Shout out to Anne Hagerty and Collette Rogers for buying me coffees over the break! ☕️Anne is an amazing copywriter and content creator. She is also a wonderful speaker - we actually met on a side hustle panel. She is currently looking for clients so if you need writing help, check her out! Collette is an incredible photographer and artist along with being a family friend. If you've seen my profile picture for this newsletter or photos on my website, Collette took them all! You can see more of her work here and here.---Happy 2021 my friend!And what a week it has already been. I spent most of the week glued to the TV watching the country burn. On one hand, I'm not surprised. And still, so many WTF moments. Call it what it is: an act of terrorism. At one point, I just had to stop and take myself away and work on a puzzle because of chest tightness.I couldn't really describe how I was feeling until I read Amber Burns' post:"As a Black woman, this is nothing new to me. Seeing white people commit crimes that would be a death sentence for someone in the skin I’m in isn’t new. It was not a surprise. I was not caught off guard. And contrary to what many people are sharing in posts and headlines, this is exactly who and what America is. I have never known any other version of this country than one who consistently makes exceptions for white citizens."I'm still feeling out of sorts, and just exhausted, as I can imagine you are too. We've been angry and sad for so long. It's like death by a thousand cuts. So I'm really focused on taking breaks as often as I need to and seeking out moments of calm and joy. I encourage you to do the same.My holidays were relaxing and it was good to have some time away and give myself space to do nothing. Mostly I slept. It was like all of the tiredness, emotions, and grief of 2020 descended on me. And rest was a respite.I'm still noodling on plans for 2021, so I'll use these next few weeks to look back on 2020, and share that process with you. I'll start with this:55 things I did, experienced, and appreciated in 2020.This was such a powerful process for me to do and write on the last day of the year. And I like how it's a little bit different than most "2020 in review" posts I've seen. So grateful for 2020 and all that it gave me and taught me. I know I will carry a lot of lessons and experiences in this new year. January can feel heavy - there are so many expectations to share your goals for the year and your word or phrase. I'm not ready to do that yet, and that's OK. So if you have been feeling this pressure to set words or goals or resolutions, take your power back. You can set them or not. You can set them now or later. We get to decide what works best for us.Sending you virtual hugs. 💖On to the picks!
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Shout out to Anne Hagerty and Collette Rogers for buying me coffees over the break! ☕️Anne is an amazing copywriter and content creator. She is also a wonderful speaker - we actually met on a side hustle panel. She is currently looking for clients so if you need writing help, check her out! Collette is an incredible photographer and artist along with being a family friend. If you've seen my profile picture for this newsletter or photos on my website, Collette took them all! You can see more of her work here and here.---Happy 2021 my friend!And what a week it has already been. I spent most of the week glued to the TV watching the country burn. On one hand, I'm not surprised. And still, so many WTF moments. Call it what it is: an act of terrorism. At one point, I just had to stop and take myself away and work on a puzzle because of chest tightness.I couldn't really describe how I was feeling until I read Amber Burns' post:"As a Black woman, this is nothing new to me. Seeing white people commit crimes that would be a death sentence for someone in the skin I’m in isn’t new. It was not a surprise. I was not caught off guard. And contrary to what many people are sharing in posts and headlines, this is exactly who and what America is. I have never known any other version of this country than one who consistently makes exceptions for white citizens."I'm still feeling out of sorts, and just exhausted, as I can imagine you are too. We've been angry and sad for so long. It's like death by a thousand cuts. So I'm really focused on taking breaks as often as I need to and seeking out moments of calm and joy. I encourage you to do the same.My holidays were relaxing and it was good to have some time away and give myself space to do nothing. Mostly I slept. It was like all of the tiredness, emotions, and grief of 2020 descended on me. And rest was a respite.I'm still noodling on plans for 2021, so I'll use these next few weeks to look back on 2020, and share that process with you. I'll start with this:55 things I did, experienced, and appreciated in 2020.This was such a powerful process for me to do and write on the last day of the year. And I like how it's a little bit different than most "2020 in review" posts I've seen. So grateful for 2020 and all that it gave me and taught me. I know I will carry a lot of lessons and experiences in this new year. January can feel heavy - there are so many expectations to share your goals for the year and your word or phrase. I'm not ready to do that yet, and that's OK. So if you have been feeling this pressure to set words or goals or resolutions, take your power back. You can set them or not. You can set them now or later. We get to decide what works best for us.Sending you virtual hugs. 💖On to the picks!