April reflections and May goals
Looking back over my April goals, it’s fair to say I kinda of dropped a bollock. April was not a great month for my blog or for my general goals. I was a Lazy Bean and I’m not feeling too good about that right now, especially considering we had a bunch of bank holidays. Instead of being productive I slept. So many naps happened. Simply shocking levels of laziness.
So what did I achieve?
Life and stuff
Well, I got some garden furniture for my birthday, which has so far served us very well.
I planted some veg. The peas are growing but so far the tomatoes are not. I do remember to water them most days.
My birthday party was AMAZING. I should have blogged about it but alas, the laziness. One of my friends got a drunken haircut.
Canada is booked! The flights, the hostels, and two excursions are all sorted out. I really am going Whale Watching!
I just about started planning Eurovision. It was a close thing, and I only really remembered it was so soon because my friend Letti asked me about it. Can’t believe I nearly forgot one of the three main events of the year!
Blogging
My goal was to have 500 followers on each social media (Pinterest, Twitter, Instagram). I ended the month with 300 on Twitter, 200 on Pinterest, and 250 on Instagram. So I was nowhere near my target. I did at least double on all platforms though, which may have been a more realistic goal.
I also wanted to post 15 times and amass 2000 pageviews. Again, not even close. 15 posts should have been realistic based on the speed I was writing in March, but April was slower so I only managed 8. I only got up to 700 pageviews, which is really disappointing actually. Blogger always resulted in much better pageviews than WordPress seems to. Maybe the way they count it is different, but it’s still quite disheartening. Must try harder in May.
May’s goals
Well I’m going to transfer some of last month’s goals to this month because I still want to achieve these things. Hopefully May will be less disappointing on the productivity front. Must. Find. My. Mojo.
Health and Fitness
Lose 10lbs
Do a 25 minute run without stopping
Start doing yoga regularly β in the garden when itβs sunny!
Fix my bike and cycle to work more often than not
Home and Garden
Take a load of stuff to the charity shop
Clear out the under stairs cupboard
Get the filthy windows cleaned
Fun and Adventures
Do three of the things on my hometown bucket list
Have an awesome Eurovision party
Go to Brighton with Emma and have a good time
Do some cross stitch
Finish a book. Any book that can be considered a novel.
Blogging
Main themes
Exercise and healthy eating. I want to make this a theme so that I might actually commit to it myself haha.
Eurovision!!! Recipes and party planning.
Continued from last month:
Springtime β seasonal recipes, more outside adventures
Garden β growing new plant friends, eating outside, garden parties and picnics
Goals
Double pageviews to 1400
Double following on social media.
Pay particular attention to Pinterest where I would like to reach 500 followers.
Post three blogs a week (16 in total)
Start getting ahead and schedule five future posts
Get to grips with social media scheduling
If you have any tips for motivation, please share in the comments!