Hey, everyone. Welcome back to Lavendaire.
It’s Aileen.
Today, we're doing another Plan With Me video.
And if you're new here, this is an interactive monthly planning series
where we get together and review the past month and plan for the next month.
And all of these prompts are based off of the Artist of Life Workbook,
which you can find on shop.lavendaire.com.
And today I'm going to show you and remind you that we are launching
the 2021 Artist of Life Workbook on November 1st for pre-orders.
I'll be sharing more info on that soon, when it launches,
but for now you get to see the colors.
They are pastel yellow and pastel blue, and the design is completely revamped.
And you'll find that we've updated a lot of the exercises inside this workbook.
All right, so first let's review October.
Describe October in one word.
What were your highlights from October?
What is one thing that you're proud of?
What is one thing that you learned?
And lastly: How can you improve for next month?
Moving on, let's plan for November.
Set your intention.
November will be ___.
What are your top three goals for November?
What are your mini goals?
Now do a weekly breakdown for your goals and mini goals.
And lastly: Put it all in your calendar, so you have it scheduled right in.
All right, now here's the bonus question for this month:
Where do you find the most joy in your days?
Let me know your answer in the comments down below.
Okay, so let me share my answers for this monthly review.
October for me was: Lively.
There's a lot going on.
October is one of the busiest months for me because
1) I am prepping for the workbook launch
and 2) it's my birthday month.
So in terms of the workbook launch, we just worked a lot in October.
We had our photoshoot.
I just worked on a lot of moving parts for the launch in terms of like PR,
ads, we're doing a pop-up, we're doing a new website,
marketing, Instagram, all of this stuff.
And plus, I'm trying to make content.
I'm also working on launching some merch pretty soon,
so I had to work on the design for that.
So there's a lot of work stuff going on in October.
Outside of work, one of my highlights from October was going to the botanical gardens with my family.
My cousin got free tickets and she invited me and my mom, my aunts and uncles to go.
And it was just a nice day being out in nature, hanging out with my family,
just because I don't get to see them often, especially this year where we're just…
you know, everyone's staying at home.
So that was a really special day.
October 10th was World Mental Health Day.
And I felt honored and proud to have been featured in
YouTube’s mental health segment for that day, so that was pretty cool.
They did reach out to me about it,
but it was just surreal to see myself compiled with all those other creators,
a lot of them, which I know, and I just realized like,
“Whoa, YouTube is featuring me.
I know a lot of these creators in this mental health video.
I am one of these voices in this space."
And it's crazy to think about, but it's amazing
because I see the trend, more and more people talking about mental health
and improving yourself, improving your mind.
And I'm just proud that I'm a part of this wave, a part of this conversation.
Last highlight I'll share is when we put Togi’s costume on.
I bought him a Halloween costume, like a little Yoda thing.
And it was just such a funny time, I don't know.
Me and my mom just had a good laugh and that's that.
He obviously hates it.
Dogs hate putting clothes on, but you know what?
It was just fun, and it was $30 well spent.
One thing I'm proud of from this past month is how hardworking I've been,
but also how hardworking my team has been.
I have a small team that is supporting me with this workbook launch,
and just to see everyone step up and come together,
we've been having more meetings, just there's more happening.
To see that happen has been really amazing and I'm just proud and very grateful for my team.
One thing I learned in October was:
I actually took an intro to restorative hypnotherapy.
It was an online Zoom training course that we did over two sessions over two weeks.
I heard about the course through Leoor Alexandra, who is another YouTuber I follow.
And I'll link the lady that I took the course from down below,
because she's pretty popular in restorative hypnotherapy.
Restorative hypnotherapy is basically a mix of hypnosis, meditation, and restorative yoga.
The point of this is to heal your subconscious mind,
to get deeper and unearth and release anything that you've buried down.
And I just took an intro session, but I have been listening to this hypnotherapy audio
almost every single night for the past month, and it's just been so soothing.
And some days I just wake up feeling so refreshed and I feel so on-point.
I don’t know, it's pretty interesting, but that is something new that I learned this past month.
Okay, next question: How can I improve for next month?
Definitely next month, I want to slow down more and spend more time on planning.
I was really busy in October.
I'm still busy now, but I just felt like there was so much that I was juggling,
so much on my plate that I would like to give myself a little bit more break,
a little more space, and just more time to prepare instead of feeling so rushed.
All right, moving on and let me share what I wrote down for my November plan.
So I wrote November will be: Beautiful.
And my top three goals for the month:
1) I want to plan amazing new year content for Lavendaire.
This is like the peak time for Lavendaire,
because the end of the year is when everyone just gets more inspired and motivated to change.
And it's where I'm just putting all of my energy into this content.
So I just want to make good videos, good content,
try to make TikToks again, because I stopped for a while. I do still want to do them.
2) Another thing is I want to make another guided meditation for you guys.
I saw how much you enjoyed the first one and I got your feedback.
I know that I talk too fast, so I'm going to make the next one slower and more peaceful.
And I'm just excited because this is something that I am diving into,
but it's really fun for me, because I have a background in music production.
Stitching together the music and just creating this audio,
it's kind of like making a song – a long 20-minute meditative song.
3) And then my last goal is to continue with all of this workbook launch, workbook promo.
There's a lot of work that we still have to do for the shop and the workbook, but it's fun work.
Honestly, that's the thing that I'm most excited about.
I'm most excited about my shop, my new products,
like the new merch that we're coming out with.
So yeah, I'm trying to wrap up the merch next month.
Hopefully we can have another photo shoot and launch it just before the winter time.
In terms of mini goals. I wrote down yoga again because I always need yoga in my life.
And then I also want to take Togi out more, just out on more walks to more places,
because when I'm busy, I feel bad that I can't exercise him and take him out as much as I want to.
But in November, I'll have a little more time to do those fun things.
Lastly, my answer to the bonus question:
Where do I find the most joy in my days?
And I thought about this and I find joy in two parts of my day.
The first part is when I'm having my fruit bowl in the middle of the day around 2:00 PM-ish.
I don't bring my phone or my computer.
I just have me, a bowl of fruit that I'm eating
while reading like a comic that I have on my table.
And that is just a time where I could just relax for 20 minutes and not think about anything,
except just eating something delicious and nourishing.
And then the second part of my day, where I find the most joy is
at the end of my day, where I can just watch a K-drama.
After a long day's work, sometimes it's just really fun to just turn my brain off
and just fall in love with the characters and just go into another world
and sometimes eat junk food while I watch K dramas.
But that's my guilty pleasure, basically.
I just finished watching Romance is a Bonus Book.
I thought it was okay, but I liked the book publishing world and that theme,
so that was still fun for me to watch.
Let me know if you have any recommendations down below, leave them there.
But that's it for today.
I hope you enjoyed planning with me and hearing my answers.
I will do another Plan With Me next month.
Let me know if you want me to continue this for next year,
because I don't know, we'll see.
I'm not sure yet, but it seems like you guys like it so far.
All right, sending you guys a lot of love.
Bye!