Hi friends,

 

I had some killer ideas last week that I would like to share with you:

 

Yes, I was dying to share these ideas with you all week. You did not like them much?! Well, that’s what you get from me staying home all day all night.

 

As I shared with you last week, Sundays are here so fast, and I told my sister Raz yesterday that it was getting more challenging for me to prepare the Sunday Spark. She wisely told me, half-knowingly that I will quote her here perhaps, that I could pause “the sparks” part and keep the “news” part of the newsletter, which is the advice I love to give to my coaching groups but needed to hear myself: 

 

Make it easier, cut it in half, 50% is better than 0%, and as Jon Acuff says “some beats none.” 

 

Here is another example where this advice worked last week:

 

I wrote and pinned a to-do list on Google Keep, added a recurring reminder every evening, and kept an eye on it during the week. There were 13 items on that list; I checked off 5, made 70%-90% to two items, and moved the rest to this week. 50% done is incredible.

 

Where do you need this advice in your life right now? Is there something you’re considering quitting because it’s getting hard for you, but you know it is good for you? How can you make it easier to keep going?

 

Baby Basil turned one month old yesterday! What a precious month. Cheers to newborn mums out there; I see you.

 

It’s the last week before school starts. Books are to be laminated this week, not by me, of course.

 

We have a fresh start coming up!

Next week is the start of a new month AND a new week. Not just any month, it’s the back-to-school-back-to-goals month. It’s the other January. It’s September.

 

What new habit do you plan to start? Waking up early? Journaling? New work rituals? Timeboxing? Reading? Walking after work? Nightly skincare routine? Meditation?

 

Your monthly gifts are here to help you track your habits and plan your month ⬇️:

 

🎁 Download your September Habit Tracker customized to your workweek (Your week starts on:  Sunday, Monday) and a productivity-focused monthly calendar to help you plan your month, both designed by yours truly.

 

Snapshot from my week: New addition to our children literature collection.

 

 

 

 

 

 

See you next Sunday First name / my dear friend

 

* Note: To the best of my ability, I am trying to share content by authors who have not disappointed me, and they are hard to come by! Please let me know if any author I share about was disrespectful to Palestine.