The Modern Day Caveman

Well after a boozy evening on Day 4, I unfortunately spent much of Day 5 nursing a bit of a hangover. All self-inflicted of course!

So, the majority of my Sunday morning was spent hoping my headache would pass. It didn’t, so I dragged myself out of bed and up ‘The Mountain Ahead’ into the wind and rain. This actually did the trick and 40 minutes into the walk, my throbbing headache had passed.

Frustratingly, I’d broken my watch strap the night before, so I wasn’t able to accurately record my steps and data throughout the day. I have a replacement coming, but still, rather annoying!

It would have been very easy to avoid leaving the house and lounge round all day, but the fresh air evidently did me good and set me up for a fairly productive rest of the day.

When I got back, I caught up with my daily blogging entry for Day 4. At the moment, I’m writing this retroactively, reflecting on the events of the day before. I’m finding that doing it this way gets me to be much more thoughtful on the previous day, taking note of the emotions I felt throughout the day and it’s been really beneficial.

The most productive thing I did yesterday however, was create a fantastic, dynamic spreadsheet documenting all of my payments against my debts and their outstanding balances. It actually gives a brilliant overview of what I owe and I can already tell how motivating a tool it is going to be in encouraging me to chip away at the debt.

In fact, I’ve actually made some payments over the last week and already, I’ve managed to bring my debt down by nearly £1,500! I sold some cryptocurrency I’d invested in a fair few years back and also moved funds from a few successful eBay sales.

This feels like a brilliant step in the right direction and with my first payday of my new job on the horizon on Friday, it feels like we are making great progress.

Progress was not made on the diet front, however, as you’ll see from the food log, there was a lot of processed, unhealthy foods, in particular an ENTIRE tub of caramel ice cream. Of course, the hangover is to blame there but as long as it doesn’t become a regular occurrence, I’ll forgive myself this time!

Metrics

• Steps: 13,004 (Phone tracked)
• Garmin Stress Score: 84 (Likely skewed)
• Mental Health Rating: 6/10
• Remaining Debt: £42,529.88 (-£1,453.82 down on last week!)

Food Log

• Breakfast: Plant-based sausage baguette
• Lunch: Greggs vegetable bake, crisps
• Dinner: Vegetable curry, Indian snacks, potato wedges
• Snacks: Toast, tub of caramel ice cream

A typical hungover day for me looks like junk food, video games, and very little productivity. Today we had the junk food and a little bit of video gaming, but we had a fair amount of productivity, so whilst today might not have been the most perfect page, it’s one that’s moving the story forward.