Issue 2129
Happy Monday!
Welcome to the first Mandy Monday newsletter! I have toyed with the idea of writing a newsletter for years but then I start getting caught up in analyzing who my audience might be and what they might want to read and the thought is quickly abandoned. Well, at the beginning of the year Mae, one of my faves to follow on Instagram started putting out a newsletter (sign up link here if you’re interested) and it has massively inspired me.
My mindset was all wrong. The reason I keep getting an urge to write a newsletter is as a way to help me aggregate things I’ve learned throughout the week and record some memories. Writing is really helpful for learning and future me will enjoy reading what I wrote even if it’s cringeworthy. If anybody else wants a peek inside my brain, it’s an added bonus. The newsletter format creates a structure of accountability for myself and force me to sit down and do some structured thinking once a week.
So here’s what’s on my mind:
- Tiktok has become my new favorite social media platform for consuming content but I still love Instagram for posting as I’m more of a photographer than a videographer.
- Speaking of Tiktok, [here](https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMdp2AsHu/) is my fave video of the week. Somebody in the comments noted the odd birth year of ‘03. Why are the Teletubbies forging their vaccination documents?!
- I watched Bo Burnham's Inside on Netflix and highly recommend for anybody interested in comedy.
- A few years ago, I realized I was telling people things they *should* do an awful lot considering how much I hate when people do it to me, so I made a conscious effort to reduce the frequency of the word ‘should’ in my vocabulary. I’ve been reading a lot about internal dialogue and since I’ve been paying more attention to it, I realize that I tell myself I should be doing things constantly throughout the day and it needs to change. [This writer](https://tinybuddha.com/blog/why-the-word-should-can-be-harmful-3-empowering-alternatives/) explains the reasons why a bit better than I can.
- I'm starting an online book club that will be ready to launch at the end of the month so stay posted for that!
That’s all I have for now, this is going from conception to reality in less than 24 hours so see you next week!
Keep cool, Mandy Fifi