Five Things in April 2022

Here goes my monthly Five Things post. Take a peek at the previous Five Things post here!

Hellooooo, gorgeousness! I have been missing from the blogosphere for quite a few weeks and I must say that I am missing my blog so much. I miss sitting down and getting ready to turn my thoughts into words. There's so much on my plate at the moment so unfortunately, I had to push my blog aside from my list of priorities. Life happened, right?

However, here I am and I do hope you all have been well and safe. It felt very incomplete if I didn't write anything about April, so I am here now sharing small but certain happiness from last month. Let's see if I can recall as many details as I can about April. I hope it's not too TOO late. Let's get chatty!

Five Things in April:

Finished updating old blog posts!

Remember way back in December 2021 when I wrote this post and said I only had a few years left to update ALL of my existing blog posts? Well, my friends, I had just finished updating them all this year's April. I guess I was too ambitious about getting it done by the end of 2021 because that's impossible and sounds like a Herculean task.

Anyway, I am so happy that they're all updated. I feel like a huge weight has been lifted off my shoulder. Now that's done I can focus on other huge projects around my blog! What do you think needs changing?

Ramadan 2022

This year, Ramadan took place in April — typically one of the busiest months for me. There were lots of work to do since it was still the beginning of the year. Ramadan is the most important month in the Islamic calendar and we're pretty looking forward to it. It's a time for self-discipline and self-reflection. It also encourages us to act with generosity and modesty. It's a whole good month in general.

When I think of Ramadan, it makes me so happy because of all the food, all the good deeds I can do, preparing for Eid, and Eid cookies. Oh my gosh! The list goes on. But above all these, I get to be a little closer than usual with my family and we all get to sit at the table eating and talking about life. It's so precious. You don't always get this, you know what I mean? It's an opportunity to be with your family. A surreal moment that's worth a whole page in a journal <3

April after-the-pen bullet journal flip through

Will this be a Five Things post if I don't put in my after-the-pen bullet journal flip-through? Well, here goes nothing. I am allowed to be happy with my journal and there's nothing wrong with it :)

Finding balance

Managing a small business, and juggling my social media, blog and real life has been a huge learning experience for me. I know it doesn't sound like I am struggling but I sometimes am. I am struggling to find balance in life. I can get pretty caught up in a work pile and sacrifice a lot of other priorities and it sucks.

So last month I saw a few quotes that resonated with me: "A reminder to slow down" and "Success at the speed balance." I don't know how but it speaks to me. I think we all should only go as fast as we can handle without neglecting life at the moment. As silly as it sounds, those quotes really led me to stay focused and spend the right energy on my priorities.

I found that I am happier when I make the time and then take the time to be present. I am done switching from one thing to another and then jumping to the original thing I was working on. It's so stressful. And I am done beating myself up for not finishing a task. If I can't finish it then so be it. I found that I have so much time to focus on little things like playing with my cat and cleaning up my workspace.

I can chat about this for 10 more minutes but that sounds too much to handle. If you want a separate post for this topic, in particular, let me know in the comments!

Road trips with my baby

Enough being chatty, enjoy these pictures I took while we're on a road trip together with my cat. I can't say he's enjoying it but oh well, here's to many more road trips together, baby! <3

How was your April? What are some of your small but certain happiness?