Hip hip horray, i got an award at work.... we do a we care award in our hospitals where collegues nominate there team for working well and they get awarded if they win. i got an email today to say i won the souths august award...
This is what Natasha the hospital director wrote about me:
"I am nominating Adam for a we care award for his contribution to the weekly operational brief at Haywards Heath. Each week Adam keeps us connected with important Nuffield charity updates, news stories, interviews with team members, engaging and amusing facts, and generally puts a smile on our face each Monday morning when we read the wob. He does this with enthusiasm, commitment, tenacity and often his own time. Adam is also a valued member of the Portering team and keeps things running smoothly and flowing around the hospital. Well done and thank you Adam. Natasha Hospital Director
I won an Amazon voucher.....
Really chuffed goes to show that the effort im putting in is helping me stay in my job and making a difference to the hospital.
Another great weekend..... to be honest ive been looking forward to getting back to work after getting my award lol.....
Today i woke at 11am went and got a coffee..... then my sister, brother in law, nephews and niece came over.....
we played games on xbox and went to the park..... was very nice....
ive got this wednesday off as a holiday day so im going to go to the pub tuesday night for a meal as i got a voucher thru for half price main meals......
Then saturday ill be watching the footy again...... arsenal vs spurs im hoping we can get a draw...
All the best adam
i tell everyone that i used to gamlbe and im now on the straight and nrrow.... Now someone at work knows of my problems but insists on telling me of their wins online.... Tody they say they won a roulette jackpot of xxx in one go.... now i know that the odds of winning this are really hard..... i know if i gambled i would lose... and i know gambling isnt for me... i also know im doing well and i cant wait to iht the 3 year mark in 70 days... But it is still triggering..... i wish she hadnt told me...
Just about to go out for a mal with a couple of friends..... holiday day tomo..... can't complain.... gonna get a nice pizza..... and a brushetta starter.... plus a couple of coffees.....
Congratulations. All the best adam.
Congratulations Adam ,
so proud of you ?
hello monopostes and vimto vinnie xxx thansk for popping by..... loving the positivity.....
Thought id update my diary as not written on it since tuesday 5 days ago......
the meal on tuesday was lovely.... had a meatball starter and spicy pizza for main 20 pounds altogether and thoroughly worth it for the socialising.....
Went to the gym a lot this week which is good to get the moneys worth out of ti....went monday, wednesday and sunday to they gym, played table tennis with sister, nephews and neice on sunday and they booked swimming on my membership too and went on saturday so all in all 12 pounds well spent for all of that..... Some weeks i dont go but some weeks i go lots..... ive signed up for 12 months its quite a lot at 48 pounds a month but health is worth spending money on...... Im getting a lot better on the treadmill and going to start working on weights once i lose a bit of weight....
With my exernal storage ive now downloaded 50 games to play on xbox all free with the ultimate membership....really is worth it..... i paid 24 pounds for a years membership absolute steal for that....
I've also managed to get disney plus for 18 pounds for a years membership..... bargin..... better than the 6.99 a month i was paying for netflix....
Been looking at my finances last night and gonig to try and keep wrapped up a home in order to put off putting the radiators on for as long as possible...... then i can spend more money on food... with finances in mind i think i can be debt free by 2029 should i really knuckle down and save hard...... but moneys not the be all and end all of life.....
then ill have 2 years to save up and then my plan is to be off work for six months over my 50th birthday.... at work when i started in the contract there was a bit about sebaticals so i think it will be possible to have a break then go back to it..... ill have to look up when the euros and world cup are on as it would be good to be on one of those summers..... i ugess its on even years eg 2022 2024 2026 2028 2030 so maybe push my break forward a year and do it on summer 2030 world cup.... we will see.
Why hello there diary.... u little diary..... u sweet diary.... the place for my thoughts.... the place for my reflection.... and the place i gain my strength.... I thank you diary.
In a very very positive reflective mood tonight..... my mum came over to see me which was nice as i havent seen her for a couple of weeks as they were on a cruise.
She is well.... i showed her my latest couple of wobs ive made a she thought they were great and laughed at my jokes which is nice.
Im getting a heated lakeland clothes dryier for xmax from mum dad and my sister..... looking forward to my clothes drying a lot quicker....
My manager was back at work today.... didnt see him much but good that hes back to full health again....
I remembered yesturday that ive got a holiday day this monday so that will be ince a long weekend to enjoy this weekend.
Im going to my sisters on saturday to watch the football and have a roast, my mum and dad are driving us over there....be good.
Been cooking up some nice meals for myself in recent weeks but ive also been snacking a bit too much.... got to watch my weight.
Been to the gym a lot last week plus took my sister and played table tennis and they went swimming day before with my membership so im getting my moneys worth which is great.....
All the best
Adam
Hello diary..... ive had a nice weekend.... had a bacon sandwich friday night for tea....then a friend came over for a bit and we chatted.... then i slept for a long time and woke up 2pm saturday... then i went over my sisters for a roast and to watch spurs win.....then back home and watched disney plus and played xbox...then sunday woke up and a friend rung me and came over....i went over the road and got us a coffee and hot chocolate... then we played xbox then he went and i went to my folks and watched the arsenal game... then got a blue light card as im now nhs entitled then had a curry and then came back and watched manu everton and disney plus then played formula one with a different friend online finnished our first season and im loving playing it....then im now chilling with a cuppa listening to mumford and sons on my stereo........ cracking weekend really...
Once ive got the blue light card i can get 6 pound off my gym membership each month taking it down to 42 pounds.... so saving of 72 pounds a year i think so thats good....
Loving the xbox ive got 54 games now and still only paid the 24 pounds for the year....
my dad pays for bt sport and i stream it so thats a saving....
then my friend travs lets me use his sky sports and disney plus just cost me 18 pounds for the year....
Ill look out for these savings when its time to renew them all next year... but for now im just enjoying all the entertainment
I really don't even have time to watch terestrial tv or my dvd collection.... ive got soo many dvds i own but could do with watching again like sons of anarchy box set and sopranos both of which i only watched the start of.... but now im paying for other streaming services its bes tto watch them to ge tthe moneys worth...
So it looks like once ive paid my tax in december ill have saved 2k this year...... i was planning on 4.5 k but a) i forgot about tax payment due b) ive not earnt any ov ertime after july and c) ive spent 2.5 k on flat furniture and decorating...... but it is a plus for the year so thats great.... innitially i was thinking new patio, flooring in flat and new kitchen would be needed this year but i got away with just doing carpets..... Next year i will do some more budgeting and will see what i predict for next year.... im thinking itll be a good year..... saving double this year would be good say 5k......but we will see how i fair over the winter months.... hot water bottle and three duvets to see whether i can minimise elect bills...
hi diary.....another week has passed.... Work has been busy/stressfully in bits..... Home life has been busy...... Five weeks till I have some time off work during the world cup..... Spurs been doing great their best ever start to aseason Infact......
Think as I've been eating a lot lately I'll go on a bit of a gym sesh this week ...... C how much I can do and work on my weight a bit.....
Spent forty pounds this weekend....... But I had two meals out, bought some jeans five DVDs from charity shop and had a coffee........
Will look at my objectives again but all I. All my main objective for this year was to renovate my flat and live independently again and I e succeeded at that whilst not starting up any vices again...
Seven days later time for another update..... For most of this week I've been Ill..... I went to work Monday then had Tuesday off sick, then worked Wednesday and half of Thursday then went home sick and had Friday off sick..... Then had sat sun off and now will have tomo as a holiday day..... Siqcknesswise it was a coqld not COVID although I've had a cough.....I'll do another COVID test tomo night just to be sure...
I had a problem with my gym membership as I got a blue light card and should have a discounted membership but as they wouldn't allow me to keep to my current contract and have a discount I've cancelled it..... I'll no doubt miss it and will put on weight if I'm not exercising so will look to do walking in the meantime then will sign up again when there's a new deal on the discounted consessuon rate.
In the meantime I'll also save that fifty pounds a month which will help out.
I'm feeling rested now as been sleeping plenty since been off although still feel like I need more so will have another lie in tomo.....
What am I looking forward to in life? What are my current aims? What do I want to abstain from? What's my budget? What am I not looking forward to? How has this year looked like? How will next year look like?
Well I'm looking forward to Wednesdays champions league fixture to see spurs hopefully into the last 16.
I'm looking forward to world cup.....
I'm looking forward to spending time with family.
I'm looking forward to socialising with friends in my flat.... I've even got beers for them in fridge.
I'm looking forward to seeing how my work life progresses..... And anything interesting that will happen at work.
Lots to look forward to ?
My current aims let's see..... No vices....budget....little bit of everything.....little coffee.....little exercise....little healthy food.....little unhealthy food ......watch weight...... No smoke......no alcohol......no gambling.....appreciate all I have and live in the moment more try not to let life fly past as much ...like this moment now I'm tucked up listening to music at one with the moment let me take moment and take stock of life.....it's now going well.
What do I want to abstain from? Well that last bit said that the vices....
What's my budget? Well over this year ive added up amount I'm going to spend or have spent on flat and what I've paid off debts this year and it's fifty five percent.... .that's not allowing for 500 pounds I need for presents for family and some food so it will come in at 50% 6000 for the year ..... I will owe 40k at that point. Then next year my target is again 50% saved or spent on flat..... It leaves me after bills 167 pounds a month for food, coffees, gym, socialising, presents and holidays........ Now that's super tight isn't it,.....will I join gym again or use that fifty for other living expenses like holiday or present money...... Either way I'm in the position to pay off debt and compared to some I'm in a great position so be am very thankful.
What am I not looking forward to? Winter months when it's dark!!!!!! Wet!!!!!! Windy!!!!!!! Not at gym!!!!!! Hibernating!!!!!! Not having heating on to save money etc like us all!!! If we get down about winter tho it's not good so I'll remain positive.
How has this year looked like?
Well but a year ago I was at my folks and was worrying about living on my own...... I thought it would be difficult, I thought I'd struggle, I thought the voices in a place on my own would be more scary and we all thought my budget would be tight and I'd need a lodger. Now in December we got the flat back and decorated between December and April..... Then got carpets done.....then done garden......then I moved in on my birthday ....it was actually the day of the champs league final...... Had a bbq made a banofee pie ? it was sunny
That day I'd looked forward to for sooooo long.....it was the moment my independence came back..... We had a lovely day then I spent my first night over here.... It was a lovely summer in the flat.....I planned to spend a night over my folks once a week but what I actually done was to phone my mum a couple of times everyday , still do, then spend every night at the flat.......Now I spent the rest of the year getting the flats furniture...... Got an Xbox.....got Disney plus.... Got kitchen stuff.....got sun chairs..... Got sofa and chair...... Got a new tv off a friend,.... Got some pictures.... Then had friends around a couple of times a week to socialise......much cheaper than going to a pub.
Then I was also worried how independence would affect work......would I get there in time..... Would I sleep well...... Would I struggle......in all honesty I've slept better and I've been doing better at work....I was asked to do the weekly operational bulletin each week and I said yes and have been doing it since June.... I even got an award for my work on it from comments about me from the director..... I've actually earnt about the same this year as last year 12k500 so no tax......I've done some weekends in June..... I've also asked for some extra hours working for reception......now whether this will happen I'm not sure but I'll just take it if it develops....so all in all this year has been good for my work life.
So all in all this year has been great ...
How will next year look?
Now I've budgeted for if I don't earn anymore..... But I've I do earn more great ..... But my current hours a great for sleep and health .. so money side is fine for the year..... In the news there's all sorts worrying people about their finances I think it may be to stop people turning their heating on this winter... But also mortgage costs.... However everyday the news changes and they will no doubt sort it out.....so I'll be fine financially...
I'm going to try to save my holiday up for the first four months off year..... Like last year.....it's cold and dark and I'll just watch footy at weekends and champs league and stay at home and hibernate....... Then when it gets to summer I'll be ready to spend time inviting friends over for BBQs round mine and enjoy the sun
Then I'll go on a hoseasons break with mum and dad in summer.....somewhere in UK maybe Wales.
So that's next year planned for..... Little bit of everything!!!!!! Might get a new cooker.....will get some new pictures up...... But apart from that flat flat is good to live in.....hoping for no unforseen costs.
Recoverywise.......just got to take each day as it comes and make the right decision to not gamble or take other vices each time the decision comes up .....without drinking the decision remains clear so I'll focus on not doing that and the rest should come.
I look to help others on here each night on chat but I think I'll focus more on other activities on an evening at eight like Xbox footy walking etc...... I like to help but it takes up a great deal of time and I'm not trained to help really just giving it a go..... I'll try and post on my diary more say twice a week.....to update ....I like to put all my targets in......I never actually read them back which is strange but I remember them once written on here and I'm good at sticking to my plan.....
Each year the one plan that never meterialises is my weight loss..... Mainly because I love my food it's my kryptonite..... I'll strive next year without the gym to keep up with exercise outside of work.....
All the best Adam xx
As planned ill try to update on here twice a week.... friday nights and sunday nights mostly....
So this week has flown by again...... one minute it was monday a days holiday the next its friday again....
To be honest i enjoy weekdays as much as i enjoy weekends so im not like phew its the weekend again more like lets enjoy each evening at home, look to improve my flat and look to not spend too much on living.
This weekend ive got three picture frames and im going to cut out pictures from a star wars colouring book i purchased from a charity shop and make pictures from them for my hallway......
Ill also have two lie ins and watch some football....
talking on chat tonight reminded me of how far gambling can take you to despiar..... im not in that situation but living in a minimal way to try and save is a good past time of mine..... so in honour of someone who is struggling this month ill also budget and look to spend that little amount on eating and will save as a result more.
Again like last time on here im looking to the moment and living in t and im noticing how with a great deal of work that i have put into my recovery over the past 7 years i can now rest up and live a stress free existence...Work is challenging but im able, out of work is pleasurable and theres plenty of it.....I can afford a uk holiday next year should i want to go with my folks....
All in all i strive to save...... but im impulsive.....there i am thinking of money again.... i think its porgrammed into me over the years to think of money as everyday plusses and minuses.....
Had a good talk with matron for half an hour today which was nice.... she listens very well and its good to talk... she puts my needs first....
Just over a month till i hit the three years gamble free..... will happen mid world cup..... im off work for two weeks thru the world cup so will enjoy nearly every game.....
Then xmas to look forward to....
Really am blabbing tonight.... oh well...
All the best adamxx
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