THE SPARK ā¦because one bright idea can shift everything VISIT SARINANICOLE.COM You werenāt expecting this in your inbox, but maybe itās exactly what you needed today. Hereās āThe Sparkāā¦ Dear Reader Thereās a particular kind of exhaustion many women carry quietly. The kind that comes from being the one who remembers.The one who holds things together.The one who keeps showing up even when no one notices the effort it takes. And weekends like this one can bring all of that closer to the...
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ELEVATE + THRIVEā¢ Design a Life of Elegance, Ease & Intention. One Choice at a Time. VISIT SARINANICOLE.COM Dear Reader, Last year, this time, I was standing at my desk holding a hard drive I'd just bought. A mechanic's bill was weighing on my mind and a broken dryer kept side-eyeing me every time I walked past it. Yet I felt more settled than I had in a long time. Not because the timing was perfect. It wasn't. But because I was finally done waiting for it to be. That hard drive had been...
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THE SPARK ā¦because one bright idea can shift everything VISIT SARINANICOLE.COM You werenāt expecting this in your inbox, but maybe itās exactly what you needed today. Hereās āThe Sparkāā¦ Dear Reader, A year ago, I wrote something in my journal that I've never shared publicly. I was surrounded by people who loved me. Friends who showed up in real, tangible ways. And still, I wrote: I don't feel fully supported. Not because they weren't trying. They were. But there was one place (the place...
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ELEVATE + THRIVEā¢ Design a Life of Elegance, Ease & Intention. One Choice at a Time. VISIT SARINANICOLE.COM Dear Reader, Birthdays have a way of making the invisible visible. My 50th is coming up, and maybe it's the milestone, maybe it's caregiving, but these days I have an even deeper sense of how precious ordinary moments really are. I also find myself more grateful than ever for the consistent friendships, the small joys, and the quiet evidence that I am loved. Last night, I looked over a...
about 2 months agoĀ ā¢Ā 4 min read
THE SPARK ā¦because one bright idea can shift everything VISIT SARINANICOLE.COM You werenāt expecting this in your inbox, but maybe itās exactly what you needed today. Hereās āThe Sparkāā¦ Dear Reader, Most people think that the secret to feeling calm and in control is more structure. In my experience, thatās exactly what makes it worse. Years ago, in my twenties, I overhauled my entire daily routine. New planner. Colour-coded time blocks. A copy of āGetting Things Doneā. I followed it...
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ELEVATE + THRIVEā¢ Design a Life of Elegance, Ease & Intention. One Choice at a Time. VISIT SARINANICOLE.COM Wow Reader! February was a lot, wasnāt it? And here we are, already tumbling into March like we didnāt quite catch our breath from January š
Today, I want to talk about something that came up for me last May, because I think it might be living rent-free in your chest too. I was sitting with my journal on a still Wednesday morning, feeling something I couldnāt quite name, somewhere...
3 months agoĀ ā¢Ā 5 min read
THE SPARK ā¦because one bright idea can shift everything VISIT SARINANICOLE.COM You werenāt expecting this in your inbox, but maybe itās exactly what you needed today. Hereās āThe Sparkāā¦ Dear Reader, Full transparency: I lost myself for a little while recently. My mother had been having several difficult days, and as her primary caregiver, the long hours and back-to-back sleepless nights had quietly taken their toll. I remember standing in my kitchen, kettle boiling, absolutely no idea why...
3 months agoĀ ā¢Ā 2 min read
ELEVATE + THRIVEā¢ Design a Life of Elegance, Ease & Intention. One Choice at a Time. VISIT SARINANICOLE.COM Hi Reader! How was your January? Your entry into this new year? I thought it would be a quieter month on my end, but surprisingly it was quite packed and fast paced. Now, as we slide into February, my home country of Trinidad & Tobago is entering peak Carnival mode, and those around the world who observe the Lunar New Year are getting ready for the year of the Fire Horse. Throw in...
4 months agoĀ ā¢Ā 6 min read
THE SPARK ā¦because one bright idea can shift everything VISIT SARINANICOLE.COM You werenāt expecting this in your inbox, but maybe itās exactly what you needed today. Hereās āThe Sparkāā¦ Dear Reader, Hereās something that took me a long time to learnā¦ You can have everything sorted, the candles lit, the planner colour-coded, your tea ritual impeccable, and still feel like youāre watching your own life through a window. A few years ago, that was me. Functioning beautifully. Smiling on cue....
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