Hey Reader While January 1st gets a lot of hype for being a potential fresh start, I'm often more excited about mid-year 😝 Not only is it a natural starting point for new goals and projects, it also feels softer than New Years. The mid-year crossover doesn't come with the same perfectionistic pressure that a lot of us feel when moving into a new calendar year, but it still makes for a good milestone moment. While I'm certainly eager to move into Quarter 3, I'm also still carrying some...
15 days ago • 5 min read
Hey Reader New journal season is slowly approaching 😈 While this is always an exciting time (I love seeing what people put into their setups) it can also be a somewhat panic inducing one... What do I actually need in my new journal? What if I forget to include something? What if my new setup doesn't work for me? After setting up over 40 new journals since 2016, you'd think these concerns would be a thing of the past for me. You’d think, having set up that many journals, I’d be at a point of...
22 days ago • 5 min read
Hey Reader Lately I've been obsessed (and driving Vogel up the wall 😝) with a song called "Do It Anyway" by Yoshi2.0. In the lyrics, he runs through all the different emotions you could be feeling and reminds you to do the thing anyway. “I do it anyway, I do it sad, I do it mad, I do it gladI do it anyway, I do it stressed, I do it depressed, I do it obsessedI do it anyway, even when I’m afraid, I’ll be brave andI do it anyway, 'cause that's what it takes to win this game” Yoshi2.0, Do It...
about 1 month ago • 4 min read
Hey Reader For as long as I can remember, I’ve described myself as someone who “thrives” under pressure. Whether it was pulling all-nighters before university deadlines, writing reports the day they were due, or these days getting a video up just in time for a scheduled publish, I’ve always appreciated how deadlines spur me into action. Am I just a thrill seeker? Am I addicted to the race against the clock? Probably 😂 But honestly, waiting until last-minute isn’t always the best course of...
about 2 months ago • 5 min read
Hey Reader I almost didn't write this issue today. (Also, do we call the weekly newsletters "issues", "editions", or something else? Issue sounds negative 😂) This one almost didn't get written though, mainly because things are just a taaad hectic right now. I'm neck-deep in pre-trip work that I'm desperately trying to see as a blessing, we have a reading challenge happening which adds extra (fun but necessary) admin, and it seems like every close connection I have wants my attention this...
about 2 months ago • 3 min read
Hey Reader Let me know if you can relate, but I find that often times the biggest reason for me "falling off" with my habits and goals is getting bored 😂 At the start, we're excited for the newness of everything, the potential of hitting our targets and making ✨ all the changes ✨ But once the novelty wears off? Suddenly that routine we were excited about starts to feel stale. Completing habits starts to feel monotonous. Our goals that we set off on eagerly now just seem like another thing on...
2 months ago • 3 min read
Hey Reader This is a mindset I always get myself stuck in 😅 Any time I start a new project or goal, I expect myself to be able to do everything perfectly. This is especially notable with habit-building goals. I have this unspoken expectation that I need to hit all seven days a week, every week for me to be doing it "right". But then life happens 😝 Something sets me back, even in a small way, which means the perfect plan I laid out for myself can't happen in exactly the way I planned it. Cue...
2 months ago • 2 min read
Hey Reader You know those times when everything seems to be going wrong at once? 😅 That was last week 😝 It started with lower than usual motivation, which isn't necessarily atypical for Jess vs. April. What wasn't so typical was how debilitating that dip felt compared to usual. Our regular weekly livestream got cancelled and last week's newsletter didn't get written. I just couldn't do it. This was on a week where I already committed to doing less video content so I could focus on other...
3 months ago • 3 min read
Hey Reader Happy start of Quarter 2! 🥳 Last week was my "Reset Week" which is all about getting cool, calm, and collected for the quarter ahead. Part of this includes a goal review and reset which is always one of my favourite parts. As part of that process, I like to: Reflect on progress made (or not made) in the previous quarter Brainstorm possible goals and projects for the quarter ahead Plan how I'll take action on the ones I'm tackling I always enjoy how the process gets me fired up...
3 months ago • 3 min read
