Slow Brew Sunday

your weekly cup of encouragement, mindful productivity tips, and intentional shifts to ease into your week Hey Reader, Do you ever think about how one life decision leads to another, and how, if you made a different choice, your whole life might look completely different? I was chatting with my mom the other day, and it hit me: I almost moved to San Francisco in 2017. At the time, I was living in NYC, having just left my job at a tech startup to blog full-time…literally just a month ago....

your weekly cup of encouragement, mindful productivity tips, and intentional shifts to ease into your week Hiiii Reader, Wow, can you believe we're already in the final week of our Systems Reboot challenge? Truly, thanks for tuning in. This is my first time hosting a challenge within Slow Brew… and I hope you didn’t mind the departure from our typical weekly emails. For this final week, we’re focusing on Systems… and why they matter. James Clear is the master of touting system-driven goals…...

your weekly cup of encouragement, mindful productivity tips, and intentional shifts to ease into your week Hi Reader, It’s the perfect time for a little home refresh, right? For this week’s Systems Reboot Challenge, we’re focusing on decluttering & organizing our spaces. Whether it’s sorting out that junk drawer, getting around to those returns, or swapping summer outfits for autumn coziness, let’s embrace the change. Before my little one arrived, nesting kicked into high gear, but truly, you...

your weekly cup of encouragement, mindful productivity tips, and intentional shifts to ease into your week Hi Reader, It’s Jules here again from my little time capsule! 😊 We’re stepping into Week 2 of our System’s Reboot challenge for August, and I’ve been thinking a lot about goals — those we set, those we’re working on, and even those we’ve decided to let go. It’s a bit like tidying up our mental closets, isn’t it? This year, I didn’t set many concrete goals, which you can see in my 'Plan...

your weekly cup of encouragement, mindful productivity tips, and intentional shifts to ease into your week Heyyy Reader, Jules here — writing to you from the past, mwahaha. Since I’m currently on maternity leave, this kind of feels like one of those feel-good rom-coms where your favorite pen pal (me 🙋🏻♀️) has prepped letters for you to open each week in their absence. Hehe. So, here we go… For the month of August, we’re kicking off something super fun called the Systems Reboot Challenge! With...

your weekly cup of encouragement, mindful productivity tips, and intentional shifts to ease into your week Hey Reader, With summer in full swing, I thought it would be fun to share some *offline adventures* we’re looking forward to. For me, I don’t have any big plans while we anticipate life's big transitions — I will say I am excited to eventually take baby girl out for brunch once we’re in a groove, though we’ll definitely be mindful of the heat. ✨ I’d love to live vicariously through y’all...

your weekly cup of encouragement, mindful productivity tips, and intentional shifts to ease into your week Hey Reader, Thanks for sharing your summer reads! It’s so fun to see what’s on your “bookshelf”. Scroll to the bottom of this note to see allll the books y'all recommended. Now that we’ve got our books in hand, let’s talk about making intentional space to actually sit down and read. I tend to get distracted very easily, especially when I’m starting a new book. I usually spend the first...

your weekly cup of encouragement, mindful productivity tips, and intentional shifts to ease into your week Hey Reader, Thank you all for writing in your summer reading lists and books you've been loving. 📚 We're compiling a wholeee list for you, so stay tuned for that in next week's newsletter! This week was my last full week of work before I start winding down for maternity leave. Baby girl is due very soon, and I wanted to give myself a buffer to enjoy these last few weeks before life as we...

your weekly cup of encouragement, mindful productivity tips, and intentional shifts to ease into your week Hey Reader, Let’s talk about summer reads! As I’m prepping for a cozy July spent nesting and awaiting baby to arrive, I am working on my list of shows and summer reads. I feel like a kid getting ready to be done with school, so I can enjoy summer break. Even though I know I'll soon be entering 24/7 mom mode, it feels good to take an extended pause from work for the first time everrr and...

your weekly cup of encouragement, mindful productivity tips, and intentional shifts to ease into your week Hey Reader, I hope your weekend has been everything you needed! Today, I want to chat about something that’s been a theme for me lately: creating space for new ideas to brew and for inspiration to blossom in the quiet. You may have heard that we’ve decided to pause Pause Pages, our sister newsletter over at The Homebodies. While I am so proud of everything we’ve built at HB, including...