THE MONTHLY PAGE 👩🏻💻 May 2024
Tech wallpapers, calendars, + resources to help you focus for the month ahead.
Welcome to The Monthly Page for May 2024! The Monthly Page is a special edition of my weekly newsletter that provides you with various resources for the month ahead. Keep scollin’ for all the goods!
Here are some important dates (mostly U.S.-centric) you might want to add to your calendar while you’re here:
🧠 May is Mental Health Awareness Month
🌼 May 1: May Day
🚀 May 4: Star Wars Day (May the “fourth” be with you)
🌮 May 5: Cinco de Mayo
👩🏻🏫 May 7: National Teacher’s Day
👩👧 May 12: Mother’s Day
🎖 May 27: Memorial Day (US)
Have a gentle month,
🎶 PLAYLIST: While both working from home during the height of the pandemic, my partner and I created this 23 HOUR LONG PLAYLIST to help us power through. It’s just an eclectic mix of feel-good background songs.
🥗 RECIPES: Below are recipes that were featured in The Weekly Page over the past few weeks. Add them to your meal plan if you haven’t had a chance to try ‘em yet!
Crispy Cauliflower & White Bean Grain Bowls
Fried Halloumi Quinoa Bowls
Creamy Tomato Gnocchi Soup
The Modern Proper Golden Soup
Moroccan Meatballs with Tzatziki
Hydrating Orange + Cinnamon Tea
🤝🏻 EVENT: May’s Monthly Review Day will take place on Monday, April 29 from 9-10:30 AM CST. This is an online gathering for planning, goal check-ins, and habit formation. They are casual (come as you are! invite your cat! bring your kid!) and are a designated time to get organized for the month ahead. Details here:
🎤 GUEST SPEAKER: Our guest for May is psychotherapist Satya Doyle Byock, author of Quarterlife — which was one of my favorite books of 2023! Quarterlife is defined as the period of life between adolescence and midlife — or roughly age 16-40, when most of us are juggling (and struggling!) with a lot. Click below to hear our conversation and learn how you can navigate this period of life, or prepare your kids for it!
🎓 GROUP PROGRAM: Want my help with digital organization? My next group program will open soon! We’ll set up the Core Four Systems and establish routines for optimizing our digital workflows and routines. Join the launch list to learn more about it + stay in the loop.
💻 WALLPAPERS: Update your desktop and mobile devices with some fun wallpapers! Visit the post to check out my creations for this month:
☑ SYSTEMS REFRESH: Prep yourself for the month ahead with my quick 15-minute routine:
3 MINS - Review your upcoming schedule to assess where you are spending your time. Does it align with your priorities?
3 MINS - Look at your projects and tasks and make sure everything is up to date. Anything you need to update or delete?
3 MINS - Curate the files on your computer and phone (including photos you took this month!). Delete things you don't need. Does your information feel organized and accessible?
3 MINS - Look through any paper notes or random bits of info you collected last month. What digital system could you move it to so it doesn't get lost?
3 MINS - Clean your work area, wipe down your desk and monitors, and when you're ready — update your phone and computer wallpapers by downloading the files directly with the buttons below:
📅 CALENDAR: Download my FREE 2024 Planning Calendars below so you can plan out the remainder of the year:
✍🏻 WRITING PROMPTS: Here are four weekly writing prompts to try out this month.
What is a skill you’d like to develop in the next five years?
When and where was the most memorable sunrise or sunset you have ever seen?
What are the best things in your life right now?
Think of someone from your life you miss terribly. What would you say to them?
📚READ: Did you miss out on these recent posts? Check ‘em out by clicking below:
💬 Comment & chat! What was the best thing you Read, Watched, Listened to or Enjoyed over the past month? I’d love to hear about it in the comments and might feature it an upcoming edition of The Weekly Page.