{"id":1090,"date":"2020-05-02T18:37:11","date_gmt":"2020-05-02T13:07:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lensq.com\/?p=1090"},"modified":"2020-05-02T18:37:11","modified_gmt":"2020-05-02T13:07:11","slug":"2020-april-review-and-may-goals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lensq.com\/index.php\/2020\/05\/02\/2020-april-review-and-may-goals\/","title":{"rendered":"2020 April Review and May goals"},"content":{"rendered":"

April is always the special month of the year as I turn a year older and hopefully wiser. To stay positive amidst the epidemic, I cut myself off from all the negative news and focussed on what is positive in my life. This helped April in being a fruitful month which helped me to get back to a lot of things which I never had time for in the past.<\/span>
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Review of April<\/span><\/h2>\n

 
\n1.Mindfulness Routine<\/strong>
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\nApril was one of the true mindful months I ever had. My day started with a gratitude diary followed by mindful brushing. Then my pranayama routine of Kapalbhati followed by Anulom vilom. I increased the time and intensity for both of these. Then I practise Hatha Yoga for flexibility and mindfully notice the muscles stretching in each pose. I enjoyed my morning lemon water by feeling it. Apart from these, I did the regular meditation and yoga nidra. I was never this relaxed. It felt like why haven\u2019t I tried this before.\u00a0<\/span>
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\n2.Books<\/strong>
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\nTo discover and continue my love for mindfulness, I kept reading books on the same topic. 10% happier<\/a>, Mindfulness Workbook<\/a>, Fear<\/a>, Intimacy<\/a>, Chakras<\/a>, How to sit<\/a>,Untethered soul<\/a>. I also started reading Waking up<\/a> and Letting go<\/a> but just in the beginning. The other books which I read this month are Read this if you want to become a great photographer, Steal like an artist<\/a>, Exactly what to say<\/a>, Understanding color in photography<\/a>,Tools of titans<\/a>.<\/span>
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\nEvery book I read has expanded my knowledge in its own way.<\/span>
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Plans for May<\/span><\/h2>\n

 
\nI am tempted to say that I will use the month of May for enhancing my mindfulness but it will be an escape from adding new habits. The one thing I do love a lot but have been ignoring for a long while is writing. So I want to use this month to get back to writing. I can\u2019t commit for a 30 day blog post like I did in the past. The main reason why I was not able to stick to writing is the time it consumes to write a good blog post. So I want to take it slow and commit to an easily reachable target like 12 blog posts in May. Another question, which I always struggled with, was the topics. An easy topic now to write on are the pending book reviews since more than a year for all the books I have been reading. I have enough topics to last me for the next few months.<\/span>
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\nKeep watching this space for new content this month.<\/span>
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\nStay Home. Stay safe!<\/span>
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\nHappy May!<\/span>
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