November is here: it’s a new month and an excuse to realign your focus to smash those hopes, dreams and ambitions well and truly out of the park.

But although we have the best intentions to do this every month, we could always do with a little help.

When it comes to self-care, there can often be a gulf between expectations and reality. Of course we want to set aside some time to nurture that side hustle, and we have the very best intentions to read for those thirty minutes a day. Heck, on the first of the month that weekly bath and ‘me-time’ was as good as set in stone. But, then life gets in the way, and it can be hard to remember all the things we said we would do. They slip away from us in favour of late nights and work deadlines.

New month motivation: how to nail November with these self-care checklists