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Monthly Wins

Dry January - this was shockingly easy, although I do not having any issues with drinking and I really only gave it up because of calories.

I had at least 2 no spend days a week! I smashed this goal the first half of the month easily and the second half of January was not so smooth, I did manage the 2 days a week but it came at the cost of a lot of my brain cells.

Started more aggressively saving for vacation in May, I have a goal to save $6000, I do not foresee spending it all on this trip but just wanted a number that will be hard to get to but not impossible and will set me up nicely for future trips. I also did not want to be the person in a group who is freaking out about the cost of things all week.

I went to the gym everyday this month, I did not lift every single day but I went in and did something to help me lose weight and reach that goal. I find going to the gym has weirdly helped with money because when I go I want to eat better so I will be less likely to order out.

Daily dog walks my little old lady was diagnosed with arthritis so these were slow going, I have started to look at this type of movement as a time to recharge and clear my head vs movement for weight loss.

Read:

I read 11 books in the month of January and a few of my favorites were - Sorrow and Bliss by Meg Mason, Definitely Better Now by Ava Robinson and Weyward by Emila Hart.

Watched and loved

A Real Pain

Ghosts Uk

Conclave

Lydia Elise Millen vlogs

Shadow of A Vampire

Traitors

Severance

Listened too

Taylor Swift - current hyper fixated on iamgonnagetyouback and But Daddy I Love Him

BIG BANG (thanks to Squid Games)

Sam Fender

Role Model

the Acquired podcast - Notably the NFL and the Hermes episodes

2000s pop while I am on the stair master

Lingering Feelings

Finding the balance between pushing myself too hard vs letting myself of the hook for things too easily. I think over all in my life I have been too easy on myself in the wrong ways.

I would like to do more creative things but can't find the drive to do so, I am overwhelmed with the news, my fitness stuff and so focused on making more money to save and pay off remaining debts that it is hard to fit more in my head.

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I have spent so much of my life trying to make my numbers smaller, my weight and my debt and now this I am thinking bigger, savings and trying to lift more weight - what a mind fuck.

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I am not a good writer, I can’t spell well and I have nothing important to say most of the time but I am finding the urge to try. I love a rambling conversation that has no point but I am finding more and more with every interaction with others I am wondering to myself why I said anything. I am thinking I will try to put some thoughts here.

I am going to make a short list of some of the things I love to ramble about in no particular order with no expertise

Movies/shows

music

Taylor Swift

cocktails

not drinking

wine

trips I am taking/or want to take/or have taken

critters I have seen

politics

weather

style

saving money

paying debt

British Youtubers

my weight loss

mental health

gym things

saunas

horses

books

grief