“Pleased to meet you, hope you guess my name.” 🤝🏾 ~The Rolling Stones
I'm a paid speaker! 🥳 (#373)
This week marked my first paid speaking gig of the year, and let me tell you, it was terrific! 🎉🥳.
It all started through a connection with Saya Hillman:
Coach Saya suggested I contact the person about getting on her podcast in a true win-win fashion.
I put it on my “do later” list for months because #lifewaslifing and finally decided to take that baby step and reach out a couple of months ago to see if I could chat on her podcast about side hustle stuffs.
The person said it was a great idea, but unfortunately, she wasn’t doing the podcast anymore. However, it would be an excellent topic for her community. We got on a call, chatted, and discussed the angle we could cover on the call—this is where the term “side curious” was born, which I immediately loved.
We picked a date/time for the talk, which was Wednesday of this week, and the rest is… in this email 😆
Here is my pre-Zoom selfie:
Pictured:
A happy, confident Jess ready to talk all about side hustles and the juggling and mindset tips that go along with that.
I know that whatever happens, I will do my best, and if I can help just one person and the person who hired me is happy, I’d also be happy.
Not pictured:
The exhaustion and overall drained feeling from caregiving (I was really excited about this talk! And a little concealer and a fun spring top to boost my mood didn’t hurt!)
I took off from work that day to work on my slides because I know myself and my life, and I wanted to have a contingency in case I didn’t get a chance to work on them beforehand. (You can use some of your PTO to work on your side hustle.)
The session was amazing:
“That was FABULOUS! Thank you so much! I think the ladies … really enjoyed it and got some good tips-- I resonated with a lot of what you said in my own journey too.
Also, your slides were amazing!”
My friend Brandy asked me the following day:
“How did you feel waking up as a paid speaker?”
I hadn’t entirely stopped to acknowledge this huge milestone. I was already on to the next thing on my to-do list.
Thank you so much, Brandy, for that moment of recognition and celebration.
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This journey is all about putting yourself out there, helping others, and making a living doing what you love.
That’s what this #sidehustlelife is all about, right?
Please allow me to introduce myself… I’m a paid speaker. Ask me anything! 😉
On to the picks!
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#loves 😍
🏋🏾♀️. Watching: 30 Min Broadway Pilates Full Body Tone. My in-person BeMoved class has been on break for a couple weeks and while it’s not immediate, I feel it in a big way. So I was immediately curious when I saw that emkfit came out with a Broadway-inspired Pilates workout. She had me at Broadway? Also, I had been hearing about Pilates but never actually tried it. I made it through about 19 minutes of the video, and there were so many moves I couldn’t do. I did what I could, and it turned out great. Even the warm-up made me realize how out of shape I am. 😩 But it was good stuff.
🎧. Listening: Focus Mix: I find myself gravitating more towards focus music lately, especially when I’m writing or brainstorming ideas. And if you are a fellow Spotify fan, its curation is 🔥. What I find a bit amusing is that most of what it’s giving me is movie soundtrack music (like Avengers, Cinderella, Harry Potter, Titanic, and Hunger Games), and I’m so here for it! What does your focus music look like?
#reads
Love the hell out of yourself today
Whatever that thing is that brings you a bout of joy––don't judge it.
Whoever that person is that makes you smile hard––don't judge it.
Whatever weird dance you do on your own in the living room––don't judge it.
Just love the hell out of you today. Just love the hell out of you and see how you feel at the end of the day.
By: Tanya Moushi
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How To Free Up Two Hours In Your Day
Josh has a great exercise to free up extra time in your day. You can take one of those 15-minute blocks you’ve reclaimed and use it to work on one of your side hustle VIP tasks. Or do a quick self-care activity.
“To free up two hours of your work day, all you have to do is free up 15 minutes of every hour.
The best way to do that is to look at the activities you spend most of your time doing and figure out how you can shave a little bit of time off of them.”
#icymi
😍. Last issue’s top pick: Meditations for Women Who Do Too Much.
🎤. ASK: My goal is to book
32 paid speaking gigs this year. If you know of one, I’d love an intro. I talk about side hustles, newsletters, and finding self-care in a busy life. Learn more about my speaking offerings here.🤩. Feeling overwhelmed or stuck? I gotchu. Get a pep talk!
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EEK!! Congrats Jessica!! This is so exciting! Paid Speaker Liiiiiife!!
Congrats on becoming a paid speaker Jess!! :)))