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A post shared by Priyanjana (@priyanjana) on May 4, 2020 at 9:06pm PDT

I hope you all stay safe with you dear ones during these trying time of the corona virus pandemic and bounce back stronger. 

Evaluate your day 

Assessing what you days have been like in the past year, is the first thing to do. If you have not changed something drastically, chances are your Weekday pretty much consists of doing the same things, as in 2019.
When I say asses or evaluate, I mean track where your time was spent, doing what. Break down your day, asses how your time was spent, like

- At home
- At work
- At the Gym
- At the recreational classes

Say,  for example - every day you spent 1 hour 15 minutes of lunch. Out of which the actual time to have lunch "get lunch, eat, etc" was 40 minutes. where did you spend the rest of 35 minutes - On your phone? Walking?

Now, From this exercise identify the time windows where you can do something else. Which you really want to.

Decide your goals  

Now, you know if you have some extra time or not. Or you know that you'd like to change something.
The next step will be to decide, what exactly you would like to change and how that benefits you to reach your goals.
Start small, define what you'd like to achieve at the end of 2020.
Divide into big goals and small goal.

Let a small term goal be - "I will drink more water every day, by the end of April" and for example, let a long term goal be like - "By the end of 2020, I will be fluently speaking Malay"

Make sure, the small-term goal, help you achieve your long term goals. And most importantly limit your number of goals to a realistic number. Don't make a list of a 100 things that you'd like to achieve cause, humanly, that is rarely possible.

Identify your problem areas

Now that you know, what you want to achieve, identifying the current roadblocks is next!
Like, let's take the "drink more water" goal. Look for the issue, is your water bottle too small? do you not make frequent trips to the water cooler? do you completely forget that you have to drink water?

You can only solve and issue if you know the issue properly! So, alongside your goals- try and add what roadblocks you might face and how you'd tackle them.






Make a point to DO stuff

Till now, we were planning what to do, but that alone can never yield you any result if there is no action. I think this is the most important part and, something I personally struggle with as well is doing stuff.
You know what you have to do, you have everything at your disposal, but you don't deal with your issues and roadblocks and stay where you started.
I have started small this year, with do for the small goals and have been pretty successful in doing what I want! Let's see how this year goes!!

Prioritize, every day! 

Define your priorities! If you need to stretch for 15 minutes and run for 15 minutes and you have only 20 on a certain day, prioritize between the two and efficiently distribute the activity. Prioritize your health, if that is what you are focusing on.
Prioritize your pottery classes over a 3rd coffee date with your friend in a week, if learning that by the end of 2020 is what your focus is. That person is your friend, after all, they'll understand. Please don't make excuse with them though, people appreciate the truth!
Prioritize! Prioritize!

Get your sleep

This is a very personal suggestion. I cannot function with a minimum amount of sleep. The day goes by very badly if I haven't slept properly. If that's the case with you too, keep that phone away and stop staying awake at night!! Lying in the dark and staring at the phone for hours is not going to help in any way! Eradicate items from around you that disrupt your sleep or delay it. If you are well-rested, you will be able to do anything you want! Honestly!

I think I am going to stop here! This last month, I tried to stick to these, it is going to take time. That is for sure, but you will be reaching your goal. 

I know in the above steps I have shared how I think I will make this year mine, but honestly, it might be completely different for. and if 2019 has taught me something, that is to have an open mind towards everything. So let me know what your ways are to conquering and winning at life this year. 

Let us make this a feedback loop of getting better at what we want to! But before I close this, I'd like to talk about this outfit.

This saree is a Batik saree from my mom's collection. I shot this particular outfit in Kolkata, way back in 2017 and finally got around posting this now. So, you can see why I need to work on myself. It really took a good amount of courage on my part to actually bare everything and talk about what I need to work on. I hope you'll appreciate it and share yours!

I wanted to continue and at least finish sharing the looks I had shot for the #MNSIndieProject that I had started a couple of years back. This has been a long-ish post anyway, so I'll stop here!

Let me know what you think of this post, in the commend down below or mail me at
PRIYANJANAMNS[AT]GMAIL[DOT]COM

This movement of less consumption, ethical fashion, conscious consumerism has been around since 2018, but finally, some people are making efforts to be a part of these. Including me. I did my part even before this, but this year onwards, I'd like to make this a lifestyle! Hence here goes my first Fashion post of 2020, with three tips on how to re-wear your clothes, in a different style always! 

This Valentine's day, I am not shopping! Date night outfit - Check { an old one }, Valentine's week pink and red outfits - check! Repeating date night outfits is the best because honestly, guys usually never notice if you are repeating an outfit! and we all know that the fancier the dress, the costlier it is. So why not get the best out of those dresses!

I am sure, you can do that too!

Let do a "Shop your closet for Valentine's day" drill! 

Define your mood for the occasion! 

Decide if you'd like to go all out with pinks and reds or you want to keep it subtle! Keep it subtle by adding a scarf or shoes in these colours with a monotone outfit! or Go all out with a red dress.

If you haven't got any of those, and really want to keep up with this spirit, BORROW! 

Raid your guy's closet, see if he has a red or pink tie. Use that as a style element in your outfit! Just maybe make a bow on your handbag out if it!
Or better yet, Raid your Girl friend's closet! I am sure she won't mind helping out a friend with this!

Make Pinterest your buddy! 

Once you have decided what colours you'll choose and raided various closets {Yes it is a bit time consuming, but you save up a LOT in the long run}, Go ahead and spend 5 minutes on Pinterest to search for "Styling a .....", and you'll have everything set in no time! This is the best place to learn how to wear everything in your closet, without a doubt

Enjoy dressing up!

The reason, most women keep buying outfits for various occasions in "Not to repeat an outfit" and buying is definitely the easy way out! But, don't dress up for them, do it for yourself! We all know we love to repeat that one dress that fits like a dream, wear that again! Enjoy doing that and if you want to change things up a bit, go a bit out of your comfort zone, with a different makeup look or shade of lipstick! You'll be good to go, richer than you would have been if you bought a new dress and happy!


Now let's quickly touch upon what I have worn in this look! I kept it simple with solid colours. The dress I am wearing was bought around 3 years back, the white peplum top around 4 years.  The quickest way to reinventing a dress is layering!

I added a bit of gold, with the belt and the pumps, in metallic gold to keep the outfit simple yet peppy for the season of love!

How I shopped my closet for Valentine's day outfit

Have fun this Valentine's day, with your girl gang or friends or your partner! Just don't forget to shop your closet for the occasion!


Do let me know what your outfit looked like! And if this post helped you out, in the comments below!

Loads of love,
Priyanjana

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