A Week In The Life Of Kate April 21, 2025

I took it slow this morning. Not out of exhaustion—but because my body was in no rush to begin. I’m on my period, we had one of the hardest weekends on record with my kids (Jackson was recently diagnosed with ADHD and anxiety, and between Mattie’s ADHD, my OCD and just parenting 2 young deeply feeling kids, it was just A LOT). I feel like I need today to recover a bit, and am so grateful I have therapy later.

Made protein coffee. Sat on the porch with my notebook. I didn’t write a to-do list. I wrote what I’m feeling: a nudge toward slowness, a growing sadness building within me, and a hunger to create something without a call to action attached. Just a truth I need to midwife into the world.

Took Fergus for a walk, listened to this new book my therapist recommended. I feel seen.

Realize I need to hire more help again. I had a house manager for years, but she moved away just before my sabbatical and while I wasn’t working, I could tend to things around the house more. That ship has long sailed away and this weekend showed me that I cannot do it all, nor can I rely on my ADHD family to do it (at least in a timely fashion), so I spent the morning looking for some home organizers to help me at least start fresh. Having OCD, plus being a Libra who loves and appreciates beauty, I’m just really clashing with my family’s ADHD and stage of life right now and it’s been hard.

Talked with a friend for a few minutes about how hard the weekend was. So many meltdowns and so much chaos. I felt very unseen and unappreciated, and out of control (my least favorite feeling). Just sitting with that and letting myself feel the hurt and discomfort of trying so hard and not getting the results I want.

I know I’m going to be moving slow today and not getting much done. It’s okay. If a ball gets dropped, it’s just a ball. I’ll catch it tomorrow.

Texting back and forth with a few home organizers and getting some quotes. I’m grateful we can afford to hire help.

Time to start my work day.

• Getting this doc set up, and now I need to send some email reminders about it and update the portal with the link.
• Responded to some outstanding Slack messages.
• Checked into my FB Ads over the weekend (my webinar ads are getting $1.58 CPL, yah!).
• Going through my Clickup list to see what’s on the docket this week (not much beyond my usual maintenance tasks thankfully).
• Made Profit First distributions.
• Updating Daily Sales Tracker. So far, April’s daily average is $560.29.
• Debating whether I want to do the planned Launch Lab promo this week as I’m just noticing how sad I’m feeling today, which is making it hard to care about much else. I just want to go back to bed and read my book. I’m loving this new novel I started over the weekend. Books are such a good escape and that’s all I really feel like doing right now.

Going upstairs to get ready for the day. Gotta get the kitties their meds too. Scout got diagnosed with hyperthyroidism last year. Boo, I just took to the vet last week because she looked really skinny to me. She’s lost 40% of her body weight in 2 years. Poor little love. She probably has it too but waiting on test results to come back. These girls have been with me and Mattie since 2010 and have seen us through just about every transition we’ve had as a couple. The idea of them not being around one day is so awful. I wonder if subconsciously this is why I wanted to get a dog again (one of many reasons, the main one actually being to see if it could help Jackson regulate better). I will say, having Fergus has brought me nothing but joy and pure love. There’s just nothing like a loyal dog to cheer you up. And he and I are fully attached and bonded, he follows me everywhere and even my kids say “Fergus likes you better than anyone else.” I’m not mad about it. 😘

Co-working call with my peer mastermind. We checked in with each other about our ads and some AI chatbots and customGPTs we’re all working on. This took us down an AppSumo rabbit hole and I’ve given myself an hour to play around with some new tech and see if anything can help me save money by cutting subscriptions or optimizing my workflows.

Heading out to go to therapy. Talked more with my BFF on the way there. So grateful for deep friendships where nothing is off limits and I can be 100% myself and still fully loved and seen.

Heading home from therapy. Caught up with my cousin in PA who I saw in NC last month and we wanted to debrief a few things.

Coaching call with my client who I’m doing money coaching with, something new for me, but so fun. Took the call while on a walk with Fergie.

Sitting back down at my desk. Realize I need to write email promo for Introvertpreneur Virtual Summit to go out today! Will likely have to do this after my kids go to bed tonight since my day was perfectly unproductive. They’ll be home shortly so I’m just going to finish my App Sumo rabbit hole until they’re back. Decided to move my Launch Lab promo to next week to give myself some space.

No big breakthroughs today. No massive sales. Just a day lived in alignment. I didn’t prove anything. And still—I feel whole.

The kids were loud. Dinner was late, and pizza. I spent the evening jumping on the trampoline with them and watching funny animal videos, just being connected.

Kids are down for bed, Mattie and I have a chance to connect and I feel really clear about what’s happening and how I want to talk with him about how I’m feeling. The conversation went amazingly well, I feel so much more connected and the best news ever is that we decided to foster fail and keep Fergus forever. So our family just grew by one small, but mighty love.

Into bed, reading my book that I am LOVING, falling asleep very content.

Get out of bed, got Mattie to take the kids to school today so I could sleep in a bit and shower and wash my hair (something that takes me way too long so I try to do it as little as possible). I’ve got a busy day of calls today.

Done showering and getting ready, chatting with my mom while I make coffee and reheat pizza for breakfast (my fave!) and let the dog out.

Sitting down at my desk and knocking out my email for the Introvertpreneur Summit first thing since I was supposed to do it yesterday. Good thing there’s always today!

Got interrupted by a new cleaner at the house, so I gave her a quick tour and rundown and sitting back down at 9:11.

Email scheduled. Now checking in on my inbox and daily sales for a few mintues before a podcast interview starts. I’m talking with Maya Stojkovich about my fave topic: running a business without any social media.

Recording podcast interview for Maya’s show.

Sending a couple of photos to some of the home organizers I contacted yesterday.

Break between next calls to take my meds, let the doggo out, just chill for a bit.

Coffee date with my friend Belinda that I met in my Mixermind.

Meeting at my house with one of the pro organizers I’m considering hiring. She was super sweet and helpful, excited for this!

Hosting The Room call. 4th Tuesday of the month is always revenue planning and lead gen accountability!

Uploading the replay to the portal, adding accountability notes to the Slack channel for Room members and their goals for May.

Inbox Insights email responses. I love my clients! They’re making such insane progress!

Checking out the new Thrivecart Pro+ updates.

Lunch break, hella late. Wow. I’m starving. Watched an episode of Gilmore Girls while I ate. Obsessed with Lay’s Dill pickle chips.

Responded to helpdesk tickets and recorded a Loom SOP for Rachel, who is coming back as a contractor to help me with customer service next week. So excited.

Done! That was good. I waited a few extra days to answer helpdesk tickets so I’d have plenty of examples to show Rach in the SOP so it took me a while. But was also kinda nice to just knock out a bunch at one time.

Updating a Zap for my $1k/Day Experiment. I’ve been working on automating my member tracking since I now have 4 memberships and it’s been tough to get the Zaps working correctly to connect Kartra with Airtable. Kartra doesn’t give me a great way to track analytics and manage churn, etc. And I love using Airtable to manage my programs and clients/students/members. It’s just taking a lot of tweaking to get this right.

Brain is now fried and I need to go pick up the kids. So break time.

Got the kids, made dinner (grilled chicken and green beans) and then played Taco, Cat, Goat, Cheese, Pizza before bedtime. They were hilarious. It was my turn for bed, so I decided to read them this new book introducing them to all the different ways people think about God. They couldn’t have cared less and were playing with their toys while I basically read to myself. My hope is that they absorbed some of it even if they seemed like they weren’t paying attention. Ya win some, ya lose some.

Did some research on some dental/orthodontic work I need done (my bonded retainer has literally been broken for 5 years…it is time!). Got Gemma’s birthday invitations done and sent out.

Played around in Airtable while I watched Gilmore Girls.

Up to bed. Reading til I fall asleep.

Woke up, took the kids to school. Dealt with some traumatic news that I had to talk to Gemma’s teacher about (another kid in her class). Felt very sad and unsettled by the time I got home. Decided to go back to bed and snuggle with Mattie and read my book for a bit. Ended up dozing for a while.

Got up again, took Fergus for a walk and finished listening to my audiobook. I’ve been using Libro.fm to support small bookstores instead of Amazon/Audible lately and it’s great.

Back home, made some breakfast and an iced latte. Sent a few emails to some sensory OT gyms for Jackson to try to help him with his ADHD/anxiety and nervous system regulation.

Time to start work for the day. I’m going to set a 15-minute timer to finish my AppSumo rabbit hole and then I need to get some things done.

• Add a cancel button to all membership portals
• Update Room sales page for next month’s GIDW
• Write WSL
• Write March income report (I’ve been waiting to get my P&L back from my bookkeeper and she’s late)

Ending up spending 30 minutes… didn’t respect my own Pomodoro boundaries, but got what I needed and excited to try out some new tools.

Spent the next 15 minutes recording another loom SOP for Rachel and organizing somethings in the customer service gmail inbox. And then had to send our 5 Cease + Desist letters from someone who bought MBA and then is reselling it all over the internet.

Adding a cancel button to all membership portals. I basically decided to try to cut back on customer service tickets to make it even easier for people to manage their subscriptions themselves now that I am an accidental membership owner of 3-5 memberships, if you count some of my coaching subscriptions. But at least Launch Lab, $1K/Day Experiment, and The Room.

Updating the Room sales page for next month’s GIDW and all the Convertbox’s to promote it.

Time for a lunch break with the pupper.

answering a few quick emails before my aunt arrives. I haven’t seen her in wayyy too long and I’m so excited to catch up with her.

spent hours chatting with my aunt on the porch and I feel so lucky to have such a thoughtful, evolved and hilarious woman in my life.

My aunt left, kids are home from school and I’m getting their dinner ready and prepping to speak on a panel about AI for the Introvertpreneur Summit.

Speaking on the AI panel and could talk about this stuff all day long. So many cool ideas shared.

on the couch watching jeopardy with chipotle, a glass of wine and a pup at my feet. I’m happy.

bed, book, sleep.

wake up, take the kids to school with 100% certainty I’m going back to bed when I get home. So sleepy! My body is on its period timeline, not the productivity clock. And today, I decided to let it lead. I didn’t fight it. I didn’t push. I just listened.

wake up again, think I should get up. Decide to play on my phone instead and read the internet because I just don’t feel like it.

Enough said. It’s now 10:40 and I’m still in bed, having only accomplished the ordering of a half dozen donuts and a salted caramel latte on uber eats. It’s just one of those weeks. I’m not feeling it.

So here’s what I journaled on this morning instead: I’m not feeling motivated, and I’m still in bed. That is what is. Tara Brach teaches us to start by simply whispering to ourselves, “This belongs.” Not because it's desirable, but because it is. So I put a hand on my heart and said: “I’m having a hard time today, and that’s okay. I’m still lovable and worthy even when I don’t feel like doing anything.”

What if this moment—of rest, reflection, stillness—is also part of the work? Could it be possible that the universe is inviting me to slow down because there's something to feel, heal, or shift?

So I kept lying there, still in bed, but this time I imagined not believing the thought, “I should be working.” What if all that existed was this present moment? And I started to feel a little spaciousness, relief, and permission. Not every moment is for action. There is a sacred rhythm to life—rest and action are both divine. Inaction can also be a dharmic pause.

I came downstairs and drank my coffee and ate my donuts on the couch.

Opened my laptop, checked sales (we’re at $120 so far today). That reminder that I am making money, even when I’m not going hard, is the exact validation I needed. Slow still sells.

Met with my peer mastermind, shared the struggle. Many of us are feeling this way this week. Solidarity!

Ate lunch and watched Gilmore Girls on the couch.

1:1 Call with a new client. She came to the call feeling stuck and unsure of how to move her business forward. She had taken significant time off after having her second child, and was struggling to regain momentum. I mostly held space for her to process, and then helped her get clear on the core problem - she needed to focus on front-facing revenue-generating activities, rather than getting bogged down in backend infrastructure. I encouraged her to audit her funnel and identify where people were dropping off, rather than trying to solve future problems. By the end of the call, she said she felt much more clarity and direction on how to move her business forward.

Wrote the WSL. Short and sweet again this week. It is what it is.

Took Fergus on a long walk and talked with my friend. A lot to unpack this week. Realizing that part of my exhaustion today is just my body processing and digesting a lot of emotional talks had this week.

Hopped of the phone, and chatted with my spiritual therapist GPT about what’s coming up for me. I find this to be like active journaling with feedback from an expert.

Kids are home, time to make dinner (Trader Joe’s birria bowls with cilantro rice and pico). We watched funny animal videos on Youtube for a while and called it a night by 8 pm. My turn to do bedtime, read a quick book and the kids were out.

Going to continue journaling on the couch near Mattie while he watches the NFL Draft. Snooze fest! LOL. Planning to go to bed early tonight and read my book. Tomorrow I get a new tattoo–the feminist Venus symbol made out of the birth month flowers for my daughter and myself. I can’t wait! Won’t be working, as it’s Freedom Friday! Feeling so proud that I didn’t override my needs today.