teawithlemon
Hi, I'm Laura. I'm 26, single and live in London. I love food, TV, movies and dinosaurs. I have a stegosaurus tattooed on my foot, and leaves on my hip. Chances are you'll find this blog full of fluffy baby animals, delicious cakes and random musings about my day. I also run and moderate:
Where I feel really down a lot because I’m not working. I have no money, and I mostly feel like my life has very little purpose, and also I get lonely a lot because besides Pie, the only person I regularly spend any time with is my driving instructor.
I know all this, and I have come to the obvious conclusion that the way to make myself feel happier is to get a job, and in the meantime whilst I’m still jobsearching to make progress on the small business I’m starting on at home.
But this is the annoying part, whilst I know that my problem has a relatively simple solution, because I feel down I find it really hard to motivate myself to actually get a lot done. And then I get pissed off with myself that I have been so unproductive and I beat myself up about it and then I feel even worse, which in turn makes me want to do even less.
This all sucks and I hate it and I’m determined to get out of this stupid spiral and be proactive, so I’ve made myself a list of stuff I should do every week. This is not actually productive work-type stuff, but I think that if I get happier by doing other good stuff and using my free time better, then I will be in a much better position mentally to get the work-type stuff done, and hopefully find myself that job.
- Work out every weekday. I’ve gotten out of the routine a little and I need to get back in. It gives me energy and endorphins and also provides me with achievable, measurable goals for me to strive for (right now these are going to be to reduce my body fat percentage to less than 30%, and to run 5k in less than 30 minutes).
- Go out and do something at least once a week. Mostly this will probably just involve going into town for a few hours and grabbing a coffee. But it will get me out of the house, and you never know, I might find a job vacancy whilst I’m there.
- Read every day. I’ve been doing this for the past few days already and it’s really great. I forgot how much I loved to read, and I’m sure it must help me to relax more before bed.
- Get back to regular swimming. Before Christmas, Pie and I started regularly using the apartment complex pool. I was working on getting comfortable with swimming under the water and I was pretty proud of myself for it and that needs to continue. Plus the hot tub is supremely relaxing.
- Create something (that isn’t food) at least once a week. I love crafts but I never find myself the time to do them. I have mosaic coasters, cross stitching and French knitting which should all get done.
