It’s been a while ladies! An update - mostly for myself. I will try and reflect on the year when we move closer to 2022, but here’s just a small, monthly update in the mean time.
I stopped being completely vegan/plantbased for a little while and started incorporating dairy, eggs and fish again after so many months without, simply due to severe digestive issues. But, it has failed and I feel morally, ethically unwell eating that way, so for now I’m going back on a vegan diet.
As for exercise, I really hope to start going to the gym a lot more - I have great access as there’s literally a fantastic light, calming gym and an amazing swimming pool at my work place. No excuses! As soon as I’m over this flu, I’ll get back in to it.
Like stated prior, at the moment I’m down with the (seasonal?) flu, and I look as poorly as I feel, but I’m almost at the other side of it.
I managed to loose 4kg but having fallen off of my diet again, I unfortunately believe I am right back to point 0. I have to diet quite strictly in order to loose any weight now, as my body being normal weight is very intent on staying the way it is.
As we’ve gone over to Autumn and I’m in love with this season, I have made it an effort to do more at home beauty, especially taking baths and using lovely scented products - shower gels, shampoos, treatments, body lotions, nice gradual self tanners to keep a glow, etc.
I’m also consistently getting acrylics done, starting with tips and now having gone over to just acrylic on my own nails. Babyboomers, classic french and now a lovely autumny nude. I simply love having on point nails all of the time, especially after the gel nails failure and a life long battle with short, brittle nails!
I got my eyelash extentions removed - it didn’t suit me whatsoever and is far too unnatural. I wanted to instead dye my lashes, which proved to be a brutal way of finding out that I am allergic to this and my eyes watered, burned and turned red for hours. So for now, I am back to makeup and fake lashes. And I actually prefer it!
I’ve always struggled with keeping my house tidy and clean, and I still do. I just didn’t grow up being taught to or disciplined to clean, as so it’s still not something that comes natural to me, even though I do like cleaning and even more so I value a clean home! I try to keep it clean, but from time to time it still does overwhelm me. I might start a tracker to try and help myself out, to have a clean house more frequently, because truely our home is lovely when it’s fresh and clean.
We still use fresh flowers, candles, oil diffusers and aromatherapy to freshen the home and keep it lovely, and this I’ll keep up. The few more pounds are absolutely worth it!
This month may not be the one I get to save the most money, as a lot of things are happening. I have family coming over finally after this Pandemic started, as well as being the host of this years Halloween party too. But I’m looking into saving double the amount I’m saving at the moment and really bump up my savings soon. That’s all for my budget - the rest is my private business!
All in all, I’ve been better and more disciplined. I’m still reading a lot of books about how to master this self discipline and sort myself out to be my own dream girl. But I’ll get there, one stop at a time!