May 2018 Bullet Journal Setup

Hello May 2018, it’s so good to see you!

Nah! I don’t think I can create a successfully dramatic intro, so I am going to give it a miss and flip through my bullet journal of May 2018. Like every month, I start with a review of the month before. This is an opportunity to reflect, set achievable short-term goals for the following month and grow from there.I write one thing I am grateful for every single day. I believe this helps to be more optimistic and appreciate the little things in life that we often neglect.The struggle is real and although with treatment, my migraine is in a much better state than before, I still need to track to help with managing the insane amount of pain. It definitely helped me to be more aware of the triggers.I have explained how and why I keep track of what my son eats throughout the day in this post on unsolicited parenting advice. With this parenting tracker, I am going to keep track of what he learns (study), play (screen-free activities), eats B (breakfast), eats L (lunch), eats D (dinner), eats S (snack) and note anything else about parenting that needs attention. Like the months before, I am going to write down my dreams to be more self-aware of things underneath my conscious mind.

This month, I have separated my social media tracker and blog planner. In this blog planner, I am just going to plan what I am going to write this month with background research for writing and photoshoot.

This April, my main focus was on gaining facebook page followers without any paid advertisements. I am grateful to facebook groups that help to boost the organic reach of social media and blog without any payment. However, my Instagram did not grow this month so I am going to focus on 4 main social platforms (Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest and Twitter) by writing down my activities in each of them every day and I will write down follower growth every week. If you have any pro tips to grow my socials without any paid promotion, please comment below and if you want to help my blog and social media grow, please do follow them. Thank you in advance for following.Oversharing Alert! This is my habit tracker for self-care and maintaining a nice and clean home. Of course, I am not sharing everything here. For instance, Ch and Sh are behavioral modifications I am trying to make. There are also a few extras like connecting with or caring about others by doing something kind and pampering myself with haircare or skincare.

Finally, I keep my daily log because every single day has its own challenges.

If you are a high functioning superhuman, you probably do all these and a lot more on autopilot. I CAN NOT. I struggle to do 100% of all those I mentioned here but that’s OK because I expect bullet journal to make me more self-aware and improve my efficacy gradually. This is not meant to shatter my self-acceptance.