I spent yesterday morning (from 7am to 10:30am… eek) doing a bunch of admin for my new place, and I have decided I’m going to take the plunge and buy the scrubee from Lush. I’m excited. I might even get the LTGTR body spray since I adored their cleanser so much. I do need a job though, that has been much harder to come by. Incredibly tough being in university full time looking for a part-time job in a full-time recessive market.

Life has changed so quickly just in the last three months, and my goals rapidly with it. It’s annoying more than anything else, but I think I’m gonna be a little more realistic about what I want long term and how I’m gonna achieve it. A couple things…

cancelled my gym membership in lieu for 2-3 pilates classes a week. I have been paying $24 a week for two years and the motivation to go did not magically appear as I thought it would. And I actually like pilates.

stopped paying board and started paying rent + bills. More expensive by a lot but now I’m in the heart of the city and saving so much on transportation costs! Walking everywhere just the way I used to 4 years ago!

implementing a long term meal plan— sticking to an 80/20 nutritional lifestyle and entering a gentle deficit pumped full of protein to hit some other goals.

trying to imbibe in cannabis as little as possible but thats neither here nor there

In short: So. Exciting. I feel like I’m actually becoming the adult I thought I was at 19. More to come!

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still sunday…?

here are some things that i’ve pinned lately…

trying to distinguish my niche and what i want out of this year! lots of coffee, lots of love and lots and lots of fun quality time. i want to establish a specific thing that screams “oh thats soo zee” y’know!! will take time…

kinda just figuring out this online journalling thing but so fricking easy to just copy + paste whatever i like and just personalise everything to the maxxx. so excited there’ll be a lottt on here i HOPE!!!

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sunday

this is happening 🙂‍↕️ i am going to try keep this journal/column going for as long as i can this year! i’m committed to it :> inspired by carrie bradshaw. i feel a change in the wind this year and i know i’m gonna make it soooo sexy. i’m happy with my living situation, my relationships, and am finally studying something i can see myself doing long term and am genuinely passionate about. have a couple goals to start the year off:

get into a real routine that is nonnegotiable and done every day—not because i have to but because i want to.

start becoming financially literate… i’m boo boo the fool with money

be intentional with everything i do; my work, relationships, etc etc.

stop going on my damn phone so often -.-

there ya have it. fitting to start on a sunday while i am waiting for someone to order a coffee… looking forward to the new year (and my pookie to return…)

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and so the little online journal begins... good morning 2025