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Festive Bucket List - 12 Days Of Blogmas

Happy Blogmas Day 3! I hope everyone is enjoying Blogmas so far! For today's post I wanted to write something different. Back in May ...

Happy Blogmas Day 3!

I hope everyone is enjoying Blogmas so far! For today's post I wanted to write something different.

Back in May I wrote a post about the things I wanted to do once the first UK lockdown was over (you can check that out here if you are interested) and it was one of my most popular posts so for this post I want to share my festive bucket list with you!

See Christmas Lights

The first thing I'd love to be able to do this year is to go on a night time drive around our local area to check out everyone's Christmas light displays! I remember always loving doing this as a young child and it's definitely something I would like to start doing again.

Festive Movie Night

Who doesn't love a good movie night and what could be better than one that only includes Christmas films! Nothing like getting cosy under blankets with snacks surrounded by Christmas lights and decorations.

Go Ice Skating

As things stand this is probably the one thing on this list I am unlikely to be able to do however it is definitely something I would still love to try soon!

Attempt to make my own Peppermint Bark

I have always loved Peppermint Bark and although I spend alot of my time baking and experimenting with recipes, Peppermint Bark is something I've never tried to make before. So my plan this year is to not only attempt to make one but also blog about my experience making one and what I did.

Make A Christmas Inspired Hot Drink

If you saw my post a couple weeks back you will know that I had some fun making an Autumn inspired Salted Caramel Hot Chocolate and I had so much fun with the planning of that recipe and making the drink that I wanted to do something similar for the festive season.

Visit a garden centre

This may seem like a strange thing to want to do for some people however, anyone who knows me will know that every year I buy or am given a new bauble for my Christmas tree. Also who doesn't love a good garden centre Sunday roast!

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For the last regular post before Blogmas starts I wanted to share my top tips for planning for Blogmas and how I plan it.

PLAN AHEAD

The biggest tip I can give for planning for a series as busy as Blogmas is to make a plan way in advance. As crazy as it sounds I started jotting ideas of down around August (maybe even earlier) this will be way too early for some people however I like to have a rough guide of posts I wanna write over a space of 4-6 months.

WRITE AHEAD

Although I plan my content months in advance I will usually wait until closer to the time of posting to write the post. I usually start writing a plan for a post around a month before the post goes up, this is so I have the bare bones of the post I wanna write and am then able to go back closer to the time and edit it. Having something written out already that just needs adding to is incredibly helpful, especially when you know you won't have alot of time.

DON'T DO TOO MUCH

Another tip is to really think about how much you can handle and the kind of time you have. Everybody is different and the best thing to do is to work out what will work best for you. If you want to share a post everyday go for it, if that's too much, post every 2 days, a few times a week or even once a week.

DON'T PUT TOO MUCH PRESSURE ON YOURSELF

No matter how regularly you choose to post this Blogmas don't put too much pressure on yourself. The whole idea of Blogmas is to have some festive fun and share it with your readers. Don't put yourself down if you miss a post or are unable to post as much as someone else.

WRITE & PHOTOGRAPH IN BULK

Writing posts and taking photos in bulk can be very time consuming however you can also get ALOT done in one sitting which is great for those who don't have much spare time in their day. I usually spend one of my days off bulk writing posts for the upcoming month and the other day getting pictures for both blog posts and Instagram content.