Day 8 | 5 Current Goals

I have goals coming out of my years, some are more long term whilst others cover me for the the next month or so. I'm pretty good at setting them but bloody awful at seeing them through to the end and achieving them. I've figured that it may work best if I have bite sized goals that help to achieve a bigger long term goal but for now here are my bigger goals which I am going to be aiming towards:

• Become a lot more healthy and enjoy exercise - The thought of exercise is always a lot more pleasant that actually doing it, I want the end result without all the hard work but of course that's not going to happen at all so I really need to push my self to make healthy choices and look forward to exercise more

• Take more pictures - I really want to include more of my own pictures here on my blog rather than using other peoples as I think its so much more personal. I see so many wonderful things during the day but never think to get my camera out and start snapping away 

• Get to goal weight before my holiday in August - May was a bit of a chubby month for me, it was my birthday and then I went away to South Africa and since coming back I've carried on eating crap and not exercising so unsurprisingly I've put on weight and I'm at the heaviest I've ever been! I go away at the end of August and I want to be beach confident

• Grow my blog - Now I don't mean this is a follower sense although that wouldn't go a miss! I want to get lots more content from my head into posts. I have so many ideas and I cant wait to transfer them all for you to enjoy

• Work through my 101 things in 1001 days - Since creating this list back in January I haven't really made a conscious effort to get things ticked off, so I'm going to go through and make a plan to get things completed. Many of things will bring me out of my comfort zone and will also be new experiences - I don't know what I've been waiting for really! 

What are your goals? Are you good to sticking to plan or do you find it difficult to achieve goals?

You can read all my posts from the 30 day challenge here. 

Day 7 | Five Favourite Songs

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Like a lot of people I'm sure, music is a very important part of my life. Whilst I have no idea how to play an instrument or even read music I do know how much it can make a difference to your mood. Different songs can pick you up when your feeling down, lyrics can help you make sense of things when your mind is all over the place. Sometimes music will just be on in the background whilst I get ready in the mornings but then there are times when I just sit down to listen to certain songs, to take in their lyrics and enjoy the music. Its been quite tough to pick just 5 favourite songs but these I think I've done a good job narrowing it down. These are in no particular order...

Carrie Underwood - Just A Dream - The first time I heard this song I cried, now not just a little tear, I sobbed. I told you I was a cry baby. Its about a young girl whose boyfriend dies whilst serving his country and the words just really hit deep. Although its such a sad an emotive song I still cant help but play this all the time even after all this time.

Nadia Ali - Rapture (Avicii Remix) - I don't know what it is about this song but when ever it comes on in the car its like I HAVE to put the windows down and turn it up loud! It really makes me dance and sing along, and because of that I love running to it because it gives me lots of energy! 

Jason Mraz - I Wont Give Up - Every couple has a song right? Well this is mine and Allan's song, it has such a personal meaning, its like it was written for us! It was only right that it ended up in my favourite 5.

Mr. Probz - Waves - This is a new favourite of mine, its definitely going to be my summer song! Its really chilled out and I just love Mr. Probz voice on this song. 

K-Ci & JoJo - Crazy - One of my favourite films is Save the Last Dance and this song comes from its soundtrack. Shock horror its another slow and soppy number but this has a really R n B vibe as it is from the R n B gods K-Ci & Jo Jo. I love the video because it incorporates bits from the film and the lead male is hot! 

So I think from my favourite songs it just confirms that Allan is right, I am the biggest wet lettuce going, but I just cant help being an emotional person! Dont think that I just listen to the slow stuff though because that's not the case at all, but I tend to just like what ever is popular at the time! 

What are your favourite songs? What kind of music do you prefer? 

You can read all my posts from the 30 day challenge here. 

Day 6 | What I'm Afraid Of

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Okay so already on day 6 I failed to post *sadface* I told myself that I'd plan ahead so I kept on top of things but I wasn't as organised as I'd hoped! It was a long Friday at work and when I got home I just wanted to hang out with my boyfriend who'd just completed his penultimate exam! Roll on next when its all over and he can go back to being stress free! Anywho I hope you don't mind this is a day late, and I will posted day 7 a little later when I've come back from a little bit of retail therapy. 

In all honestly I'm not scared of the usual spiders, the dark, heights or anything of that kind. I was thinking about it yesterday I may be a wet lettuce (the bfs words not mine!) when it comes to feelings and emotions but when it comes to physical things there isn't anything that I immediately fear. 

The one big thing that I am without a doubt scared of it is change. I hate it. I think it boils down to the fact that I am a little bit of a control freak. I like knowing what's going on and when, if there is the slightest bit of change that I just cant handle it and I feel a little out of my depth. 

For the past 3 years change has become a big part of my life thanks to my boyfriend but yet I'm nowhere near accepting that change can be positive too. Logistics hasn't always been the easiest for me and Allan, he lives in Brighton and I live an hour and a half away in Camberley. Until very recently he worked away meaning from week to week he would be at a different location around the South East. With every location came panic that things were changing and it was going to be difficult for us but every time Allan proved that it didn't matter where he was, he'd still come to see me whenever possible. Many evenings he drove 2 1/2 hours just to spend the evening with me, which of course made me a very happy bunny. 

Now he's no longer working away he's only 30 minutes from his in Brighton and hour from mine so things are a lot easier although I am just waiting for the time when he says he has to work away again! But hopefully by then I would have made the big move to Brighton...another change which whilst I'm nervous about it and I am excited too! 

What is your biggest fear? 

You can read all my posts from the 30 day challenge here. 

Day 5 | My Proudest Moment

I have to say that it has taken me quite some time to think of what my proudest moment is. I didn't do very well at school, or college for that matter, I haven't been to uni, and it took me a bloody long time to pass my driving test but when the thought struck me I wondered why I didn't think of it earlier!

I work at one of the major estate agents in my area, I'm quite proud of that fact after working hard to get where I am now. From starting out a very small independent (crappy) agents I managed to bag my self a Lettings Negotiator role, whilst the hours were a lot longer the money was better and I felt valued. After a year in that role I decided that the hours were just too long and the pressure on hitting targets were just too much so when a spot opened as a Letting Co-Ordinator I jumped at the chance! Less hours, similar money and no walking around in the rain waiting for late appointments, score!

Across our company there are lots of different departments, we cover sales, lettings, new homes, and auctions just to name a few and within each area there are quarterly awards and annual awards. During a very busy Q2 last year I picked up an award which meant a trip to London with all the other award winners. We went for dinner at Dans Le Noir which is a very strange concept - you eat in the dark! Wining that award was a great feeling in itself but was nothing like the Christmas Party....

Our Christmas Party or the Annual Awards as they like to call it, is a big deal. Everyone gets dressed up all 500 of us and there's a big sit down meal (with copious amounts of wine of course!), then its the awards! At the beginning of the night we find out who has made the shortlist, and last year my name was down! I had butterflies, I was really nervous thinking it could be me but deep down I did figure that it hadn't been a great year so its doubtful I'd win but to be nominated at least was good enough for me! The winners are calculated on targets, figures, additional services etc so its not just a case of being the boss's favourite which is really good! 

When it come to our category it was very tense we all wanted to know who would be jetting off to South Africa but again I didnt for one minute think that it would be me...until my name was called out!! I have to say I don't really remember much about walking up to the stage, I'm not sure if that was the wine or the adrenalin! To make things even better my friend Sarah had also won so we strutted down together, both in awe of what we had achieved! We would both be off to South Africa for a trip of a life time! 

All those days that I'd worked late, came in early. All the times that I pulled my hair out stressing because references had failed again, all the times I had cried because a landlord had shouted at me, it all seemed worth it. I was proud, very proud and the big smile I carried on my face all night, and for days to followed proved that! 

Find out what I got up to in South Africa here. 

What has been your proudest moment? 

You can read all my posts from the 30 day challenge here. 

Day 4 | My Dream Job

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I am happy to admit that I am most likely the least career driven person you will come across. Now that doesn't mean I am lazy bum who sits at home all day because that's most definitely not the case. I have worked full time since I left college all them years ago, working in a busy hotel on front reception and now in a one of the areas top estate agents. I feel I work very hard in a highly pressured stressful environment and for now its working, but I have totally different ideas when it comes to my future career. 

Although pretty controversial, my dream job (when the time is right) is to be a full time stay at home mum. I want to be there to look after my family, watch them grow and be the best mum and wife I can be. Whilst I know some people would think this is a bit of cop out and that I should want to have my own career and life, I would say the opposite. I am a very traditional person and choosing to give up a career for your family is a very respectable thing, it means you are putting your family before anything else to make sure that your children have the best upbringing they can have. This doesn't mean I don't have respect for working mums or think that their children would have less of a better up bringing, I can only imagine how hard it must be to juggle everything all at once and I dont want to have to compromise. 

I've seen the situation from both sides. My mum had my sister (Abbie) when I was five and from then until I was about 10/11 she didn't work, even when she did go back to work it was during school hours so she was always around before and after school which I loved. Whereas on the other hand my step-mum went back to working full time after my two sisters (Alice and Emily) were born. Whilst we all had a good different upbringings I do feel that staying home and looking after my own children will ensure I can give them my undivided attention. 

Luckily my boyfriend feels the same so hopefully when the time is right I will be able to step into my dream job of being a Mum. 

What do you think about stay at home mums? What would be your dream job?

You can read all my posts from the 30 day challenge here.