Monk Manual Newsletter: How I Monk #7

Monk Manual Newsletter: How I Monk #7 - Jessica's Story

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This email is part of a series of emails called “How I Monk.” In this series, the Monk Manual community shares how they have used Monk Manual tools and resources to improve their daily lives. In this email, community member Jessica discusses how implementing the Monk Manual has helped her enhance her time management, focus on what truly matters, and find more joy in her daily routines. Jessica offers practical tips, such as setting up her weekly pages on Sundays and focusing on moments of personal growth, to demonstrate how the Monk Manual has impacted her. The email includes a call to action to visit the Monk Manual website and a social media section featuring links to the company’s Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and Pinterest pages.

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Este correo electrónico es parte de una serie de correos electrónicos llamados "Cómo lo hago de monja". En esta serie, la comunidad de Monk Manual comparte cómo ha utilizado las herramientas y los recursos de Monk Manual para mejorar su vida diaria. En este correo electrónico, Jessica, un miembro de la comunidad, habla sobre cómo implementar Monk Manual la ha ayudado a mejorar su administración del tiempo, a enfocarse en lo que realmente importa y a encontrar más alegría en sus rutinas diarias. Jessica ofrece consejos prácticos, como establecer sus páginas semanales los domingos y enfocarse en los momentos de crecimiento personal, para demostrar cómo Monk Manual la ha impactado. El correo electrónico incluye un llamado a la acción para visitar el sitio web de Monk Manual y una sección de redes sociales con enlaces a las páginas de Facebook, Twitter, Instagram y Pinterest de la empresa.

This email is the seventh in our series of emails called “How I Monk.” In this series we highlight + celebrate members of the Monk Manual community as they’ve meaningfully applied our tools and resources to find peaceful being and purposeful doing in their everyday lives. If you’d like to be featured in a future “How I Monk,” share your information with us here… #HowIMonk

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Name: Jessica

Occupation: Ayurvedic Health Counselor

Where are you based: New York City, USA

A bit about who you are and and how you spend your days:

I’m a NYC stay-at-home mama to 3 kids (ages 7, 3, and 2), and an Ayurvedic Health Counselor. I found the Monk Manual when I was postpartum with my youngest and was searching for a way to insert more rhythm, routine, and purpose into our days. It’s been two years of daily Monking!

Practical Monk Manual Tip:

I set up my weeks so that each Sunday night I prep my weekly pages for the week ahead. This helps me structure what my week looks like, and prepare in advance for things so I’m not scrambling the day of.

When you were first getting started, what part of the Monk Manual did you struggle with most?

On the daily pages, figuring out the difference between the section of “Highlights” and “I was at my best when”. Wouldn’t these be the same?, thought my brain.

But, ahh! My heart soon found out they were indeed, two very different things. “Highlights” may be the things of the day that stood out (which can fall into the camp of good or bad and every shade of gray in between), whereas “I was at my best when” is those moments that I performed and felt my personal best.

When I started paying attention to the things that truly made me shine, everything shifted.

At home I grow food for our family and the local pollinators, I plan, shop for and cook our meals, I coach my daughter’s soccer team, and do all the usual chores (except laundry! Shout out to my exceptional laundry-doing husband). And as a family, we try to get properly outside as much as possible: backpacking, skiing, hiking, or just spending the day together working in the garden.

Do you have a favorite prompt or section?

In the weekly section, “God Is Teaching Me”. If I go back and look over the years, I see that he is teaching me the same thing week to week, until I actually learn the lesson.

What originally drew you to the Monk Manual?

It reminds me that the little things are really the big things, and how we spend our days is how we spend our lives.

How has your life changed since using the Monk Manual?

It’s one thing to say “it’s important to be grateful” and another thing entirely to sit every night and write out that gratitude. The Monk Manual makes me live all of my greatest values, every single day.

What suggestions would you give to new Monk Manual users?

The Monk Manual is a tool that truly has the power to change your life–if used with regularity and intention. Carve out 10 minutes at the end of each day to sit with it and jot through each section. Don’t overthink, and don’t be too precious about writing neatly or with great grammar. Just get the words down, get the gratitude into the world, and grow in your life’s purpose, more and more with each passing day.

If you’d like to be featured in a future “How I Monk,” share your information with us here.

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