“The more you praise and celebrate your life, the more there is in life to celebrate.” ~Oprah Winfrey
Guess what? I am a year older!! Yesterday I celebrated my 36th birthday - it's kind of amazing. I still can't believe it. The year of "Jess being 35" is a blur but so many amazing things have come out of it. I'm starting to be recognized as a woman in tech, a founder, a leader, a speaker. It's been an incredible year.
And it's been such a great week leading up to the big 3 6. - I nailed down another big speaking opportunity for this fall. 💪🏾 And I made my debut as the Resident Technista for the ChicagonistaLIVE show!!! I can't tell you how excited this makes me. And scared #becausevideo. But I have to get out of my comfort zone right? #babysteps
I plan to take it easy this weekend because my body has been putting me to sleep around 8:00 pm for the past couple of nights so I think it's time to rest. And prepare for the awesomeness that will be my 36th year.
What are you celebrating this week? Hit reply and let me know.
On to the picks for the week!
P.S. I saw Shakespeare in Love last night - the play about the movie. So good. If you're in Chicago, definitely check it out. It's really a good time. I love having a little Shakespeare in my life in April especially since it's also #PoetryMonth.
P.P.S. Thank you for being a part of my tribe. xoxo
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Some prompts to get you thinking about things to write about. I'm ALWAYS struggling with this so Alex's ideas are super helpful.
10 Best Sites That Offer Free Images for Blogs — www.lifehack.org
Bookmarking these for future reference. I also get some great images from Pexels - no attribution required.
#tooloftheweek
Feedly. Read more, know more. — feedly.com
Ever wonder how I stay on top of so much news? I add the blogs I follow to Feedly - which is an RSS reader that lets me follow all the sites I love in one place. I can then add articles to this newsletter (yay #jesspicks) or share to social media.
#newsyoucanuse
Instagram now lets you organize bookmarks into private collections
Methinks they are starting to look like Pinterest...🤔
You can go live on YouTube if you have 1,000 subscribers
You get live video! Everyone gets live video! If you have 1,000 subscribers, that is...
Everything Facebook launched at F8 and why
Good stuff in here - I'm most excited about this Spotify messenger bot situation.