It’s finally February, I felt like January was going to last forever, such a long month! So it’s new month, new goals and I am a To-Do list lover, so what I wanted to do was share with you my February To-Do list, as let’s face it, who doesn’t love a good list. So here are a few things I really want to crack on with this month (and year).
House Hunting
This is kind of exciting, we have been umming and arring about moving up north, near Leeds (my fiancé is from there) for a long time, I don’t what has been holding us back, I think it’s purely the thought of packing everything, I mean I’m exhausted just thinking about it, that and the 7/8 hour journey from Devon. Ouch. But we really want to buy a house and there’s no chance of that down here, house prices are too high unfortunately. Comes with the territory of living by theses I guess.
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Well this is a given, but I really want to up my game and seek out more opportunities. Put myself out there a bit and challenge myself creatively and personally. I don’t have the luxury of living in a big city so I feel I am slightly hindered in that way, as no events down here in Devon and I don’t really have friends here to help me take photos. Jak tries to help, but I know he hates it, so I don’t pester him, it’s me, my tripod and remove for life! I’d love to take photos outside but I feel so anxious about it and as if people will judge me. I need to quit thinking like that really!! I mean who really cares…. Obviously this is my job so I get paid to write reviews and my photographs so I really want to get myself in gear and start securing some content over a few months, so I don’t worry about money so much.
Valentine’s Day
Myself and Jak aren’t huge Valentines celebrators but it does play a significant part in our relationship, as around that time 2 years ago Jak proposed, so we kind of celebrate it in that sense. This year we decided to spend Valentine night in one of our favourite Air BnB’s in Looe, Cornwall, it’s a gorgeous converted barn on a family farm, super quiet and peaceful. Hoping to get some nice weather so we can hang out in Looe and get some photographs. What are your plans this Valentines?
Declutter
This is a touchy subject for me, as I seem to have become somewhat of a hoarder. I feel attached in some way to every item gifted or sent in PR! I mean these are so precious to me, but I have gotten a bit out of hand! What with the PR and my own buying of makeup/skincare it’s gotten out of hand. I brought a new set of drawers recently to sort everything and they have been sat, still in packaging in the living room. I need a kick up the bum! It really needs to get done… maybe February is the month!!
Pre Plan Blog Posts
With me I like to, generally write posts as and when I have them in my mind as I find it better to write that way, personally, so it’s like words straight from my brain to keyboard as I’m thinking. This year I really want to pre plan content so I’m not worrying about getting any posts out. What I don’t want is my blog to be a place just for paid ads, obviously that is what pays the bills but I also don’t want to loose track of why I started this blog 3 years ago, my love of beauty, so hopefully, with that in mind I’ll be planning some content in advance. I actually do keep a huge list of ideas and topics to write about, but then I just procrastinate. Anyone else do that?
YouTube
Ah man this is a tough one, trying to crack the Youtube world has to be one of the hardest things, I feel it’s a little luck and hit and miss as to whether you grow or not. I’m currently sitting at nearly 300 subscribers, which isn’t bad growth in the 4 months I have been producing videos. I’ve recently noticed one of my older videos has started gaining more views and is upto 350 (I know that’s not much, but for my channel it’s 3 times as much as others). I really went to start sticking to schedule and planning my videos more, it’s just a little disheartening when you put so much effort in, and no one sees the video. Any YouTube tips? Let me know.
What’s your monthly to do list, let me know in the comments below.
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It sounds like you’ve got an exciting month lined up! I hope you’re able to find your dream house and enjoy living up north xx
Hannah | luxuryblush
Thank you so much, so exciting xx
Such an exciting month! I agree that January felt about 10 years long but February has already gone so quickly! My main goals this month is really to step up my game on my dissertation writing because I keep pushing it to the bottom of my to do list oops! It’s also my birthday month so I’m excited for everything it’ll bring. Good luck with your goals and go smash it!!
Omg I know right! 648493 year long!! Good luck with your dissertation. I’m like that, such a bad procrastinator lol.
Your Valentine’s escape sounds lovely! And good luck with your YouTube channel, I hope it keeps growing 🙂
Thank you so much 😊 xx
I don’t live in a big city either and I feel like I have to beg my husband to take me half the time; and when we are there he only goes to places I specifically mention so if I spot a cool photo spot on the way somewhere 9 times out of 10 he won’t stop by and an even lesser chance he’ll take my blog photos. I really need to invest in a tripod and idk cause finding content like this really is tough!
It is tough if you don’t have an Insta husband. I rarely take photos outside, always inside. But yeah definitely invest in a tripod. Mine was like £8 from Amazon. I’ve been enjoying making video content recently which is super fun x