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What's Up? The Plan

I have ambitious plans for the year ahead.

If it stays in my head or on a scrappy piece of paper (shoved away with all the other bits of scrappy paper until the end of time), I'm afraid I'll not keep myself accountable. 

September 4th is Day 1 for me. It's the start of the UK academic year for my kids. It's the start of a year where for the first time ever, I have time to dedicate purely to myself for myself.

Yes, I have a household to run but beyond that it's an opportunity to make changes, push out of my comfort zone and strive for things that weren't possible at different points in my life for various reasons.

Where to start ...

I've broken it down into 5 different areas (with obvious overlaps). Again, the book Just F*cking Do It by Noor Hibbert was a huge inspiration. Thank you Noor!

🏃 Physical 
🧠 Mental 
🧘 Spiritual
💼 Vocational
🤝 Charitable

Below, I'll touch on my overall aims in each area and in subsequent posts I'll go into more detail covering background etc to get you up to speed. 

There's a lot to cover before Day 1!

🏃 Physical 

It's about getting healthy, fit, strong and lean and while my nutrition is where I want it to be, my exercise levels need serious work. I'm joining a gym to train 3 times per week. Hopefully that along with the swimming I already manage, should put me in a better place.

🧠 Mental

This blog obviously. A last minute addition to my ever growing list. What am I thinking? 

Also, I'm going to write a fiction book or more accurately something of book length. There has been a lot of thinking behind this and still quite a bit of planning needed to get into shape ready for Day 1.

🧘 Spiritual

I'm determined to do daily meditation. I have the app and the reminders so it's about building that into my life. I also intend to attend some in person meditation classes too to supplement this.

💼 Vocational

It's widely known that I have a huge interest in pursuing primary school teaching. The applications for 2025/26 open in October and I intend to apply as soon as I can and I hope I can gain a place again (a story for another post).

🤝 Charitable

I'm a school governor so that will continue. I will also continue in my role as a parent volunteer in school. 

I'm also looking at other ways I could potentially volunteer. Though I don't know how much time I'll have with everything else going on.


If you've read this far, then thank you. 

Are you feeling ok? I'm sure watching paint dry is more interesting. 

No, in all seriousness, thank you. It means more than you'll ever know.

Over August, I'll be covering each of the 5 areas above in more detail. There is too much to say on each one to be covered under one blog heading.

Then from September, I'll be updating my progress. The highs, the lows and everything inbetween because life never ever goes to plan. 

Hopefully I'll still manage to muddle through to an end point of sorts. We will see!

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  1. Michael A.18 August 2024 at 01:25

    Good luck, Anita!

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  2. Zena18 August 2024 at 07:08

    Anita. This is amazing! I’m too scared to journal for the fear of my own family reading it and here you are putting it out into the world! Go you! You already sound like a pro. Keep it up xxx

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    1. Anita Lear18 August 2024 at 13:20

      I know, what on earth am I doing? Thank you xx

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