Jessica's Friday Five: A simple airport/train trick
Published 22 days ago • 3 min read
Hi Reader,
The news continues to be distressing with frequency these days, but good things are happening, and making time to celebrate those bright spots matters so that we can create more of them. This word from Luvvie has me reflect on where I can be more public in my backup of those standing up for what's right.
Let's get into this week's Friday Five:
Join Me Next Week: One of my most popular workshops for client companies and nonprofits is "How to Plan Your Week (and then Adjust When Things Inevitably Shift)". For the first time, I'm offering it publicly and you're invited. It will happen on Friday, April 11th at 11am PT/2pm ET and tickets are just $47. If you're ready to calm some of the chaos of modern life and focus more on your most important priorities, you'll love this incredibly practical workshop. Get your ticket here, replay included if you cannot join live.
Lasagna Love: My friend Lindsey introduced me to Lasagna Love, a simple but powerful program that connects people who could use homemade lasagna with a volunteer who can make one. I dropped off my first lasagna to a neighbor who needed it this week, and I encourage you to consider signing up to do the same and/or sharing in your neighborhood social media spaces about the program so that those in need and those who can help can sign up.
Try This on Public Transit: We made a few trips with our kids during spring break and spent time on public transit and in airport trams, and it reminded me to share this tip we have been doing for years with you - it will work anytime you've got at least two adults with a kid or kids. When my husband, kids, and I enter or exit any sort of train/subway/tram, we always have one adult go first, then the kids, then the other adult. Inspired by a few friends with stressful stories of being separated from kids or getting injured with a last-minute yank of someone's arm to stay together, this approach ensures that the kids are never alone (whether on the train or the platform) in case the doors close more quickly than you expect or someone gets distracted. This has been especially helpful when traveling in places where we're not fully fluent in the local language - it's much easier to ensure we are together and a kid isn't accidentally left behind or sent zooming away on a train alone.
Two tips if you like e-books:Bookbub is a fabulous free newsletter with deals on e-books if you read that way. They have 15 million subscribers (!!), including me, so try out their newsletter if that sounds like your vibe. Also, did you know that Bookshop.org has e-books and an app now? If you're trying to break up (or at least go on fewer dates) with Amazon (I'm moving myself in that direction), check it out! I just finished the new Hunger Games novel (Haymitch's back story) two days ago and loved it.
If you're a business owner:This free event from Sadie is worth getting on the list for, and if you love quick-win trainings and low-risk, high-value offers, Elizabeth Goddard’s Kitchen Sink Offer Party is for you. Each day from April 7-11, she’s unveiling a hidden offer that you can’t normally buy from her. I will definitely be purchasing at least a few things from her next week. :)
P.S. How do you organize contacts? I recently got a question that I didn't have a great answer for, so I'm curious if you have any suggestions - the ask was about a good tool or approach to cleaning up/organizing/deduplicating contacts across systems and devices. If you have any suggestions, send them my way and I can share back with the community in next week's issue.
