April has been a month of learning to express Gratitude daily. Being thankful for everything I have, will have have and praising God in advance for all my blessings.
Here’s a recap of my APRIL progress and what I learned:April Progress:
— Pray + Praise! These two things will keep me on track for the rest of life! I marked this as my top priority on my April Cultivate what matters tending list. Praying, praising God daily has been the highlight of my days. Singing and dancing to a few tracks of praise and worship music every day has elevated my mood in a phenomenal way so I am building up a playlist to play every morning when I am getting washed and dressed. I've especially loved listening to Marvin Sapp Praise In Advance as he rightfully said, Praise will confuse the enemy.
— Write an about page on my website- This is still a work in progress. Mainly because I am having to reflect on what is beneficial to share and what isn't. I am a private person, I believe in only putting out there what you are comfortable putting out there. I believe social media doesn't need to know absolutely everything about me, there are some things we all need to keep sacred and private. Yet at the same time there are elements of my life story I desire to share with others because I believe it will be of benefit and will help others. Those are the pieces of my story I wish to share. Yet its still a little bit scary to share my story, as part of me feels it is like allowing someone to read my diary or look into my soul and see things I have kept hidden. That being said, blog posts like these help build my confidence to share parts of my story in a meaningful way. So I will continue to write my about page and publish once I have finished it.
— Get my head around convert kit- I want to start sending out a weekly newsletter to let my group and anyone that subscribes know of any updates e.g New Blog Posts, New Podcasts, Facebook Live Dates etc
I joined Covert Kit realized I could use another provider. So I'm still not quiet ready to start building an email subscription list but I will get there.
— Treat myself to day off on my own child free- Haven't gained any child free time but I gained some child sleep time and I chose to make the most of those times by choosing to carve some 'Me Time' to just sit and write, time to journal to myself, focus on what I will do to feel the way I want to feel.
When the wether was nice I had the pleasure of going to the park, laying in the sunshine and writing while baby slept.
My Son's now 6.5 months and my daughters now 11years old and in the entire 6 months there's only been two occasions I've actually had away from him for a few hours so I could go on a date with my partner and socialise with friends. I am grateful to have such understanding friends who get what phase of life I am in now and get that balancing motherhood alongside everything else is a juggling act.
— Use purchased groupon vouchers- I purchase groupon vouchers ahead of time to use towards my goal of having weekend fun, mother daughter time and couple time. This month I had a Shakes and Burger date to use over half term. I didn't realize the voucher had expired the day before I intended to use it. What can I say you snooze you loose. This was just one of many Mercury Retrograde boo's boo's I experienced this month.
— Write an about page on my website- This is still a work in progress. Mainly because I am having to reflect on what is beneficial to share and what isn't. I am a private person, I believe in only putting out there what you are comfortable putting out there. I believe social media doesn't need to know absolutely everything about me, there are some things we all need to keep sacred and private. Yet at the same time there are elements of my life story I desire to share with others because I believe it will be of benefit and will help others. Those are the pieces of my story I wish to share. Yet its still a little bit scary to share my story, as part of me feels it is like allowing someone to read my diary or look into my soul and see things I have kept hidden. That being said, blog posts like these help build my confidence to share parts of my story in a meaningful way. So I will continue to write my about page and publish once I have finished it.
— Get my head around convert kit- I want to start sending out a weekly newsletter to let my group and anyone that subscribes know of any updates e.g New Blog Posts, New Podcasts, Facebook Live Dates etc
I joined Covert Kit realized I could use another provider. So I'm still not quiet ready to start building an email subscription list but I will get there.
— Treat myself to day off on my own child free- Haven't gained any child free time but I gained some child sleep time and I chose to make the most of those times by choosing to carve some 'Me Time' to just sit and write, time to journal to myself, focus on what I will do to feel the way I want to feel.
When the wether was nice I had the pleasure of going to the park, laying in the sunshine and writing while baby slept.
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| Danielle La Porte Desire Map Planner |
— Couple Time- It was my intention to have a Date Night or Day Date with my Partner. Whatever that may be as long as it was without children. That was the plan, however that did not pan out this month. The reality was we watched Avenger's Infinity from the comfort our bed on Kodi while baby slept beside us. In order to make progress with this goal, I will have to pre-book my mum for baby sitting duties. She's more than happy to help I just need to ask, so I will be asking from now on.
— Use purchased groupon vouchers- I purchase groupon vouchers ahead of time to use towards my goal of having weekend fun, mother daughter time and couple time. This month I had a Shakes and Burger date to use over half term. I didn't realize the voucher had expired the day before I intended to use it. What can I say you snooze you loose. This was just one of many Mercury Retrograde boo's boo's I experienced this month.
Weekly goals:
—Set Working Days/Hours to focus on my dreams- Not managed to conquer the set hours thing just yet, still working on trying to wake up early 5am to work before baby rises as opposed to working late into the early hours and felling tiered in the morning. I shared how old habits are hard to change within my daily Podcast.— Strength training Squat Challenge 3x/week- for the second month in a row I have not even attempted to do anything in relation to picking back up my get fit routine. I have concluded that whee I am right now, working out, getting super fit and having an arse even JLo would envy is just not that important to me right now. My exercise routine consists of walking daily, considering I only gave birth few months ago I feel my body has bounced back well. Yeah I could be more toned, yeah I could have more definition in some areas but I am happy in my body and I am not going to
— Weekend Re-creation / Weekend Fun Goal- My daughter Hermione turned 11yrs old this month so we had a great day celebrating her birthday. I took her and a few of her school friends for bowling and food. It was a fun filled Birthday, we all had a fab time. The following day we went shopping for the whole day together with her cousin. We literally shopped till we dropped.
— Set Aside undisturbed Mother/Daughter time.- This month me and my daughter have had the pleasure of enjoying some quality mother daughter time. Her little brother has always been present, so it has necessarily been undisturbed, but we've managed to gain quality time the times he fell asleep.
We are so fortunate to benefit from having a lovely park on our door step that we can go to on a regular basis, especially on warm sunny days. We had some unusually high temperature so I made the most of the sunshine experienced and we had a lovely picnic in the park together.
Daily goals:
— Kiss My Partner - I'd be lying if I said I have managed to do this every single day this month.
I haven't and thats precisely why its a goal and will continue to be a daily goal until expressing affection even if it is the smallest of gesture of a kiss on the cheek is expressed daily. When you've been with someone for years like I have, over 15yrs, it is easy to get comfortable and complacent. The things you did at the beginning have a tendency to drop off if your note careful. So expressing tender loving care that creates intimacy and keeps the fire alight is important. Relationships take work and require our focus or else they fizzle out. So thats why I have this goal and why I have placed it as a daily goal because everyday my relationship needs to be nurtured.
— Check Planner /Tending List- To keep me on track with developing new healthy routines I placed checking my tending list as a daily goal. I found when I checked the list daily it kept me on track with all my other goals. When I didn't check I fell off a little. I really should include that I need to check my emails daily too as my mailbox is full.
— Read Daily- Currently reading Moonology: Working with the Magic of Lunar Cycles
by Yasmin Bland.
by Yasmin Bland. |
| Park Time With My Babies & Fur Baby |
On to May Goals!
May Monthly Goals:
— Pray + Praise! These two things keep me on track and prove to be two goals I will hold dear to for the rest of life! I marked this as my top priority for April with one of my favorite Carpe Diem stickers and I am doing the same this month.
— Continue to make work hours productive— Treat myself to day off on my own child free
— Couple Time
Weekly goals:
— Weekly blog series that links with Facebook LIVE discussions.
Daily goals:
— Weekend Re-creation / Weekend Fun Goal
—Set Working Days/Hours to focus on my dreams
— Set Aside undisturbed Mother/Daughter time
— Walk The Dog
— Kiss My Partner
— Check Planner /Tending List/Emails
— Read Daily
Are You Ready to dig into MAY?
Writing Challenge
Do you have any goals for May?
What would you like to see happen this month?
Write down what monthly, weekly and daily goals you would set yourself for May.
#JustWrite #JustPickUpANotepad
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