The new moon in virgo was on the 17th of September.
🌼Make up this roller ball to use when setting your intentions for the next month.
🌼Or you could diffuse all or any of the same oils. Diffuse while visualising or Journaling on what it is you want to have had happen in your life by the next full moon.
🌼 What goals, dreams, manifestations are you setting? What are you calling in? This is the time of the lunar cycle to plant the seeds.
🌼 Write down everything you desire. Then take some action to work with the ‘universe’ & the moon energy. Eg. Schedule things in, decide when you will finish something by, tie up loose ends on half finished projects, figure out the steps to get to your goal ‘destination’.
Parenting is wild. You just have to trust it will all turn out in the end & also let go of the fact ultimately you don’t have any control over the ‘ending’.
I have resisted having a schedule for so long. I hate being locked into too much but I really need it also to keep me motivated. I desperately want to be one of those people that has their day planned out to the minute – well maybe not that crazy.
Image via Lettering with Leni – Pinterest
I want to have kind of an outline of my whole day though. Because way to often if Im home I just drift around doing a bit of housework here and there, drinking copious amounts of hot drinks, scrolling, doing activities with the kids, cooking oh and then it’s dinner time again. WHAT were did the day go. I didn’t get to do half of what I should have. I’m talking extra things I want to be achieving to work towards some goals, life admin that’s been put off, house tasks which are done infrequently but get put off longer than they should.
The search for the perfect system
I’m in search of a system that will work for me that doesn’t feel to restrictive, keeps me motivated and I actually stick to.
I’m thinking an easy system that will prompt me to break down tasks and maybe time block my day.
I work so well to a deadline but that’s also my downfall because if my deadline is too far out I will leave that task till the last second. Parkinson’s law – the task expands to the time allotted so it’s not entirely my fault there is an actual law.
Case in point.
+Why would I do my taxes right after the tax year ends in March when I can leave them until June 30th (the deadline is 7th July).
+When we brought our rental and the deadline for settlement got brought forward, we were bit behind in our second-half-of-the-deposit saving and man that was a motivator. We hustle the shit out of those last few months and smashed it.
+My house has stuff everywhere 5 out of 7 days. You tell me someone is coming over in 20mins and that place is looking fresh.
This is why I think that time blocking might work for me. I work so good to a tight deadline. I know its not good for me adrenaline wise to be hustling to deadlines all the time either. I would have to be mindful of this, trying to make sure I’m moving through at a slow pace or having days that are block free.
Inspiration
I listened to the Audiobook – The Clutter Connection last year and was recently going through some notes I wrote down. It breaks down different personality types, how they like to organise their homes and their lives. I wasn’t so much the house cleaning that I took notes on but the life organisation. Here are some points which I loved.
+Running your house like a business. You are the CEO. Get up showered & dressed everyday then a basic planner outline on the fridge that you try to adhere to.
+ Imagine I was filling a position of someone who was going to be running the house and looking after the kids. What would I require them to do? What would be the job description for an ad? What should they do daily? What would I expect someone to do if I was employing them? Ask yourself this daily and do what you would expect of them.
+ Write out a basic daily schedule once mastered it, add in bigger tasks – like structured play / school time with kids, time to work on diy projects etc. Eventually the routines were simplified and she found it easier to accomplish everything on the growing list. Felt like she had more free time. So could add in new things to her schedule.
+ Structure is freedom { IS IT OR IS FREEDOM FREEDOM :P} She wanted freedom from structure but everyday would waste time in the absence of a routing of positive habits, unconsciously created a routine of negative counterproductive & ineffective habits. Waste hours aimlessly browsing the internet. While feeling like no time for the things really wanted to do. Without structure everything look longer to accompolish. Structure is freedom {Ok you got me there, sounds just like me. Maybe structure is freedom} Felt busy but it wasn’t productive. Wasn’t accomplishing any of goals or ambitions. No positive action steps toward achieving them.
+ We all need daily structure & routine to make life easier.
+ Create a daily schedule of the basic tasks want to accomplish each day.
+ Once you have mastered your daily schedule to the point it becomes an effortless habit. Can add more goals to daily/weekly/monthly schedules.
Getting started
Ok I think Im ready. *deep breath I don’t want to be inprisoned by a schedule* ok its fine st r u c ture is fr e e d o m. YES here’s hoping.
Well I better get onto creating my basic daily schedule
I’ll block each task in with a time frame.
See how I go for a week
If I’ve mastered it I can add in some goal oriented tasks
Wish me luck & send me all the tips esp you schedule phobic people who managed to live the scheduled life or something similar that works for a schedule phob. I need all the help, I want to be more efficient with my time. Thanks so much.
Each week I share a different way to use the ‘King of Oils’ aka Frankincense aka Franky boy aka Franky.
It’s either one of the three ways which you can use essential oils. Topically, Aromatically or internally ( which is OK for Frankincense but not the case for all oils. Also I’m only talking about doterra)
Today I’m sharing a way to use Franky Aromatically through scent.
Gratitude diffuser blend
Start of a new month.
End of another ‘work’ week. A Perfect time to reflect on all you are grateful for.
Things you ‘already have’ & that on its way to you. So much to be grateful for.
The blend
🔆 2 drops Frankincense
🔆2 drops of wild orange (the oil of abundance)
⭐️ A daily gratitude practice is something worth incorporating if you don’t already have one. It can be as simple as thinking of everything you are grateful for after you wake up while saying thank you, writing down a gratitude list, writing 3 things you are grateful for, going around the table before a meal and saying one thing each, recording it in a voice memo.
🔆 Show gratitude for all the things you love & want to keep in your life and things you want to attract more of. Speak in the present tense for that which you are wanting to bring into your life. I have a blog post on starting your own gratitude practice here
If you don’t yet have your own oils & would like some you can order right here. Feel free to message me if you need help selecting the right starter kit.
When using essential oils topically we dilute them with a carrier oil. Which can be any oil that you would generally use on your skin / in your body.
My favourites are almond oil, fractionated coconut oil – don’t use it often on my face, coconut oil for my body occasionally.
There is a comedogenic scale which rates oils on there likeliness to clog pores and cause breakouts. So it is something to think about particularly when you are creating face oil blends.
Keep in mind that some of the oils may also stain if dropped on clothes or not rubbed into the skin properly. Fractionated coconut I know washes out easily. This scale doesn’t take into account these sorts of things.
Comedogenic Scale and Ratings of some common oils used in skincare
0 – Will not clog pores. Argan oil, camellia, hemp seed, raspberry seed, Shea butter, sunflower oil.
Don’t yet have essential oils? Want to get some to create your own skincare? Head over here for all the details on how you can get your own. If you have any questions leave a comment below or message me via Instagram.
