To know how to make the most of the next 30 Days, check out this post: Again, if you missed yesterdays post, my intention? For as many of us as possible to create a powerful habit - aligned with a more Plant Positive lifestyle - that we will continue beyond this 30 Days, and build other impactful habits around. Today's theme #WednesdayWeighIn and.... Overwhelm is lazy thinking! For those of us that set pretty big intentions for the next 30 days maybe overwhelm has reared it's ugly head already? I used to believe, if I could only manage my time better, then I could “get it all done.” I also did overwhelm well. It is really quite easy to excel at overwhelm. You simply think of everything you need to get done with a special focus on what you can not control. Add in a dash of starting this task, then switching to that, and now dwelling on ALL those you are yet to start, and it is amazing how busy you can feel. How overwhelmed – without actually achieving anything! Stated this way, it is easy to see that overwhelm is really just lazy thinking and frenzied yet indiscriminate action taking. The alternative is to: ✅ First - Admit you will never get it all done. ✅ Second - Have the focus and clarity of thought to choose what is most important – to Prioritise – and the discipline to act according to those priorities. Now, here's the third part which I am focusing on right now... ✅ To be really ON / focused / productive / disciplined, you also must schedule really OFF time. Schedule "unscheduled / free time"! ✅ - That might look like one afternoon (or a couple of hours) a week with NO commitments. - It might be a precious evening routine of only stuff you love (reading, journalling, even - I'll admit it, watching "Those who kill" on sbsondemand!) and NO cheeky little email or social media checking in bed. - It might be an afternoon walk in nature, even 10 minutes counts.

What is your ONE most important daily action for 30 Days this October Plant Positive Jumpstart? Considerations for your daily action: - This is about skill acquisition as well as results. What skills are worth building? - What is something that will have a compounding positive impact on your life? - What is the upside, if it goes really well? - What is the downside, is there even one - besides a little time?

I know I recommend vegan mayo fairly regularly in my quick meals and it's one of the only things I consume that is to be frank, unhealthy. Now, I'm a fan of treats - regularly - however I prefer they be high value treats and my store bought mayo, is low value. It's 71% fat. From canola oil. So when I found this recipe from Carleigh the Scrappy Vegan with only 7 ingredients... using up the aqua-faba I waste every week when I make hummus AND where the only fat is cashews, I was excited. ✅ I am happy to share the taste of this mayo EXCEEDS my high expectations! ✅ It's a little runny however, I can handle that for a quick, cheap, healthy, delicious mayo. Here are the full (simple) instructions from Plant You.com: - ½ cup aquafaba, could be more or less, depending on what is left from a can of chickpeas - ¾ cup cashews, soaked overnight (I just soaked for 90 minutes in boiling water) - 1 lemon, juiced - 1 tsp maple syrup - 1 tbsp apple cider vinegar - 1 tsp mustard, I used dijon - 1 tsp salt Simply blend all together. Btw, this is exactly the sort of find I share in my weekly 2-6-9: email bursting with vegan goodness & good news! 2️⃣ Quotes. 6️⃣ WINS, recommendations or recipes. 9️⃣ Words to contemplate. Start your weekend with a dose of uplifting vibes HERE and please consider sharing the LOVE with someone who would also find value in it. Thank you and please let me know if you try the mayo!

To make this as high value as possible I'd love some feedback. What RECIPES would you like to see this week? Or is something else more useful? Perhaps more MINDSET related? Listed are my thoughts, however please vote OTHER and share your suggestions in the comments if you have better ideas. ✅ I'd also LOVE to hear how you are going with your ONE most important habit? My personal update? I am loving my new: 4-5pm Journaling by the river habit. It feels sustainable and joyful. I easily stay clear of my #1 vice: Red Wine, Monday - Thursday as planned. 😜 If I make this sound simple, it is because I've had years of struggling with this habit and learning what does not work and ALL the many considerations to account for to make it work long-term without trying to muscle through using discipline and willpower. ✅ I can also speak more to this if you are interested?

It's acronym time! Please share your WINS! Here are 3 I'm thinking of... Wow, I Never Suspected it'd be this DELICIOUS! Wow, I Never Suspected it'd be this CHEAP! Wow, I Never Suspected it'd be this QUICK! ... and today I want to talk, QUINOA. WOW, I Never Suspected Quinoa would be this DELICIOUS! Early days eating plant-based I had a recipe flop with quinoa. I don't even know what I did wrong however it didn't cook and it was gross. Now I use it in salads, crispy as an everything topper (todays "recipe" is Crispy Quinoa) and as a high value ingredient in plant-based meat balls and burgers. The lesson? Do not fear the recipe flops! Try again! You've had plenty of bad meat meals right? Plant-based is the same. You just need to be patient and find your new favourites. What is YOUR WIN?