Sprung out of bed at 5 am this morning and set about making a note of my morning routine and the times associated with it so I know how long everything is gonna take. I've decided to schedule times in my day for different things so that I have a commitment to doing them. I think when you document something or put it in your diary you're making a mental commitment to doing that activity. So, for example, yoga is now in my diary every weekday at 7 am and weekends at 10 am that way it becomes part of my morning.
Driving to Cumbria this morning the opposite side of the motorway had a tailback for miles as I've been a really serious accident on the opposite side of the road. Whenever I'm in a long queue of traffic, I try not to get stressed and try and make sure my focus is more concerned about how the person involved in the collision is doing. I don't see the point anyway in stressing over being stuck in traffic. I'm a queue as you can't do anything about it. I just felt thankful I was on this side of the carriageway as the traffic was a really good clear.
Woop Woop! I am now 3 weeks into my Alcohol-Free Me Journey. Don't worry I am not going to have a badge for every week forever lol. I will have a weekly one until I get to a month then a Monthly one until I get to a year then yearly from then on. I am doing this so I have it all documented to look back on 5/10 years from now etc. It's not a diet or something temporary I just want to be a non-drinker going forward. I have already felt so many benefits that I can't see why I would ever want to revert back, even to occasional drinking I just don't see the point. People say things like "Well don't say never because you might wan a treat one night and have a drink", Well yeah I can perfectly see why when I have enjoyed so many benefits to my mental health and work etc, that as a treat I would want go backwards and poison myself for a treat so I feel rubbish again, no thanks lol. There are already starting to be lots of 0% alcohol alternatives so it will only get easier to enjoy a night out without feeling like you are missing out. My mental health has just been like night and day since not having to contend with hangovers.
I am so much more productive at work and have spent these past 3 weeks organising our CRM system to make it easier for us to know where to focus our efforts with customer ring rounds etc. This in itself has already started to generate new customers and also helped clear out some of the rubbish that's in there with closed accounts that we would otherwise still be trying to get in touch with.
Got home and called in Mum and asked how Bella had been and even during the hour I was there I could see that she was like a different dog already. Usually every 5 mins max she would be incessantly scratching herself. She didn't do it once while I was there. So that's a big thumbs up for the Cinnamon Aitch Soap . Mum had also put some of the forever-living aloe on her today where she had broken the skin. My mum uses their products on everything and to be fair whenever she has they have worked. I recently had a raised mole type thing on my head and put on the Every shield deodorant stick for a couple of days and it's totally gone. Mum used it all the time on holiday for mosquito bites, age spots, everything and swears by it. I don't think she has ever actually used it as a deodorant lol. But even as a deo it's great as it doesn't contain any aluminum salts which I've heard have links to cancer (I have put links to their skincare and the deo stick in yellow with my 10% discount on if you want to try any of their products ;-)
Went out with Tom, Dan, Bev and Jenny from the Lowerhouse to the new Mazzo for dinner. I loved the old Mazzo and was worried in case the new one disappointed, but I needn't have worried. It was perfect. The atmosphere, the lighting, the service, and food was just what you look for in a nice restaurant.
Check out my full Review HERE
If you haven't been yet, I would definitely recommend you BOOK to avoid disappointment as it was full when we went on a Thursday so weekends will be rammed.
Came home feeling stuffed but very content.