Some days you wake up ready to conquer the world… and some days life walks in like, “Yeah… we’re gonna need a softer plan today.” 💛 If your focus feels off, scattered, or just plain hard… it might not be a discipline problem. Sometimes… it’s because your heart is holding something bigger. Right now, mine is. Our sweet Simply is nearing the end of his journey… and my mind keeps drifting back to him. And here’s the part we don’t talk about enough: 👉 You can still show up AND feel it all. This morning I gave myself two 20-minute pockets of focus… and honestly? That felt like a win. Not because everything is getting done… but because I showed up in the middle of the grief I’m carrying. So if today feels heavy, try this instead: 👉 The Gentle Focus Method Pick ONE thing. Set a timer (10–20 minutes). Give it your attention… and nothing else. Then pause. If your mind drifts back to what’s on your heart… don’t fight it. Give it a moment. Let it breathe. Then come back. Because focus isn’t about shutting life out… it’s about learning how to move with it. ✨ So tell me… what’s your one 10-20 minute thing today?

WTF = What’s The Finish 👀 👉 What did you actually finish since last Wednesday? Not what you planned. Not what you started. Not what’s 90% done sitting on your table… ✨ What is DONE enough to call it finished? Done doesn’t mean perfect, it just means you decided it’s finished. Drop it below 👇 What's mine??? I decided not to spend hours editing the WTF Drop designs this week and call them good. That's actually hard for me, believe it or not. I spend a lot of time editing the details. This week, I was practicing/teaching myself how to prompt AI to show movement and to mashup styles. I'm sure you can tell which ones were about movement, and the angel was the only style mashup worth sharing. (it's a mashup of photograph, oil, and acrylic painting) I'd love to see what you called done last week, and tell me which one of these is your favorite.

I have had an Easter door-hanger project since the end of February, and it is almost finished. It’s cute. It’s a bunny. It had BIG “look at me being seasonal and decorating” energy. And guess what? Easter is in 3 days… and that thing has been moved to the bottom of my to-do list more times than I care to admit. Like… at this point, are we decorating for Easter or just aggressively planning for next year? 🫠 So now I’m sitting here asking myself: Are we freeing the bunny 🐰 or promoting it to content queen? 😏 Because let’s be honest… am I really hanging it on my door for 3 days? Or am I just trying to prove I can finish what I started? 👀 And THIS is where it hit me… It’s not about the bunny. 🐰 It’s about the fact that I keep carrying things that don’t fit my current energy anymore… …and then I sit here wondering why I feel stuck. And I have a feeling I’m not the only one 👀 So try this with me today: Pick ONE thing from your list and ask: Is it... ✨ A MUST do (non-negotiable, now) ✨ A WANT to do (fun, but not urgent) ✨ A NOT NOW / MARINATE (future, stop touching it) Then decide: ✨ Let it go ✨ Move it up ✨ Or give it a real deadline (or a new purpose 👀) Because it’s not the list… 👉 It’s all that undecided/unfinished energy sitting with it Please tell me I’m not the only one with a project quietly judging me from across the room 😅 👇 What’s your “Easter bunny project”? ps... (you can get the bunny design in @Connie Beaty Green Velvet Subscription box HERE.)

AI is everywhere, and I've been testing the different ones out for years. They've come a long way, that's for sure. I was playing with Shopify's AI "Sidekick" today just to see some of its capabilities. While it says it can't do certain things, like swapping faces, I was quite surprised by how well it did when I shared the second image and gave it this prompt: "Can you create a winter scene with the likeness of this horse and this woman?" Currently, our horse is battling EPM, and there's no way I want to take him out in these frigid temps to get a photo for a social media post. What do you think? Did the AI get close enough to our likeness to share it?