THE MONTHLY PAGE 👩🏻💻 October 2024
Tech wallpapers, calendars, + resources to help you focus for the month ahead.
Welcome to The Monthly Page for October!
September absolutely whipped by — as I spent half the month in the US and the other half recovering from jetlag 😉 But it was a great month — and I got to spend two weeks leading a group of you through my Hydrating Habits Workshop, which end this weekend and will now remain open for enrollment whenever you’d like to jump into it.
I have some exciting content coming up in October, have a goal of finishing the novel I’ve been working on the past 5 months, and am preparing to open a couple of private client spots in November! Hope September has been good to you, too, and that the resources below help support you in a new month.
📅 IMPORTANT DATES: Here are some important dates (mostly U.S.-centric) you might want to add to your calendar while you’re here:
🤚🏻 October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month
🏳🌈 October is LGBTQ+ History Month
🌮 October 4: National Taco Day
👩🏻🏫 October 5: World Teacher’s Day
👩🏻💻 October 7: Monthly Review Day (invite below!)
🧠 October 10: World Mental Health Day
❤ October 11: National Coming Out Day
🦅 October 14: Indigenous People’s Day
🎃 October 31: Halloween
🎶 PLAYLIST: Listening to this tone (852 hz) can clear your mind and leave you feeling focused, confident, and at ease. I won’t lie — I’m fully bought into it. Why does it feel like I just deep cleaned my brain?! Give it a listen on Spotify (or google, ‘852 hz’ to find other sources):
🥗 RECIPES: Below are recipes that were featured in The Weekly Page over the past few weeks. Add them to your meal plan if you haven’t had a chance to try ‘em yet!
Pumpkin Spice Baked Oatmeal
Sweet Potato + Apple Fall Salad from Aftann Fit
Mexican Street Corn Dip from Half Baked Harvest
Banana Cake with Coffee Cream Cheese Frosting
Blackened Salmon with Grilled Naan and Lime Slaw
BBQ Salmon Curry Bowls with Mango Avocado Salsa
Chef Monosilio’s Pasta Carbonara
Hugo Sprintz
Crispy Cauliflower & White Bean Grain Bowls
Fried Halloumi Quinoa Bowls
Creamy Tomato Gnocchi Soup
The Modern Proper Golden Soup
Moroccan Meatballs with Tzatziki
Hydrating Orange + Cinnamon Tea
🤝🏻 EVENT: October’s Monthly Review Day will take place on Monday, October 7 from 9-10:30 AM CST. This is an online gathering for planning, goal check-ins, and habit formation as well as a Q+A with me. They are casual (come as you are! invite your cat! bring your kid!) and are a designated time to get organized for the month ahead. Would love to see you there!
🎤 GUEST SPEAKER: Our guest speaker for October will be Andrea Reeves from The Type C Creative. Andrea helps neurodivergent folks find more compassionate ways of working and getting organized. I’m excited to talk with her, and her episode will be published on October 16th.
💻 WALLPAPERS: Update your desktop and mobile devices with some fun wallpapers! Visit the post to check out the free creations for this month:
🦅 2024 ELECTION: Quick reminder that the Vice Presidential Debate between Tim Walz and JD Vance will take place on Tuesday evening, October 1, beginning at 9 PM EST on CBS. You will also be able to stream it live on YouTube via this CBS feed.
Not registered to vote yet? Visit Vote.org for voter registration and polling place information. If you have questions or need help you can reply to this email and I’ll get back to you.
☑ SYSTEMS REFRESH: Prep yourself for the month ahead with my quick 15-minute routine:
📅 3 MINS - Review your upcoming schedule to assess where you are spending your time. Does it align with your priorities?
✅ 3 MINS - Look at your projects and tasks and make sure everything is up to date. Anything you need to update or delete?
🗃 3 MINS - Curate the files on your computer and phone (including photos you took this month!). Delete things you don't need. Does your information feel organized and accessible?
📝 3 MINS - Look through any paper notes or random bits of info you collected last month. What digital system could you move it to so it doesn't get lost?
🧼 3 MINS - Clean your work area, wipe down your desk and monitors, and when you're ready — update your phone and computer wallpapers (see above for files!)
📚READ: Did you miss out on these recent posts? Check ‘em out by clicking below:
📅 CALENDAR: Download my FREE 2024 Planning Calendars below so you can plan out the remainder of the year:
✍🏻 WRITING PROMPTS: Here are four weekly writing prompts to try out this month.
If you had a million dollars and had to spend it in one week, how would you spend it?
Do you consider yourself conservative, moderate, or liberal in your political ideology? Has it changed over time? Do you think it will change in the future?
What are the most important things we can teach children?
What books do you find yourself still thinking about after reading them?
💬 Comment & chat! What was the best thing you Read, Watched, Listened to or Enjoyed over the past month? I’d love to hear about it in the comments and might feature it an upcoming edition of The Weekly Page.
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