My 5 October Goals

I really don't understand how it is October already, one minute we're stressing about finding the perfect bikinis and the next we're hunting down roll neck jumpers. The year just fly's by and before we know it we will be wrapping up Christmas presents to put under the tree. You might have read my September Challenge - if not you can find it here - so I thought that I would make a little add on to my already set challenges.

1. Be more organised

I love the thought of being organised, and I can be really good at it. But if I'm not in a set routine then I begin to slack like crazy and just become incredibly lazy. So before we hit the beginning of the new month, I bought myself some cute little notebooks and organisers. I don't know how something so simple can kick start my motivation, but it works wonders. I bought a few and gave each one their own little purpose. One of them is to organise my blog, another I have wrote down my work out routine for each day, and another for my Acting. Im also going to use Buffer a lot more to help publish my blogs whilst I'm at work, I love blogging and its more of a hobby than anything else, but its something that I want to take a lot of pride in.

2. Make more of my days

Recently, I handed my notice into my work and said goodbye to Hospitality! It was a job that I had alongside Uni as my hours there were a full days work so working evenings was perfect. Since graduating, waiting around all day until 5 or 6 o'clock and then coming home near enough midnight just wasn't ideal. I would not see my partner until he picked me up from work, and even then we would only see each other for about an hour or so as he gets up for work early. Although I love the people who work there, I realised the hours just weren't for me and it was creating something negative in my life. Don't get me wrong, I would easily work evenings if it was for something I loved, but serving customers who are in a rush or have had a tough day can become incredibly draining, especially as being a waitress was not my idea of a career at 21. So I done something about it, I now have a job in the industry that I want to progress in, and I have set shifts Monday - Friday. I wake up in the morning able to see my partner before he heads off and it motivates me to go to the gym before work. Before I had little energy, I was forever tired and just wanted to be in bed, but now I am able to make the most of my day and thats something that I want to continue doing. To grow my blog, to become a better actor and to spend time with the people I love.

3. Stop getting distracted

I am easily distracted, in fact a 50% ASOS sale just come through as I was typing this and I instantly had to take a 15 minute break so that I could look at all of the goodies! It's something that happens a lot which makes a 10 minute job turn into half an hour and I'm not able to get everything done that I planned to in that day. I am trying to cut it out slowly and if something distracts me whilst I need to get something done then I will just remove it. I closed my mail app on my laptop so that any new mail wouldn't pull me away from writing this post and if its one of those days where my Whatsapp group is about to explode, I will just move my phone away from me. I need to focus more and work harder, which is difficult when the littlest of things distract me.

4. Take better care off my skin and hair

You know when you have just been so poor recently that you can barely afford life? Well thats me. I have spent my whole life in education not know what a full time monthly wage looks like, and even months after graduation I am in the same boat. Beauty, make up, clothes and everything other than food or transport has had to take a major step back. But now things are changing, my life is evolving and I want to take a lot more pride in my skin and hair. I am soon to purchase a big bulk and I can't wait to show the progress!

5. Drink more water

Everyone who knows me will understand this point. If I'm offered a drink, 9 times out of 10 that would be my first drink of the day, even if its at 7pm. I am the worst at keeping hydrated, and boy doesn't my body love to remind me. I try and drink more but that only lasts about a day before I forget again. I am more of a 'I'm hungry' rather than, 'I'm thirsty' kind of gal, when in reality my body is screaming out for hydration. It is something that I will still be writing about in 5, maybe 10 years time! But it is a working progress and some day I know that I will get into a good routine.

Love,

Chloé Danielle-Taylor

Hello September | My Challenge

Do you ever get to the end of Summer until you realise that you should have kicked started your healthy eating a hell of a lot sooner? Those clouds are soon to be staying for good and winter jackets will soon be your signature look. Yet, I already want to make sure that I am body confident for Summer'18. Im tired of going months and years wishing and wanting something that I attempt for a day and then go straight back into my pot of ice cream in the evening. I know how I want to look, I know how to get there and what to focus on and cut out, yet its so hard to stick to it when I'm easily tempted but all the wrong foods.

That is why I am welcoming September with so much drive and motivation to finally start this journey that I was meant to start years ago. I get to the point in which I start to see changes in my body and then I begin slacking because I think that I can 'afford' too, and that it won't make much of a change because il just 'burn it straight off'. Yet I say this far too often, and within a few weeks I still see changes, just not the changes that I want to see.

I strongly believe that everyone can achieve their goals if they truly go for it and do everything in their power to make it happen, and the reason behind this challenge is to not only be a healthier/ fitter version of myself, but to also put me on track to achieving the bigger picture. So I'm kick starting this September with a challenge to myself. For some reason I can't seem to go a whole week without looking back and thinking 'yeah I was good, apart from Monday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday'. So this September, to help get me into the swing of changing my lifestyle, I am only going to eat one unhealthy item a week and see how I feel both physically and mentally at the end of the month.

I can be highly competitive at times, so one way to make me stick to something is to set myself goals as I am even more determined to prove something to myself, and of course it makes me feel so satisfied. So set yourself a goal, give yourself a certain amount of 'Treat Cards' for the month and follow my recent post Tips To Get You Started.

If you're starting this journey too, or if you've already started a similar one then please share and comment your advice/ recipes/ what to do/ what not to do etc etc and lets help one another!

I'm already looking forward to seeing my progress, are you?

Love,

Chloé Danielle-Taylor