WORK LESS WEDNESDAY

WLW #139

January 08, 2025

๐Ÿ‘‹ Hey Reader!

This is issue #139 of Work Less Wednesday, where I share with you 5 things you should know about, in 5 minutes or less. That leaves you with 10,075 other minutes this week.

โœ๏ธ 1. Challenge I’m Starting 2025 With –ย 30 Days of Morning Pages

If you pay attention to my Instagram stories, you’re probably aware that I’m on Day 8 of a 30 Day Morning Pages Challenge with my consulting/mentorship clients in The Lab.

โœ๏ธ What are Morning Pages?

โ€œ๐˜”๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜—๐˜ข๐˜จ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜จ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜จ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ, ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ฎ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ด๐˜ค๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ด ๐˜ธ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ, ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ง๐˜ช๐˜ณ๐˜ด๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ. ๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ ๐˜ธ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜บ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฐ ๐˜”๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜—๐˜ข๐˜จ๐˜ฆ๐˜ดโ€“๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜บ ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต ๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜จ๐˜ฉ ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ต. ๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜บ ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต ๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ โ€œ๐˜ธ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ.โ€ ๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜บ ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ฃ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ต ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜บ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜บ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ค๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ด๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅโ€“ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜บ ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฆ๐˜บ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ญ๐˜บ. ๐˜”๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜—๐˜ข๐˜จ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ท๐˜ฐ๐˜ฌ๐˜ฆ, ๐˜ค๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ง๐˜บ, ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ต, ๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ซ๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ, ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ป๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ด๐˜บ๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ป๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ข๐˜บ ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ. ๐˜‹๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต ๐˜ฐ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ-๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฌ ๐˜”๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜—๐˜ข๐˜จ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด: ๐˜ซ๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ต ๐˜ฑ๐˜ถ๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜จ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜บ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜จ๐˜ฆโ€ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฐ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜จ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ.โ€

Morning Pages is a concept introduced in the book: The Artistโ€™s Way.

๐Ÿ”— You can read a more detailed explanation here.

But you donโ€™t need to read the book to do this exercise.

This is my second time doing it (last time was in March of 2024.)

I credit Morning Pages with helping me uncover some of the most useful insights and perspectives on my business, my life, and how my brain works.

And after 8 days, I can feel it happening again.

I’ll record a podcast/video sharing the whole experience when the 30 days wraps.


๐Ÿ’ป 2. Two New Apps I’m Experimenting With –ย Monarchย &ย Craft

New Year, New Apps.

At least that’s how it always seems to happen for me. ๐Ÿ˜‚

I’ve gotย two new appsย I’m working with that I want to share.

๐Ÿฆ‹ 1.ย Monarchย – Personal Finance

Monarch has 100% replaced my previous personal finance pick, Copilot.

It just does everything I wanted Copilot to do, but better.

We’re using it for:

  • ๐Ÿ’ต Budgeting,
  • ๐Ÿ’ธ Saving, and
  • ๐Ÿ’ฐ Net worth tracking.

You can grab a free 30 day trial through this link(Not an ad, but it’s my link)

๐Ÿ“ 2.ย Craftย – Notes & Daily Planning

Craft is very similar to Notion.

It just looks MUCH nicer.

Will I abandon Notion for Craft?

Not a chance.

But it’s really fun to play with.

And I will probably stick with Craft for one thing: Daily planning.


๐Ÿ“˜ 3. Book I Read This Week –ย The Gap & The Gain

This week I read The Gap And The Gain by Dan Sullivan & Dr. Ben Hardy.

They also wrote 10X Is Easier Than 2X, which I have praised extensively in WLW in the past.

Here’s the Amazon description:

Most people, especially highly ambitious people, are unhappy because of how they measure their progress. We all have an “ideal,” a moving target that is always out of reach. When we measure ourselves against that ideal, we’re in “the GAP.” However, when we measure ourselves against our previous selves, we’re in “the GAIN.”

The core framework of the book is basically why you should read it.

If you want to see it in action, I went ahead andย clipped a 8 minute excerpt from one of my client calls where I explained it:


๐Ÿ“ผ 4. If You Plan To Grow On YouTube, Watch This –ย 6 Part YouTube Series by Vanessa Lau

I’m dipping my toes into the water of YouTube this year.

Do I think I’m going to become a YouTuber?

Unlikely.

But I will be sharing more videos.

Part of sharing meaningful work is taking the steps to advocate for it.

So I’m trying to make sure the videos get in front of the people who need to see them.

This means the necessary evil of learning YouTube best practices:

Thumbnails, uploads, edits, etc. etc.

โ€‹This series of videos from Vanesa Lau is a one stop shop for how to do it all.

I’m confident this video series alone is worth 6-7 figures in the right hands.

And it’s totally free.


๐Ÿ– 5. More Things I’m Into This Week

๐ŸŽฅ ICYMI: My Latest YouTube Video – 10 Lessons I Learned About Entrepreneurship & Life In 2024โ€‹

๐Ÿช Soundtrack For This Week – Space Mountain (Live in Tokyo) by DOMi & JD Beckโ€‹

๐Ÿ•น๏ธ Sick Tool That’s Like Loom For Product Demos – Arcadeโ€‹

๐ŸŒท Design In 3D And Have It Printed And Mailed To You – Watch This Videoโ€‹

โš”ย Watch This Speedrunner Beat Elden Ring (+DLC) In Under 2 Hours –ย Video By Mitchrizโ€‹

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