It’s 9.47p tonight (Friday). I am lying in the darkness. Next to my wide-awake 2.5yo. Waiting for her to fall asleep. So that I can finish this update.
Hi…there.
[skipping the formalities, I am too tired]
Remember that 2nd week when I was all excited and running on high.
⛈️ Expecting some clouds in week 5 or so…?
Gosh, do I know myself.
“This week was awful.”
Why? Well glad you asked
I was a little nervous even BEFORE the week started as I am taking Oct 11 AND Oct 14 off to be with the kids (their school is off)…feeling like I might lose the momentum
💥 Boom - Sunday night I got a heat stroke —> stayed awake in agony til 4am —> had to cancel all Monday plans & just pray my system will cool down & become operational again
So in the 3 days of productivity Tue-Thu I
absolutely let go of my writing/ posting streak,
hardly finished one of the 3 books on agenda and
permanently operated in a catchup mode
But I CAN’T SAY this week was awful.
It doesn’t RING true. It doesn’t FEEL true.
See, that rephrasing “BAD —> LESSON LEARNED” I've been pushing myself to do over the past 4 weeks has …taken root 🌱.
YES, I have had a shorter week and so what?
I am building my name, my business, my career in something I want to do for many years to come, 2 days off to spend with my fast-growing up girls will not stop me.
This is not a sprint - as many of my past projects - it’s a MARATHON.
YES, I “only” worked 3 days but do you really want to be That Asshole Manager that cares about the face-time (aka how many hours one works) and not about the outcomes? Is this how you want to manage yourself?
….The answer was …NOPE.
The actual bottom line of this week is actually pretty great:
✅ Activating public spaces project (Bricks Embarcadero) reached out and asked for another 3 dates this month!
✅ I was again the judge on the Tech Pitch Comedy Show, I did slay and they want me back - this month!
✅ The One Book I actually Almost Finished - Give and Take: Why Helping Others Drives Our Success by Adam Grant - is my new gospel, it phrases so articulately what I intuitively believe in, you will hear more on it
✅ A friend recommended me to a Speakers Bureau, they are interested in adding me to their roster, we have a call scheduled for the next week
✅ I unexpectedly talked to 2 friends (yes it’s you Melina & and you David) who are in different stages…of the same journey as I am, those conversations really inspired & energized me
✅ I made 2 introductions and I am genuinely excited about these people to meet and get to know each other
✅ For my regular online writing, I learned I need to build inventory. Simple as that.
Not finishing & posting every day as I have done so far.
I need to have posts prescheduled for ideally a week in advance.
That ironically takes away the pressure, so if I want to post something off the cuff - I can.
And the funny thing is, when I look above what I just wrote - it’s hard to tell what’s “😃The Good” and what’s “💡The BAD.”
It all just IS.
And I keep learning, getting better and going forward.
🥂And cheers to that! It’s 10.56p tonight (Friday).
xoxo, Katka
PS: If you want to refer back to any of my previous updates, I put them online here 👇 (you need to be on my list to see the whole updates, this is still in a closed beta 🤐).
