System fo Effective Monthly Reflection

Hey, y’all! 🤠

It’s 4 days into March already and I find the beginning of the month the perfect time to reflect. It gives me time to get a feel for the month I am already in - a few days of space between what happened last month and what I am looking at this month.

I think I will stick with this system for my monthly reflections:

• Focus on 3 areas to talk about (these can vary from month to month, depending on what’s been happening)

• include a “key challenges of the month” at the end

• talk about how I dealt with these challenges

Here it goes:

Medium:

I stepped up on publishing on Medium in February and my earnings reflected it. In February, I have more than doubled my earnings from January.

This was my February:

Compare to January:

Calls:

I switched from Calendly to Cal.com sometime in February. Had at least 1 call daily (on weekdays) for the last 2 weeks of February. I was excited about all the calls I was hopping on the first week but soon found that taking calls daily wears me out. I have since taken Wednesday off and am thinking about taking half of Friday off. I cannot complete other tasks or go relax when I am expecting calls all the time.

Friends:

I made SOOO many friends since I started on this journey in November 2023 and I made even more friends in February. Most of the friends I’ve made in February came from Medium.

Key Challenges in February:

• sleep quality

• scheduling / time-blocking

I’ve had a week of poor sleep and it took a toll on my mental wellbeing and productivity for the week. I was able to give myself a needed break as soon as I noticed my stress level went up.

How I Dealt With Key Challenges:

• created a basic system for time-blocking using pieces of white paper

• I allowed myself to either nap, sleep over a little, or go to bed early as I needed

• I am learning how to fine-tune my “inner sensor” to aid me with better self-care

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