My Week of Rest
This week’s post is light because I’m sick. I wanted to power through (toxic patterns!) but luckily, my body wouldn’t let me so I’m resting. Rest means no *new* content this week. It also means fewer meetings and fewer activities that require my mental, physical, and emotional bandwidth. “Less” is what I need right now. I could’ve skipped a week, but I’m a fan of transparency and sharing what’s going on in my life.
This week, I thought it’d be a great idea to take a look back on what I’ve written since launching this newsletter back in October. This newsletter was born out of a promise to myself to write and publish one post a week about topics that I’m passionate about. It’s been 10 weeks since I made that promise to myself; I’ve published 9 posts (including this one) so far and I’m proud of myself 👏 For the record, the one week I skipped was Thanksgiving week.
Here’s a look back at some of what I’ve written to date:
My most popular posts:
My best advice for operators: 5 essential skills for operators
My evergreen advice for making 2024 your best year yet: Let’s talk about luck
Now, it’s time to get back to resting.
“Real rest feels like every cell is thanking you for taking care of you. It’s calm, not full of checklists and chores. It’s simple: not multitasking; not fixing broken things.”
— Jennifer Williamson
If you’re curious, I’ll be streaming the following shows/movies until I’m fully recovered: Home Alone 2, A Chestnut Family Christmas, the holiday episodes of Gossip Girl, the holiday scenes from the SATC (Sex and the City) film, Last Christmas, Love Actually, and Last Holiday.
See you next week!
About me
I’m Ashley, a former executive turned business consultant and coach. I’ve spent a decade in tech, collecting successes and learning from my mistakes - so you don’t have to. Now, I spend my time doing what I love the most: solving problems for companies experiencing a period of accelerated growth. I work with founders/leaders to establish operations that enable growth and I work with individual leaders who are navigating the job search, starting a new role, or are on a promotion track - resulting in better business outcomes and highly productive teams.