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Martine Ellis

🎁 47 Gifts

Published about 2 months ago • 2 min read

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!

✏️ Doodle Essays

Here is this week's short essay collection:

And here are the doodles:

🎙️ 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.

📚 Read

I enjoyed the following articles this week:

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

📺 Watch

I have this on in the background while I type:

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🎧 Listen

I have enjoyed these podcast episodes this week:

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.

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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Sustainable productivity starts with wellbeing. Each weekend, I share practical strategies, short essays, doodles, and recommendations to help you live and work in a way that supports your wellbeing.

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