📆 Join our free Pivot Office Hours next Wednesday, on August 5 at 1pm ET
+ Two Tools for Body Doubling 👥
Hi Friends,
If you’re navigating a Pivot-in-progress and feeling stuck on what steps to take next, we’d love for you to join us next week for our final summer office hours pop-up featuring our wonderful Pivot Coaches!
How it works: Depending on how many people are there, we start with a round of quick check-ins (those who need to keep video and/or audio off are always welcome too), then we open it up to ~5-10-minute hot seats, totally optional. Those who want to share a question or challenge, and our Pivot Coaches ask powerful questions to help offer clarity on next steps. I always say that the topic of each hot seat is a gift to the group, since it often aligns with what the rest of us need to hear that day, too.
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👥 Two Tools for Creating Accountability Containers
My husband taught me about body doubling last year, something particularly helpful for those with ADHD and/or who work better with others (rather than trying to self-motivate alone), inside an extra container of accountability.
It has been a game-changer for him — he now books out a full week of sessions each day through Preply (for music, language, and philosophy lessons that spark joy) and Focusmate ($8/month for unlimited sessions, free for up to three). Focusmate is less intense and more self-directed; you get matched up with someone around the world, both say what you’re going to work on, quietly work, then return to close out the call.
Last night, as I collapsed on the couch after a long day, he signed into Focusmate for a 25-minute session. His partner worked on paying bills while he “searched for a movie his wife might like.” 😂 1 In this case, it was helpful for time boxing — limiting the activity to twenty minutes, rather than letting it expand indefinitely, eating up too much of his focus and attention.
💬 Let us know in the comments: Do you benefit from body doubling?
If so, what are your favorite containers to set up? Are there any other online services you love that I missed?
🏖️ Get (or Gift) Your Next Summer Reads
I’ve been a proud Book of the Month member for over a year, and their community is currently celebrating its 100th! I look forward to every month’s “drop,” a selection of beach-readable books across different categories, prompting me to choose things I might not otherwise pick up if browsing a bookstore. These aren’t exactly beach reads, but two recent favorites:
Happiness and Love, a searing critique of the capital A- Art World in New York City, taking place over the course of a group dinner one evening (an homage to the 1984 novel Woodcutters) and
Delusions, self-deprecating personal essays by Cazzie David, daughter of the famous Larry (she makes fun of her nepo status before we can)
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🍿 🙌 Michael’s Focusmate session was a smashing success! We watched the totally engrossing and intensely creepy 2016 movie, “A Cure for Wellness.” 🧪
Had to look up the definition. Turns out it's what I've been doing all along with my writing community!
Sometimes people join the calls just to do admin work — the stuff that no one wants to do :)