“You can work and celebrate, side by side.” 🎊~Mara Glatzel
Happy May! I don’t know about you, but this past week has been busy in my world...
🎉 Had a mini 40th bday celebration at my mom’s. We played musical chairs, Uno, and had great food and cake!
🎙 Participated on a panel for Women Tech Founders and talked about side hustles as a way to start your business in a low-risk way.
👷🏾♀️ Helped facilitate a design thinking workshop about artificial intelligence.
🥂 Hung out with my bestie for the first time in over a year.
📝 Lots of writing for the day jobs, and I applied to a poetry fellowship.
Also, my new Voxer coaching offer experiment is going well. I’m working with two women who are doing amazing things and helping them think through the side hustle aspects of it all. I love this offering because I get to do what I do best (share advice, tips, and cheerlead), and my clients get to ask questions and get help at times that work for them. All without the need to be on a Zoom call. 🙌🏾
I feel like April has had a lot going on, but somewhere in there, I have been able to celebrate, experiment, and show up in a few different ways. Suffice to say, these next few days are all about resting and giving my inner introvert a little break.
That looks like getting caught up on shows (sooo behind on Nancy Drew) and maybe finishing my Italy puzzle.
How was your April? How are you recharging this weekend?
On to the picks!
P.S. I am leading an #IamRemarkable workshop in May as part of my Mox.E coworking community. We still have some spots left if you’d like to join.
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📺. Watching: Timeless. Guy steals a time machine and goes back into history to try to change things. A historian, an army officer, and a tech whiz go back in each episode to stop him and try to preserve history. This show was out in 2018, but you know me (#alwayslatetotheparty), and it has been a nice surprise.
🎧. Listening: Energy Booster Pop. I love listening to Spotify curated playlists. If you are in the mood for pop, you might love this compilation too. And yes I'm listening to it as I type. 😉
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#reads
Six Ways To Market Yourself Without Marketing Yourself — fortheinterested.com
When I think of marketing myself, I feel a little cringe-y. So Josh Spector’s post made me realize that a lot of what I was doing already counted as marketing. Score!
Faves:
Help people. That sounds super easy.
Share what you learn. I feel like I always do this even when I don’t realize it.
Make (a lot of) things and put them into the world. I haven’t made many things but I am thinking about how I can do more of this.
Tip: Vanessa Flowers
What Are Your Tiny Anchors? — cupofjo.com
“To the untrained observer, my morning beverage may look like bean water in a cup, but to me, it’s actually something more profound. It’s a tiny anchor, lending a bit of certainty and familiarity to uncertain days. It’s a small thing, but it makes a big difference.”
Love this concept of having tiny anchors in your day. I agree with coffee. For me, I also think reading has become one, which explains why I feel a bit off-kilter when I’ve gone more than a few days without reading.
Do you have tiny anchors in your day?
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