Well May was a totally packed-out month for me. From book deadlines to photoshoots to holidays it’s been busy and while I’ve loved every minute, to be honest I’m looking forward to a more low key June!
We had our usual family holiday down to Brighton. James enjoyed the Great Escape Festival, Finley loved the Sealife Centre and beach and I loved the shops and food!
I am Glowing smoothie from 42 Juice
Salad from Foodilic
Finley being a cheeky chappy at the park
Awesome street art and a message I needed to see!
Although I did enjoy the holiday, both James and I have realised that it’s not really ideal for Finley now he’s older, or at least the way we usually do Brighton isn’t ideal, i.e. a lot of walking. He’s definitely in the toddler tantrum phase and that was exhausting at times, although we all loved the beach, especially grabbing a coffee from Small Batch and a Bagelman and having breakfast on the pebbles! I kind of feel like I need another holiday and I did technically work one day of it at the photoshoot, so that’s something for me to reflect on in terms of self care.
Speaking of the book photoshoot here’s another sneaky behind the scenes pic!
The house we shot at was amazing!
Other May things included James buying a spin bike so he can do more exercise, and obviously I’m taking advantage of it too!
Using my oracle cards and drinking coffee.
Getting my hair cut and coloured.
I love getting my hair done, especially as James and I made a day of it. We had breakfast together, then he looked around the record stores while I was at the hairdressers then we had lunch at the lovely Cabana. I had the coconut curry with halloumi skewers.
So delish! I’ve been loving my mango black bean salsa so much too.
In a loaded salad, yum yum!
Something big I’m getting into now is journalling. I’ve been inspired by bullet journals and I can really see that it could be transformational in terms of creating new habits and making balance easier to hold on to. More on this to come!
GOALS
My goals last month were just to get through the busy month with my self care intact and I actually didn’t do too badly. I have had another cold which was annoying after what I’ve been doing to sort out my immunity, but thankfully it stayed mild and went after a few days.
I’m really excited about June and hopefully a slower paced month. I feel like I need a day of mindlessly watching the Euro footie while drinking beer, sorting out the garden and walks in the sunshine. I still have some work for the book to complete and I’ve been asked to write another book (!) so I’ll have to look at my time management but I’m in need of a me day!
So some solid goals are:
♥ Use my journal and consistently track habits + finances
♥ Have a me day
♥ Tidy up the garden
♥ Get to a yoga class + think about an online yoga / meditation class subscription
How was May for you? Do you have any aims for June?
Looks like May was a good month for you although hopefully you can get some more Laura time and self care in for June :)
I can’t believe how much Finley is growing – he is so cute!!
June wise I am going to focus on sitting with and facing my fears instead of running away from them and staying “safe” – we shall see how it goes… ha.
I’ve got my me day scheduled for next week and it’s happening no matter what! Hope you have an amazing June, I know you can handle those fears!
You feel so much more grounded and I ADORE those sandals. I have wide feet too and a pair (or 3) of these need to be in my life :) (Hello Saltwater, happy to do a review in return for a pair #dontaskdontget)
Haha, ditto here happy to get more pairs and sing their praises!
Your new hair looks great! I love 42 Juice in Brighton – the smoothie with cold brew coffee in it is so good! x
Blimey I wish I’d tried that, sounds right up my street!
That smoothie looks so yummy! Hope you have a great week <3
Blessings,
Edye | http://gracefulcoffee.wordpress.com
Thanks Edye!
Wow what a month you have had! I still can’t believe how amazing that set for the photo shoot is.
My May was overtaken by moving house and June is looking equally busy with work travel and conference season, eek! I’m really interested to learn more about your journalling and developing those kind of habits :)
Thanks Pip! Journalling has been great for me so far, I love it! Hope you have a lovely June with all that busy-ness!
Oh wow how cool about the photoshoot! Looks good (from what I can see hehe!)
I feel like I only saw a very small snippet of Brighton when I was there. I definitely need to go back. Sadly my parents aren’t into veggie restaurants but I do have a veggie friend in Brighton who I’m sure I can convince ;-)
Brighton is so awesome, so many hidden gems as well you’ll definitely have to get yourself back!