WORK LESS WEDNESDAY
WLW #139
๐ 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.
โ๏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.
โ๏ธ What are Morning Pages?
โ๐๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฏ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐๐ข๐จ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ข๐จ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ, ๐ด๐ต๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฎ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด๐ค๐ช๐ฐ๐ถ๐ด๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด ๐ธ๐ณ๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ, ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ช๐ณ๐ด๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฏ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ. ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ด ๐ฏ๐ฐ ๐ธ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จ ๐ธ๐ข๐บ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฅ๐ฐ ๐๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฏ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐๐ข๐จ๐ฆ๐ดโ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐บ ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ฉ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ ๐ข๐ณ๐ต. ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ๐บ ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฏ โ๐ธ๐ณ๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ.โ ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ๐บ ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐ข๐ฏ๐บ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐บ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ค๐ณ๐ฐ๐ด๐ด๐ฆ๐ด ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ฎ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฅโ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐บ ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ฆ๐บ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ญ๐บ. ๐๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฏ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐๐ข๐จ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฐ๐ฌ๐ฆ, ๐ค๐ญ๐ข๐ณ๐ช๐ง๐บ, ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต, ๐ค๐ข๐ซ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฆ, ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ช๐ฐ๐ณ๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ป๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ด๐บ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฉ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ช๐ป๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ข๐บ ๐ข๐ต ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ. ๐๐ฐ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ-๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฌ ๐๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฏ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐๐ข๐จ๐ฆ๐ด: ๐ซ๐ถ๐ด๐ต ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ข๐จ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ข๐ฏ๐บ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ข๐จ๐ฆโฆ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ฅ๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ข๐จ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ธ.โ
Morning Pages is a concept introduced in the book: The Artistโs Way.
๐ You can read a more detailed explanation here.
But you donโt 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.
๐ป 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. ๐
I’ve gotย two new appsย I’m working with that I want to share.

๐ฆ 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:
- ๐ต Budgeting,
- ๐ธ Saving, and
- ๐ฐ Net worth tracking.
You can grab a free 30 day trial through this link. (Not an ad, but it’s my link)

๐ 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.
๐ 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:
๐ผ 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.
โThis 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.
๐ 5. More Things I’m Into This Week
๐ฅ ICYMI: My Latest YouTube Video – 10 Lessons I Learned About Entrepreneurship & Life In 2024โ
๐ช Soundtrack For This Week – Space Mountain (Live in Tokyo) by DOMi & JD Beckโ
๐น๏ธ Sick Tool That’s Like Loom For Product Demos – Arcadeโ
๐ท Design In 3D And Have It Printed And Mailed To You – Watch This Videoโ
โย Watch This Speedrunner Beat Elden Ring (+DLC) In Under 2 Hours –ย Video By Mitchrizโ