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Hello friends! In my last email, I talked about releasing ourselves from goals we’re not willing to make sacrifices for. For example, I’ve accepted that I’m not willing to make the sacrifices necessary to build a billion-dollar business. Ironically, after three weeks of clean eating (which included donuts and plenty of sweet treats!), I managed to lose 4.35 kg! Ha! But I digress. Today, I want to share something Beyoncé taught me about creativity and building a business. Stop following the…

Today, I’m dictating this newsletter while cutting stickers that say, “Stop saying yes to shit that you hate” for my October Sparkles of Joy envelope. (crazy how speaking out instead of typing a newsletter has tripled my newsletter productivity) And I want to talk about something that I think a lot of us feel, but don’t really talk about. Or perhaps don’t even want to admit to ourselves. A while ago, I read Shoe Dog by Phil Knight, the founder of Nike. And while I was reading it, I was struck…

Hello, hello! I’m dictating another email today. This time, I’m dictating it while cutting out the art therapy activity for my October Sparkles of Joy snail mail club. (sign ups are closing in a few days btw!) For this particular activity, I’ve created a colouring sheet where you can just colour in, switch off your brain and use your hands. There’s something quite cathartic about doing something creative without having to think too much. Anyway, today I want to talk about something I…

Hello, hello! I’m trying something new today. Instead of sitting at my desk typing this email, I’m dictating it while cutting out little paper goodies for the October edition of my Sparkles of Joy snail mail club. This month’s theme is Beating the Burnout Blues, and it’s a topic that’s particularly close to my heart. I think we sometimes associate burnout exclusively with work, but burnout can creep into so many different areas of our lives. It can stem from caregiving responsibilities,…

One day you might want to earn a little income outside your main job Or maybe you are SICK of your colleague named Tristan and your insufferable boss and wish you could quit on the spot, so Tristan can stop complaining about his lovely wife and leave you alone Or maybe… you just want the soft life along with soft Silkie hens (incredible creatures with funky feathers; they look like this O_O) and the only stressful thing about your day is whether to have pancakes or French toast for…

I got my first hate comment on my @sparklesofjoy IG account! Have I made it, maa? I’ll tell you about it in a sec and how to deal with hate comments But first, in the last week, I’ve been working hard on my snail mail for September This month’s theme is all about saving and investing- basically, how to grow your money safely I’ve decided to stop trying to be like all the other arty mail clubs and lean into real topics that my community has always been interested in. Topics I am personally…

I write this after one of the most intense 2 weeks of my year. My lovely Irish family came to visit, and I wanted to give them the best experience as it was the first time my husband’s family had visited Malaysia. This meant I dedicated 2 weeks to playing tour guide while also pulling my little girl out of nursery so they could spend as much time with her as possible. I was more than happy to do so, of course! Unfortunately, halfway through their visit, my beloved grandfather passed away. It…

Hey there! A lot has happened since my last email. You can read it here to catch up on me giving advice to a friend when we were both finding life and our new snail mail businesses difficult to grow I shared some of the things I was telling myself to keep going when something isn’t growing as quickly as you’d hoped. Well, I thought I’d give you a little update. Things are better. Not “I woke up to 10,000 customers and retired” better 😂 But quietly, steadily better. I wanted to share some…

I got this email from a new friend today, shes also just started a snail mail subscription She responded to this reel I posted and sent me this message : ”Girl, you must be in my brain, lol…SO incredibly disheartened by this whole social media algorithm situation. TikTok has been miscategorizing my content this past 2 months and I’m guessing insta has as well. TikTok has labeled my stuff with Amazon kdp, some artists name, label printing, post office, you name it. It’s exasperating because…

I write this email at 5 am on a Friday- why? Well, my baby is asleep, and I want to knock some work out before she wakes O_O It feels great to want to wake up so early to steal precious time to work! Anyway, I am in month 2 of running my side hustle: a monthly paid snail mail subscription! You can check it out here; I updated the sale page. Let me know what you think 🙂 It’s been a wild learning curve. When I launched, it was crickets O_O But now I have 33 paying subscribers! It’s my birthday…