“We know that there’s always tomorrow.” 🫂 ~Bill Withers

keep swimming... (#358)

When folks have asked me how I’ve been doing the past few weeks, I often picture Dory and say, “I’m swimming.”

I’m doing it and juggling all the things. But this caregiving season, in particular, is really exhausting and has become a full-time job in and of itself.

Sometimes, it’s rough out here in these streets.

I found these words that I wrote almost a year ago extremely helpful this week:

As someone who talks side hustles all the time, the question of balancing priorities and managing time often comes up.

At a bare minimum, we are balancing work and business. But that is just the tip of the iceberg. We are playing several other roles (parent, caregiver, mother, sister, friend) that must also be factored in.

And in the midst of it all, we have to take care of ourselves so that we can do #allthethings.

At any given moment, our priority has to shift to what’s most important at that time.

The juggle is real.

Sometimes the balls must drop until we can pick them back up. 

But we’ll get through it. Together.

You might be feeling overwhelmed.

There may be so much you are trying to get done.

And maybe you simply don’t have the energy.

During times like this, it’s important to honor our capacity and remember:

Baby steps.

Grace.

Prioritizing self-care and joy.

During this season, our work/productivity/output may look different. And that’s OK. 💖

We’ll get through it. We’ll keep swimming. Together.

On to the picks!

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#ease 🫶🏾

In this section, I plan to provide things/tips/resources that are helping me with caregiving, biz, self-care, and juggling in general. In the hopes that it’ll inspire you as well.

This week’s ease tip comes from

Joddie Taylor

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“I recently got magnetic hooks. I put one on the front door so I can hang [my keys] up as soon as I come in and grab them on my way out. And I don’t have to look for my keys cause they are always in the same place! I also hung my wall calendar on the side of the fridge using a magnet hook. So no holes in the wall.” 😊

If you have found ways to make your life easier, please share, and I’d love to feature them here as well.

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#loves 😍

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#reads

5 Myths & Misconceptions About Side Hustles

In my work with side hustlers and being a side hustler myself, I come across many myths. #1 is that side hustles are meant to become full-time businesses. Nope. Not necessarily.

Some of us love our day jobs (and frankly appreciate having benefits) and are happy to keep our side thing a side thing. What’s a myth you hear often about side hustles?

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gifts to our future self

“A gift for your future self is something you do today that makes your life easier, or better, at some point in the future. It is something that our present self does, with our future self in mind.”

I love this idea of doing things in the present to make your future self’s life easier.

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#icymi

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