"Here's a little reminder to be kind to yourself today." 🤗 ~Morgan Harper Nichols
This week we wrapped up the Gather the People Instagram class which has been really great experience for us as a team, but also myself personally. It's getting my thoughts percolating on a few project ideas, and on this process of "creating out loud" and inviting my community (hellooo 👋🏾) along the journey of creation. I still haven't chosen a project idea yet, but taking the time to answer the prompts has really helped me get clearer on what I need for the project and how I want to feel.
I'm looking forward to deep diving into this more with the Gather the People self-paced course, If you're interested in that, you can grab it for $30 off through 8/31 by clicking through the link in our Instagram bio.
In other news, this week has felt a bit heavy. I feel like I always have a lot going on, but this week particularly I just had feelings of overwhelm and distraction, I suppose. On Wednesday, I had three different instances where I saw messages to take a break. To which, I was like "Universe are you trying to tell me something?" And she promptly answered by having my Internet go out. 😂
So as much overwhelm as I felt, I had no other choice than to take a break. I think there's a longer break needed and I'm not sure how to carve out that time just yet, but it'll be something I'm thinking about.
Along the taking a break lines, I tried a new product this week called Recess. It's a CBD-infused sparkling water which was pretty great. I got the sampler pack and tried the Black Cherry flavor first which helped me get a good night's sleep. So I'm officially a fan. 🙌🏾
How have you been able to pause and take a break recently?
On to the picks!
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📚 Reading: The Lazy Genius Way: Embrace What Matters, Ditch What Doesn't, and Get Stuff Done. Already in love with this magic question: What can I do now to make life easier later? "Life" can be anything from laundry to writing a blog post. And there are some great tips in here if you are also a parent.
🎧 Listening: 6 Things You Can Do to Unlock Your Creative Self. This podcast episode lays out the keys to keep in mind to be your most creative self: time, space, matter, flow, diet and sleep. Love this quote to sum up the content: "If you're doing your most, you're not doing your best! Give yourself a break!"
#reads
7 Quick Reminders to Help You Simplify Everything — bemorewithless.com
Great reminders in this post. "let there be typos" especially. Choose one that fits where you are right now. And do less. 😉
How to Start a Blog that Changes Your Life — www.nateliason.com
My favorite part of this post is what to write about (because I struggle with this constantly):
Things you know
Things you are excited about
Things you believe
Nat also talks about how to get started, get readers for your blog, and ways to monetize.
I found this in Alex Hugh Sam's newsletter.
9 Tips to Help You Save Time on Email — paulminors.com
We spend so much time in our email don't we? My fave tips in this list are (3) to get tasks out of your email - I've been using my bullet journal to jot down emails that I need to respond to versus snoozing them. And (2) to create some templated responses to common emails - I keep hearing about TextExpander so that's something on my to-do list.
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😍 Last issue’s top pick was: Dr. Anhalt's tweet thread on impostor syndrome
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