2018 Blog Planner: Excellent idea (and a great gift!)

We all know that running a successful blog takes careful planning and ample promoting. Throw in sponsors, affiliates, mailing lists, guest posts, tracking stats, giveaways, and taking pictures and blogging quickly becomes a full-time job! With so many balls in the air, it can often be hard to keep track of everything and stay organized. That is why we have found the most comprehensive 2018 Blog Planner out there!

The 2018 Blog Planner has been designed for driven, full-time bloggers who are determined to increase blog income and traffic. The pages included in the full planner will help you brainstorm post ideas, plan your weekly posts, set yearly & monthly goals, track yearly & monthly stats, keep track of affiliates, Facebook advertising, social media posts, newsletter campaigns, finances, usernames & passwords, giveaways, etc. You name it, and the 2018 Blog Planner has you covered. There’s no better way to grow your blog than by strategic goal setting and regularly tracking your progress towards reaching your blogging goals. Using The 2018 Blog Planner is key to blog organization and blogging success!

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WHAT’S INCLUDED

CALENDARS

• 2018 Calendar
• Undated Monthly Calendar
• Undated Monthly Editorial Calendar

POST PLANNING

• Post Brainstorming Guide
• Post Topic Brainstorming
• Weekly Post Planner

TO-DO LISTS

• Weekly To-Do List
• Blog To-Do List

OTHER

• Cover Page
• Contacts
• Usernames & Passwords
• Blank Planner Page

In addition you may also pick a new template for your blog, among the fresh, clean and beautiful, very reasonably priced

  $15 Blogger Templates  

to get the year on a great new start!

Happy Blogging!

xoxo

Rena

Maryam in Cote Sud

There are blogs that I like.

And there are people who write blogs that I like. 

I have been reading Maryam Montague's blog 

My Marrakesh

for years. Voting for her and her blog in the 

"Best African Weblog" awards, back when blogging was special, and prized as a manifestation of one's life and soul, not as another tool of the trade. 

Times do change, though, which is a good thing, and some people with their integrity and vision keep my heart alert as they progress spiritually and professionally. 

My Marrakesh turned into M.Montague, it now has a souk and a fabulous hotel that I would love-love-love to visit one day, and a non-profit to benefit and empower future women.

And so,

I was thrilled to see Maryam, her husband and their hotel and life projects featured in one of my favorite magazines ever, Cote Sud. 

Friend, 

I am so proud of you!

xoxo

Rena

Found #1 Natural materials

: 1 : 

 {source unknown}

This is a shop in the States that I totally forgot to pin.

I love the carpets: modern and traditional, the pebble weave and the colour.

Plus the blush pillows.

Homey an feminine with a decadent feel.

2nd pic: lovely stone bracelet/curtain ring and mother of pearl coloured dish, with a golden accent.

Nice colours and styling.

: 2 :

{From Greige}

Grey and natural wood.

Modern.

Eco.

Perfect.

: 3 :

{From Dreamy Whites} 

I looove the knit trea skirt! So traditional and so NOW!

:: I hope your day was lazy and beautiful

May inspiration flow your way

and mine ::

xoxo

A new week and Blogoland link love

Hello, dear friends,

It is the beginning of a new week. And with it, the end (of perhaps the first part) of a period of doing new things that I am not ready to share here yet. What I can say is that it involved public speaking that I have always liked and everyone told me I'm good at, and hated, at the same time, because I felt self-conscious and nervous.

It seems though that all those years of reading aloud at school feasts and selling to customers, all add up.

I am in awe of how Life leads us, trains us, pushes us to show up, even when we stick our legs and scream "I don't want to move on!".

This is certainly my case. 

I don;t know what the future holds, but I try to pray consciously and ceremoniously whenever I can, or through my mind, asking for guidance in the desert. 

In the meantime

...

I let myself wander a little through unfamiliar Blogoland ground (feels like a pc game at times, unwalked territory opening up). Some places I'll visit again, some I won't, but all that matters is where we seek and find Beauty. 

...

I hope to keep a normal-ish tempo in coming here and letting you knwo how life goes.

Till then, take a look at what felt nice this morning.

The Tulip Festival in Holland

via

Doin' Time On the Donau

I love flowers. I love bulbs. I love tulips. I love Holland.

 That says it all about my first pick!

Optical Illusion Dress
via
Montana Designs

Pattern is
WOMENS McCALLS LOOSE FITTING PULLOVER DRESS EASY SEWING PATTERN NEW / UNCUT 6465 
via here

Because I admire women who make nice clothing for themselves
and because I love shift dresses
and this one looks smart!

What’s the big dream in your heart? Do you know what it is? Or is it just a feeling that follows you around and you bump into it from time to time?Wherever you are, that’s okay. Right here is where you start from. 

My kind of gal.
An inspiring post by Sparkle Tea, 
that I needed, just in time.



A wonderful if dark, and not agreable with my Christian faith, but still interesting visual journey by none other than an Appalachian witch.



Spring in the Japanese countryside.
I LOVE every picture
via
  Inaka Biking 

I hope you enjoyed blog walking with me
Have a beautiful week ahead!