Weekender #186

🙌 Support women at work like it’s your job.

🧦 Wearing socks to bed = deeper sleep. Who knew?

💔 This WSJ piece on why women are walking away from marriage.

🗑️ Trashcore is messy, nostalgic, and totally taking over Hollywood.

As the daughter of a Mexican immigrant mother, there are so many things I wish I could say to her—without it hurting her feelings.

Because of her love, sacrifices, and even her unhealed trauma, I’ve been given the privilege to live a life that’s more emotionally free and mentally expansive than she ever dreamed of. I’m not talking about material things. I mean the inner stuff. Mental health. Self-awareness. Therapy.

I’ve told her many times that I think therapy could be good for her. She always replies with something like, “Why? I pray. I talk to God. I don’t need therapy.” Then, almost in the same breath, she’ll launch into some unbelievably painful story from her childhood—about poverty, alcoholism, abandonment, things no child should endure.

I’ll crack a joke to soften the heaviness. We’ll laugh. We’ll move on.

But those moments linger. They sit in my body. They remind me why I value therapy so deeply. Why I care about breaking generational cycles. Why self-awareness feels like oxygen to me.

There’s so much I want to say to her.

I want to tell her that vulnerability is strength. That she no longer has to be the kind of “strong” that kept her pushing forward all those years. That she deserves softness now. That healing isn’t weakness. It’s a gift—one I wish she would give to herself.

I want to tell her that I already know she’s not perfect. That she doesn’t need to perform or protect or pretend anymore. I see her. I know her flaws. And I still love her—fully, deeply, unconditionally.

I wish she knew that being real—messy, emotional, honest—is more admirable to me than any illusion of perfection.

I hope that as she ages, she allows herself to feel the full range of her life: the pain, the pride, the joy, the grief. I hope she learns that healing isn’t about erasing the past, but honoring it with compassion and curiosity.

And more than anything, I hope she knows that I love her. That I see the way she poured herself into motherhood with everything she had. That every decision she made—from survival to sacrifice—was never in vain. It shaped me. It saved me.

And I’ll spend my life showing her what that love made possible.

Thania (TA Content Mgr)

You’re managing work projects, team tasks, recurring life stuff, and that one thing your boss “just needs a quick update on.”

No wonder your brain is fried. You’re not bad at organizing—you just don’t have the right container.

That’s why more high-performers are turning to Smartsheet—because it’s not just about organizing work. It’s about owning your week. It’s like a spreadsheet, a calendar, and a project manager had a glow-up and now run your life with color-coding and zero chaos.

Here’s how to make it work for you:

🧠 Cheat Code 1: Build a “Today vs. This Week” View

Use filters or reports to split your sheet into what’s due right now and what’s coming. You’ll make better decisions when you stop staring at the entire mountain.

✅ Cheat Code 2: Add a “Blocked” Column

Use a simple dropdown for each task—Blocked / In Progress / Done. It’s an easy way to flag bottlenecks, delegate faster, and track momentum at a glance.

🔔 Cheat Code 3: Automate Your Annoyances

Set up reminders that ping you before a deadline sneaks up—or better yet, ping someone else who owes you something. That’s time and mental load back in your pocket.

📊 Cheat Code 4: Use Conditional Formatting for Instant Clarity

Make overdue tasks red, high-priority yellow, and completed ones gray. It sounds small, but that visual hit of progress? Chef’s kiss.

Smartsheet isn’t just for project managers. It’s for anyone tired of doing mental gymnastics to stay on top of life.

Because clarity isn’t a luxury—it’s how you get sh*t done without burning out.

📚 Read: Spark of the Everflame by Breanne Randall

If you love your fantasy with romance, ancient magic, and a dash of danger, this one’s for you. High stakes, rich world-building, and serious “just one more chapter” energy.

📺 Watch: The Studio on Apple TV

Go behind the scenes of the chaotic, hilarious, and sometimes cutthroat world of Hollywood sound stages featuring Seth Rogen. The Studio is Hollywood’s funniest mess yet.

🎧 Listen: The Financial Confessions

Money talk that’s actually fun to listen to—host Chelsea Fagan spills on career paths, cash mistakes, and the financial glow-ups we all want.

A good CRM should do more than store contacts. It should help you close deals, build better relationships, and stay 10 steps ahead—without overwhelming you with tabs, fields, and features you’ll never use.

Whether you’re a team of one or leading a growing sales crew, these two CRMs make staying organized (and revenue-focused) way easier:

💻 monday.com CRM – Best for visual thinkers and cross-functional teams

If you love a drag-and-drop board, monday.com’s your girl. You can customize pipelines, set up automations, and track every lead without needing a tech degree. Bonus: it syncs beautifully with your project management workflow if you’re already using monday.com.

Tip: Create a “warm leads” view with color-coded deal stages to focus your follow-ups fast.

📈 Zoho CRM – Best all-in-one platform for small business owners

Zoho does a lot—sales tracking, email campaigns, lead scoring, and even built-in analytics. It’s like a Swiss Army knife for managing customer relationships.

Tip: Use workflow automation to trigger emails or task assignments the second a lead moves stages. Less hand-holding, more momentum.

The right CRM doesn’t only help you manage leads—it helps you close more of them. With less busywork. And fewer missed opportunities.

Chowder is the ultimate couch potato, but in the most adorable way possible! Picture this: he sits in “his” oversized club chair, perfectly poised like a little gentleman who’s got the world figured out. And what does this refined fellow love to do? Binge-watch Bluey, of course!

It’s his favorite show, and you can almost see him nodding along with all the life lessons. If you ever need a break, just grab a seat next to Chowder—he’ll make you feel like you’ve joined the most exclusive (and cutest) watch party ever!

🐾 Got a cute fur baby? Submit them to be our pet of the week in an upcoming issue.

• Vacatia is hiring for a Senior Vice President (Fort Lauderdale, FL).
• TransPerfect is hiring for a Senior Marketing Specialist (Philadelphia, PA).
• Klickly is hiring for a Sales Account Executive (Santa Monica, CA).
• ChainPatrol is hiring for a Head of Business Development (New York, NY).
• Relevance International is hiring for a Public Relations Account Manager (New York, NY).

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