Turning over a new leaf, and how best to do it.

Fiocca · 14 Jan 2008 at 21:19

Gilly said:
Do it now. Why wait?

Suppose i don't know where to start,there's so much that needs sorting :rolleyes:

Wish i had someone to drag me along but thats not going to happen

OT: Yeah get your test done now. This is the best time to buy a motorbike for prices if you don't have one. Got mine around now for a steal

PardonTheWait · 14 Jan 2008 at 21:56

Gilly said:
Ah, but unfortunately I do The same thing that's stopped me doing it all last year too. I'll be doing what I can but there are reasons.

Von Luck · 14 Jan 2008 at 22:02

My advice would be - stop wasting your time on these forums, the suck your life away.

Also - setup a standing order to transfer a set amount each month into savings.

GreenMint · 14 Jan 2008 at 22:06

Good luck with that mate, i need to work on something similar myself, i don't drink, don't smoke, if anything i'm about a stone underweight, which isn't so bad as I eat well, but my financial situation is SHYT! hehe I live with parents, REALLY want to get a place with my girlfriend, and get a job that I enjoy, and stick with it, but obviously to do that I need to find a job that suits me, which I hopefully will do soon!

Aim for the next few months:

Find a good job that i can do well, that I enjoy, and where I can see myself spending a few years at least/find something better and use this as a platform, but ENJOY it and not hate getting up for work.

Get a house with my girlfriend, this and sorting my debts to a managable level are the most important things in my future, and I just hope I can do that, as I really want us to get somewhere, just gotta not give up on the job front even though I always seem to be a day too late calling about jobs, it'll happen in the end!!

3-6 Month goals: Get joined with a gym, exercise more, play Tennis at least twice a week from April-October and get in physical shape, especially cardio, which right now, is terrible!

Nice year goal: Get car finance paid off!

Berserker · 14 Jan 2008 at 22:08

Von Luck said:
My advice would be - stop wasting your time on these forums, the suck your life away.

Ain't that the truth - looks at join date and post count (and that's excluding all the posts I auctioned off). In one way it's been a good thing, in another, a very bad thing.

Anyway, I think you've got the right idea but just in case, don't try to change it all at once. You'll fail. Pick one thing and set a tough but achievable target, achieve it, pat yourself on the back, then move on to the next. I really ought to practice what I preach.

MookJong · 14 Jan 2008 at 22:21

Sit down and be brutally honest with yourself:

Why do you eat crap, abuse your body with smoking and over drinking and fritter your money away.

Once you know why you do these things, address that problem and all these symptoms will most likely go away on their own.

Good luck,

TriedandTested · 14 Jan 2008 at 22:28

I've been making a few changes lately. I eat better (Weight Watchers - just using their points systems gives you more control over what you eat), i exercise almost every day (5 out of the last 7 days so far) - 30mins to an hours just going for brisk walks. Now i've been doing that for a while i've started to jog a bit as well and i feel so much better, and that's just in a week. I've try to limit my time on the PC, especially these forums; like someone said it's just so bloody easy to sit reading them for hours on end, and where does it get you? I now just have a browse at work and a bit leading up to bedtime.

Good luck with what you're doing OP (and others here). I have a feeling the results will be worth it and you'll look back and be SO glad you decided to make some changes.

RandomTom · 14 Jan 2008 at 22:36

I need to do this, things I plan on:

- Lightening up a bit, and meeting more people I can call friends
- Losing body fat, to be hawt.
- Be more self-confident, (superficial but sort hair and smile out, i don't like my teeth

)

el_dazza · 14 Jan 2008 at 22:41

Mohinder, I've exactly the same challenges as you've set yourself, bar the smoking, and probably the drinking too. I drink, but not excessive amounts, and only occasionally (go out once, maybe twice a month?). I kept getting charged silly amounts by my bank, but now have that sorted, and I'm sorting my credit cards out, slowly but surely.

I'm determined not to let money be a problem to me, and will spend it more wisely in the future. I had fun for a couple of years, but all play and no work makes Jack a skint boy.

Good luck with it

PardonTheWait · 14 Jan 2008 at 22:43

MookJong said:
Sit down and be brutally honest with yourself:

Why do you eat crap, abuse your body with smoking and over drinking and fritter your money away.

Once you know why you do these things, address that problem and all these symptoms will most likely go away on their own.

Good luck,

Same reason every does - laziness! The over drinking isn't a problem in a sense, it's just something I want to cut down on. I don't drink an unhealthy amount, I'm just going to curb how much I go out because it costs too much money and I'm sort of bored of it. If I cut it down, I will save money and enjoy it more when I do go out.

Eating crap is just greed and laziness, I've been better this year already but need to knock all the chocolate on the head!

Smoking, who knows why anyone does that.

Thing is, I'm not completely dreadful with everything - it's my overall lifestyle that needs work. I'm not alcoholic, I'm not hugely overweight, and I earn reasonable money. The only problem that's really major, or in danger of becoming major, is debt, and that's first on the list. The other changes are mostly reasonably small, but together will make a big difference.

It's really a case of getting my **** together!

el_dazza said:
I'm determined not to let money be a problem to me, and will spend it more wisely in the future. I had fun for a couple of years, but all play and no work makes Jack a skint boy.

Spot on, time to grow up a little bit.

Vicar · 14 Jan 2008 at 22:46

I'll give you the best thing I know.... having done this and relasped..... trust me.... I drink way too much, I just read a report into how much the Average person int he UK will drink (bevy wise) ina lifetime. tbh I was shocked.....

This link in a Scottish rag, but credible http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/u...12/14-000-pints-in-a-lifetime-86908-20282695/

I reckon I already nearly done that in 10 Years, not in a lifetime!!! It is a bit sobering to excuse a terrible pun..... I am being serious about this. Drinking so much makes you lathergic, I went off the booze for a while made me more energetic, ate better. I got more drive to do better at my job. Then I went on holiday got leathered for 2 weeks in September came back and more less continued..... back to square one..... Start with one thing... Booze I reckon the rest is more easily controlled.....

PS I am writing half drunk, but I got a week in Ireland with Bro in Laws, whats the point in waiting a few weeks extra to stop.... very Hypocritical I know, but gives me a good few months to come off fags and booze and get control of my life again.