Welcome spring
Oh, this winter has been long. I won’t wang on about it, but jeez, I am ready for some sun and not having to layer my kids up every time we leave the house (also: one day a couple of weeks ago, both children started […]
Category: Goals and planning
On writing morning pages
Ages and ages ago, I tweeted something along the lines of ‘I’d love to be the sort of person who woke up early to meditate every morning or write morning pages, but sleep just means too much to me right now.’ Friends, I am now […]
Setting intentions for the new year: 7 goals for 2018
Originally, I decided not to set any goals for 2018. I’ve been doing monthly goals for a while now, and that framework works really well for me. I also had a pretty rough November/December, and looking ahead to next year felt like a bit too […]
Getting ready for 2018 – Setting up my new bullet journal
So the time has come! I have bought a new bullet journal and am in the process of setting it up for the new year. When I got my first bullet journal I immediately headed to Pinterest and Instagram and looked up ALL the pages. […]
How I set my monthly goals
So, a few months ago, I decided to do monthly goal setting. It was around the time that I read The Happiness Project, and I was listening to Gretchen Rubin’s Happier podcast. The first ever episode I listened to dealt with the Essential Seven. She […]
July goal-setting: Time to take a break
This month feels way more successful than last month. Even though this blasted 30 day challenge is on there for, I think, the FOURTH MONTH IN A ROW, I have made peace with the fact that I’m not in a place right now to do […]
5 ways I’ve been using my bullet journal lately
A couple of months ago, I ran a user survey, and asked people to tell me what they wanted to see more (and less) of on the blog. Overwhelmingly, people wanted to see more of my bullet journal! It’s a system that I’m a massive […]
Goal setting for June: Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose
The trouble with setting these monthly goals is while it’s definitely a motivator for me and focuses my mind on what I want to get done, when I DONT do well on a particular goal, I have to ‘fess up. I was pretty disappointed that […]
Seven goals for May (and see how I did on April’s resolutions!)
Since reading Gretchen Rubin’s Happiness Project, I’ve embarked on a little project of my own. Every month I’m setting myself 7 personal goals for things I’d like to do more or less of in the coming month. Some things will be tiny, others much bigger, […]