Tuesday 28 January 2014

Filofax retro bloom and a dizzy day

Well , its one of those days . One of those weeks where everyone gets a nasty bug and this time I succumbed too . Weirdly and strangely dizzy . I am fine if I walk in a straight line but rubbish at cornering :-) I really hope it doesn't last . It leads me on to the subject of this blog post though  , movable labels for mums that have health issues such as inflammation , depression , fatigue , collapsing illnesses ( yep all those in one here ) .
 On weeks like this week I don't manage to get done all the things I had listed in my Fabulous Filofax retro bloom personal for this week . Some weeks are just that way for me so I have started putting the to do jobs onto sticky notes so if they don't get completed this week I just unstick them and put them on next week ! 

Simple . no stress , no forgetting what need to be done and I can forgive myself and accept that I am not superwoman and that I can simply do them next week . Its a perfect system for me . 
My Retro Bloom Filofax !

There are going to be a lot of stickers moved to next week but I can relax knowing those jobs wont get missed out or forgotten . 
I especially love the Martha Stewart teardrop stickies I got from staples  , they un-peel so well and come in a really appealing colour range . 

Saturday 25 January 2014

Sorting Out Forty .

Sorting out forty . 
A blog about an unorganised artist with three kids , one with ADHD and Aspergers , two fishtanks , one cat and a husband . 

Hitting forty is a bit of a difficult time  for everyone but I had heard life begins at forty and I am determined that mine will too . A little bit about me . I am an artist , three times winner of the David Shepherd Wildlife artist of the year Wild places award  . I am a mum , daughter , wife , sister , friend and everything that comes with . I also have a collapsing disease /problem , stress , anxiety and depression . My dad died last december from cancer , my mum has beaten cancer twice . It has been a long , hard , exhausting slog . I have been unwell since my teens when my thyroid stopped working . and exhausted ever since . 
So you see why I need to sort things out  , and I will ! 

I started this blog to share how things are going , to motivate myself and to share those things I love . I have started a new healthy eating plan and exercise regime , I am batch cooking , saving money , organising my house and my kids and learning just how good life can be  . 

Here is the good bit . The start of all this change was FILOFAX ! WHY did I never have one before . 
My new Filofax came ! wohoo ! Its a pocket size pink one and its fab . 
I already have a Filofax retro bloom personal that has transformed the way I manage my daily life , a small thing made SUCH a difference . More on my Retro bloom on other posts ,  I just want to share my new baby ! 
I have a Filofax obsession which is  really helping control my depression in a number of ways  , if i have a Filofax I have to find a way to use it ! I use my retro bloom for my day to day diary  , health tracker , things to do etc and my new pink pocket Filo I  am going to use as a holiday planner . Here it is ! 


At the back is a mesh pocket I can use to store train tickets etc when I am actually on holiday . I will take this filo with me , its the perfect size and will have all the info in it I need . 

The best bit . At the front it has credit card slots and a full length pocket
A map too ! I wasn't expecting that as this Filofax was second hand from Ebay .
It includes a today marker /ruler in pink and all the paper in it is pink too because it is the breast cancer awareness Filofax .

I cant resist putting on my new page setup in my Filofax Retro Bloom personal . I love being greeted each day with bright colours , it really helps to keep me smiling and my mood balanced . I will upload a photo in my next blog post of the end of week look when its all full so you can see just how much I love to use it . 



Thanks for following along with me  on my first post  , I hope you follow my blog and follow my journey !
Feel free to leave a comment I would love to hear from you !
Sev :-)