hello, my loves.
welcome back to lavendaire
it is time for another plan with me video
i've decided to just be really casual
with these videos they're more like
an update on my life while we plan together
okay i have my artist of life workbook right here
and i just wrote you know my highlights for
april to be honest i haven't been keeping up
every single month so i need to go backwards
and fill out like quarterly review all those
other things in the workbook if you are new here
this is our planning series where i will help us
reflect on the past month and plan for
the next month with the goal of always being
aligned to creating our dream lives
by the way if you haven't heard we just
launched some new products on
the lavendaire shop we have the
new bloom hardcover notebooks they
are just blank notebooks that are beautifully
decorated with like a floral photo and
a gentle reminder positive affirmation on
the cover there are three versions and
two paper types lined and dotted we also
launched the new tbh deck this is
a deck of cards with 120 prompts designed
to deepen your relationship with yourself and
with others so you can use them to guide
your journaling sessions or you can use
them with other people to spark
a deeper conversation get more honest
get more vulnerable and talk about things
that go beyond small talk i am super excited
about this launch we've been working on it
since early last year so it's been a while in
the making we're calling this the bloom series
you can check it out at shop.lavendaire.com
i'll leave the link down below if you
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alright let's jump into it first let's review
april describe april in one word
rate from 1 to 10 how much you agree
with the statement this month
i took steps to get closer to my goals and dream life
list all of your highlights for april
what is one thing that you learned
what is one thing that you're proud of
lastly how can you improve for next month
the bonus question for this month is
what is the biggest thing that you're
grateful for this year so far moving on
let's plan for may so set your intention
may will be blank list your top three goals
for the month list any mini goals you might
have for the month so any extra habits or
activities that you also want to do now
make a weekly breakdown for your goals and
mini goals lastly put it all in your calendar
that you make sure you make it happen
alright now it's time for me to share my answers
for this monthly review so april for me
in one word was crazy april just happened
to be very packed with a lot of things going on
a lot of work a lot of events opportunities
i truly met my limit in april and i really need
a break i was at the edge of burnout
not quite burnt out
yeah maybe on some days
i was burnt out and i really felt it but for
the most part i was like i had a lot of energy
because it was like airy season spring
it's warm and i just have more energy in april
but then just so many things happen and
i'm like oh i am teetering at the edge of burnout
and being okay so if i were to rate from
one to ten how close i was to my dream life
i would say a nine because i had a lot of
great opportunities met a lot of people
that really align to either the vibe of the people
i want to bring invite into my life or people
that could help me in my career and it's not a
10 because i really was stretching myself in
april it was almost at the limit some highlights
from april the first highlight i did a very big shoot
that i'm really not allowed to talk about yet but
you will know by the end of may what it is
because it's gonna be out
i'll just leave it at that like look out for
end of may on my channel you'll probably
hear me talk about it when it is announced and
it is live we just launched our new products
the new tbh deck and bloom notebooks
which i mentioned earlier already let me know
if you get a chance to check these out on
our shop let me know which notebook style is
your favorite comment down below do you like
the gray, yellow or the peach one and
fun fact i actually took those photos myself
at least the gray and the yellow are photos
that i took at a botanical garden last year and
then the third one is a photo of my arm that
i just took at a photo shoot and i really loved
that photo so i wanted to use it
i'm also really excited about the tbh deck because
it is the first of that type of product
on our shop and i'm not really sure how it will do
but i think it's really special and unique and
i love the multi-function of it that you can use
it on your own as journaling prompts or you
can use it with friends or your family as like
an icebreaker you can even treat it like a game
i went to a picnic with my cousin and we were
just answering questions getting to know
each other on a deeper level like you can know
someone your entire life but not know these
things about them because you never think
to ask these meaningful or deeper questions
and life really is about asking the right questions
it's interesting how it brings a fresh perspective
on your life and on these people
lastly i did a lot of amazing podcast interviews
in april if you haven't started listening
to our podcast the lavendaire lifestyle definitely
check it out because i'm doing interviews each week
and they're so good i had such good ones in april
and i feel like each time i do a podcast
sometimes i get really excited and like i become
friends with these people that i have on as
a guest and it's a really great way for me to
meet people and network with people
that i admire and i've just been really having
a great time with that moving on one thing
i learned in april was how to really manage
my time well i told you that i was busy in april
i even made that video about how to make time
for everything you want to do and that was
out of necessity because i needed to tap back
into the scheduling everything in my
calendar version of aileen that has like times myself
okay i give myself one hour to do this two hours
to do this because i really needed to get
a lot done in a given amount of time
i kind of brought back the productivity brain
to do all that but i know it's not sustainable
and it's not my ideal way to operate my ideal
way to operate is waking up and having nothing
in my schedule the entire day yes
it makes me not as productive and
yes i can be lazy you know i can be
oh i don't feel like doing anything today
but i really need that balance and that openness
in my life but april was definitely a month
of remembering all these like productivity
time management skills one thing i'm proud of
from the past month was my spring video
that i made so if you guys didn't see it
i'll post it here i made a video on
self-care ideas to do in spring fun
things to do in spring i hired a videographer
and this guy i used to work with
10 years ago when i used to make videos
for a food festival so we've been friends for
a decade basically and it was just fun because
i don't usually have someone else film my videos
i usually do everything myself but you
can tell the quality i mean it just looks so good
and the fact that i asked my cousin to be in
the video and she is really good at setting up
cute picnics and making things look very beautiful
and aesthetic so we spent the whole day
at this nature area doing a picnic shooting
photos and videos and that was really fun
i had so much fun that day just creating
with my friends and i'm really proud of
the way that video came out so sometimes
once in a while i put my all into creating
something and i'm really proud of it it doesn't
happen often i would say maybe
three times a year or something but
i'll let you guys know
i'll let you guys know when there's something
i'm really proud of usually
it's like the launch videos
that i'm proud of and then a few other
youtube videos that i really put like extra effort
into but that was one of them to improve for
next month i definitely need to plan a vacation
for myself take a step back do less,
declutter my house i feel like
i talked about that last month
i still didn't really fully do it yet i maybe did
a little bit but i still feel very weighed down
by the physical items i own in my home and
i just am due for a declutter moving on
my intention for may is to nurture myself
focus on self-care and decluttering as much
as i can i was considering if
i should just go on a weekend trip
a road trip with togi or
should i just stay home and like clean
the whole week like block out my schedule
just to declutter
plan it as if i'm not in town
but i'm really at home
just not working so we'll see but i definitely
am craving a slower time after a crazy april
on that note let me know how your april went
was it crazy, busy, or was it very delightful
did you enjoy spring or
is it still not warm enough
in your area to enjoy spring fully
let me know how you've been doing down below
i will see you in the next one
until then, sending you so much love!
bye