“You are not your lowest moments.” ❤️‍🩹 ~Demi Lovato

By Jessica L. Williams • Issue #294 • View online

I have had a terrible, no good, very bad week. Caregiving. Not feeling well. Inflammation. Poor sleep. Busy work week.

Heaviness. Burnout. I’m feeling it.

This #jugglelife that we lead as side hustlers is challenging at times. And some weeks our best will look different.

Some weeks our priorities have to shift. Some weeks the most productive thing we can do is rest. And that’s OK.

It’s important to have grace with ourselves and each other through it all.

If you relate, consider this your permission slip to rest. To do what you need to do to recharge and tend to yourself.

This newsletter will be on pause for a bit. See you in a couple of weeks. 👋🏾

On to the picks!

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Clarissa Explains It All

@Clarissa_Laskey

Good Morning!

Today is a great day to:

• Have a day filled with more ease.

Remember to be yourself. You are the magic that no one can replicate.

• Give compliments, and also accept them without question.

• Remind yourself that you are always worth it.

8:46 AM - 24 Aug 2022

The joy of tiny projects.

This post warms my baby-step-focused heart. Alexandra Franzen mentions if you want to write a book, think of it as a 10-page letter to a friend.

“If your heart is feeling heavy… if your to-do list is feeling monstrous… if you’re sick of starting projects and never finishing… I encourage you to hit the DELETE key on everything and switch to a tiny project instead.”

What’s on your to-do list? How can you turn it into a small project?

www.alexandrafranzen.com • Share

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“You are not your lowest moments.” ❤️‍🩹 ~Demi Lovato

Older messages

“That breath that you just took... that’s a gift.” 💝 ~Rob Bell

“When you ask more of yourself you must give more to yourself.” 😘 ~Octavia Raheem

“We need to do a better job of putting ourselves higher on our own ‘to-do’ list.” 💞 ~Michelle Obama

“Greatness takes time. Patience. Magic.” ✨ ~Josh Spector

“Who you are when you prioritize rest is the truth of who you really are.” 😴 Kandice N Cole

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