Hello friend

I hope you've had a great week. Mine has been action-packed (by my standards, at least!) and I'm delighted to share an update with you.

It was my birthday yesterday. Usually, I keep quiet about it, but the older I get, the more I start to appreciate how an extra year is a reason to celebrate. Each year is a gift (hence the title of this newsletter, and my favourite doodle essay this week).

Thank you to everyone who attended my Daily Routines Workshop on Thursday. I've now scheduled May's live event, a Weekly Review Workshop, and I'm looking forward to it. I hope you'll join me.

Finally, you might notice that the podcast has had a bit of a makeover. Keep reading to find out more!

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✏️ Doodle Essays

Here is this week's short essay collection:

• ​47 Things I've Learned​
• ​What is Time Confetti?​
• ​One Point of Truth for Tasks​
• ​How Would You Score Today?​

And here are the doodles:

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🎙️ Podcast Update

In addition to this week's doodles, I have a new podcast episode for you: The Joy of Experiments.

You might notice that the podcast has a new name and a new look. While I appreciate that the new name isn't catchy and probably breaks all the traditional podcasting rules, it "does what it says on the tin", and that pleases me. I love the show's informal, unedited, sporadic nature. My episodes are voice notes for you, so I wanted to label them accordingly.

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📚 Read

I enjoyed the following articles this week:

• ​Best Home Studio Gear for 2025 (via the Facilitainer).
• ​Health Goals Won't Save Us (via Matriarchal Blessing—an interesting take—thanks to Rachel for sharing this with me).
• ​The Spotlight Effect (via The Decision Lab).

If you're curious about the books I'm reading, you can see my library in Tana here: Library.

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📺 Watch

I have this on in the background while I type:

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🎧 Listen

I have enjoyed these podcast episodes this week:

• ​How Lifestyle Impacts Brain Ageing and Dementia With Brain Expert Kimberley Wilson (via Begin Again)
• ​Spring Clean Your Life: How to Make a Fresh Start (via Happy Place)

I listen to podcasts in the Snipd app, but you can find shows and episodes I recommend wherever you like to listen to podcasts. Use my referral link to get a month of Snipd Premium for free.

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That's all from me today. Have a great week, and I will be in touch again next weekend.

Best wishes,

Martine

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