A new year, a new planner, new intentions, a new mindset, and a new addition to the family. I am trying something different for 2025, and its all with the help of my Sprouted Planner. Which focuses on setting 6 key values, and setting intentions throughout the year.
Life: A New Addition To The Family
As so much time has passed, I’ve been distracted by a lot of things.
One of the main reasons for my absence, is in November I gave birth to my second child. It was a rather a surprise and quick labour. Nursing my child is my main priority, so I have not been posting here while I adjust to being a mother of two beautiful girls.
It is definitely has been a challenge. Looking after a new-born, and a 3 year old. Trying to find a balance of spending enough time with both children has meant I have made a lot of mistakes. However, my 3 year old is amazing her with her little sister. She is often seen next to the baby, giving her hugs, laying next to her, and she helps give her bath. Even though I was unsure how she would react to the baby, she has been wonderful since the baby and I came home from hospital.
Journal: A New Planner
As I knew I would be busy looking after my children, I opted for a planner. It took me a while to find the perfect one for me. I was looking for over a month. I knew I wanted a daily planner, so finding one was a little difficult. At first I found the Day Planner, but items are only available to be shipped in the USA only. So no luck there.
I tried many other sites, until I came across the Sprouted Planner.
It helps you to focus on your intentions for the year. I admit, I did start my planner back in October. After I finished working in my bujo, I wanted to prepare my planner as soon as possible, while I still had my free time. Because once the baby was here, I would no time for anything else.
Once I had planned out all the trackers I wanted to put into the new planner, it was great to be able to relax now that most of the work was out of the way. As its a planner, I don’t have to worry about making my daily and weekly spreads. I can just decorate the pages when I feel like it. Thus giving me more time to spend with my family.
Goals: New Intentions
This year I want to work on 5 key values in my life. Being sure that I work on them as much as I can in my daily life.
- Wellness; work on my mental health to help work on being a calm parent.
- Relationships; ensuring I spend quality time with those I care about.
- Fitness; challenging myself to loose the baby weight.
- Home; following my cleaning schedule, as to not fall behind on the chores.
- Creativity; allocating time to be creative and sketching more regularly.
Using the Time Blocking system to help productivity throughout the day is one skill I am working on. Now that my newborn is still settling into a daily routine, I am able to roughly plan my days at the beginning of the week. While being flexible is key, as newborns are still unpredictable, I have roughly an idea when I am able to do things. Which will be set after the activity is completed or during my PM Reflections.
Planning out my day has made me feel more focused and I’ve felt more productive once I’ve completed the tasks. However, I’m finding it hard to stop focusing on one activity if I get to engrossed in it. I’ve starting setting a timer, which I keep on my desk to help tell me when to stop, and to get up and move around before I start a different activity.
Thoughts: A New Mindset
After having a very stressful pregnancy and dealing with the mood swings, I really want to change my perspective on things more. So, I want to work on being more calm and responding to others rather than reacting in cerain situations. To fellow parents, I am sure you know what I’m talking about when I say gentle parenting in hard. I am really struggling now I have two young children.
Experimenting with different ways to deal with certain things is what I want to do this year. I hate being the parent who yells because I can’t control my emotions very well. I won’t make excuses for my behaviour, I know what I need to work on, its just finding the right solution for me.
I’m unsure if I’ll update on my progress, as I don’t want to flood this blog with so many varying types of post entries. But I hope I can do my best to work on it this year.
Conclusion
This year is focused more on self-improvement and I holding myself accountable for progression through each month. I am glad I have found a planner that will help me through this journey. Even though we are already nearing the end of January, I wish to start as I mean to go on. Posting more frequently, and homing the entries to one main focal topic.
Here’s to a new you in 2025!
~Thank you~
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