Buying a Playstation 1 + 2 games as my Christmas present - Also other life updates

Updates about my life

Firstly I will say my son has just recently turned 3 months old, he is doing well and is feeding like I did in my early 20's and teenage years, which is a lot haha!

But he brings so much joy amongst the constant stress and issues associated with life, but so does my daughter who is soon to be 4 years old.. a bundle of joy wrapped up in mass amounts of energy and attitude and sass to rival any seasoned sass veteran.

She really just needs to keep having more attention and someone playing with her so she won't be bored, which is hard when constantly busy with a newborn or house work or working full time like I am, this brings a lot of extra stress and exhaustion. But I am focusing more on using spare time so I can play with her, give her the attention and so she enjoys having lots more fun.

Changing my lifestyle, my mindset and thought pattern to live life better

I have been re-evaluating my life as I continue to get older and now I have 2 kids for me to want a long and happy life with, that I get to see them grow up as long as I can and create those memories for them to remember me by, once I am gone one day.

My lifestyle, my mindset and my thought pattern for so long was focused on enjoying playing video games and watching things often, which slowed down a bit in my mid 30's when I had my daughter and started looking at myself more, along with my career options since I started working casual jobs and eventually getting full time work finally.

So what is now changing? Well, firstly I have cut down on games a lot more that I was focusing on using my free time for, to enjoy just playing games be it retro or new stuff, so this is helping the mental health issues around seeing my young yet aging time as I creep to 40 years old in 2 years, then onto 50 etc and who knows how much time we really have? So many things can go wrong in the world, in my life or health issues.

Finding simple yet nutritional recipe ideas that are quick and helps in a busy life. I want more healthy options in my diet and more veggies etc to help extend my life without so much crap being consumed, along with keeping water intake up like in these recent years, and I know this will become more common as it gets incorporate more commonly!

There are many factors being changed and it is a huge and tough thing to take on while having so many other issues going on to manage.. I feel like I cannot cope most days as my mental health still suffers on the best of days while trying to also provide and keep strong for the family, yet I feel happiness through it all, I see a life being lived to its fullest and a lot of memories to come for the kids while we all get to experience much more outside of the house and normal life and adult duties that are required.

Suffering through December

Both myself and my partner had made a repayment for something, that we didn't need to like hers being something already paid and now being added to the next bill, mine I had pushed back a month and this was after we needed pest control out to get rid of bird mites in the house.. the bastards left about 40+ bites all over the body and it wasn't fun. We washed the bedding, but the quilts got messed up, so almost another $150 later to buy 3 quilts along with $220 for pest control, then the repayments not needed but were made cost about $400 between them.

This has made the food situation a big struggle, using platforms paying offers for playing mobile games while searching the cupboard, freezer and chest freezer for leftovers and stuff as extra meals. We managed to mostly just scrape by.. Aldi means things are cheaper and utilising cheap meals but it has taken its toll to see everyone in the house having issues finding something to eat, with limited choices and the fact I cannot provide as much food this second half of the month. I am on a monthly payday so I am holding out for it to go in and get a heap of food from Aldi!

Small amounts into savings

I am working to save small amounts into the bank savings over the coming months, around $50 at first to utilise small compounding bits of interest, while having it change my mindset to not spend the small amount, but knowing not too much goes in where I have to withdraw.. then the few months after I am looking at $100 - $200 since more things will have been paid off and increase the compounding interest and size of savings, much more!