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⚡ Please Forward Me to A Friend! ⚡
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"Marriage still ain't equal, y'all. It ain't equal. I tell women that whole 'you can have it all' — mmm, nope, not at the same time, that's a lie. It's not always enough to lean in because that s*** doesn't work." Michelle Obama, during her book tour in Brooklyn ⚡
Good morning,
Less than 3 weeks until Christmas! In some way this is great news because it means taking a break and wrapping up 2018 (as well as wrapping up our lovely gifts 😜). But at the same time, for me it means: BOOK DEADLINES. I spend most (ALL) my time writing at the moment, and while I enjoy it, it can be pretty stressful working towards deadlines. Hopefully most of the Vestpod book will have been written by Christmas.
If like me you’ve never written a book but are thinking about giving it a go, don’t be fooled by the “10 Ridiculously Simple Tricks for Writing a Book” “How to Write a Book in 2019 (A Step-by-Step Guide for New Writers)” type headlines. There is no magic solution, it’s just about the number of hours you spend on it. But for me it was also becoming a writer. No one is born a writer - it comes with… lots of writing. It’s a muscle that needs to be built over time. I have had to change my mindset to believe that I really could write a book, and I certainly needed some time to digest this shift in the way I saw myself and actually get started. Procrastination of course plays a major role in most long-term projects, which means that unless (or until) you have a hard deadline, the writing doesn’t start flowing.
Well, now I have a hard deadline! So it’s back to work...
What happened this week?
- We ran our workshop on Money & Mindfulness with Lottie Leefe from the Dura Society - so much energy and kindness in the room
- Writing writing writing the Vestpod “You’Re Not Broke, You’Re Pre Rich” book
Have a good day!
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What On Earth
Are We Doing With Our Money?
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Welcome to our new money section! You may already know Refinery29’s Money Diaries… this is our own version of it! We’ve put together a few questions to understand what women are doing with their money. Let’s break the taboo and talk more about finances!
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On our minds this week:
⚡ Economic gains from gender inclusion: even greater than you thought by Christine Lagarde. IMF Blog
💸 Monzo just crowdfunded £20mn; and it’s 'absolutely not' the next Wonga, says founder amid high-cost loan speculation. City AM
🙋 The truth about investing: women do it better than men. The Guardian
📒 Atomico’s fourth ‘State of the European Tech’ report highlights lots of rosy numbers, but also a discrimination problem. TechCrunch
💛 Everything I’ve learned in 12 months of freelancing. Marisa Bate for The Pool
👊 Michelle Obama believes 'Leaning In' does not always work. Fortune
👀 Margaret Thatcher, Ice Cream Pioneer, Is Nominated as Face of £50 Note. The New York Times
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MoneyTalk With Pilates Entrepreneur
Theodora Vardikou
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"Being independent financially for me means that if I have to be unemployed for any kind of reason, I can still survive. At least for x amount of time. It also means not to owe money on credit cards and/or any other loan providers. I know it is tough but I always had a rule to myself not to borrow money."
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