I am removing A5 journal stock from Amazon warehouses and shipping them to Australia. If you can recommend a 3PL that may be interested in helping me move approx 38 cartons, please let me know.

@Sybil Hall I can't wait to get started with 12-week year tonight! Friends, I’ve done the 12-week year a few times now and it’s a gamechanger, even the journey sets you up for success! I’m part of another group where we use this method too - a small and mighty mastermind and with that community of smart, supportive women cheering me on, I honestly thought anything was possible – and it WAS! For context, I’m a UK- based stationery business owner and at the start of my last 12-week year cycle, I said I wanted to get to a certain sales goal by the end of the 12 weeks - it was a biiiig stretch for me. I've been putting in the work over the 12-weeks (and at the same time applying a bit of 'woo' magic in the form of manifesting that figure, really visualising it, doing affirmations etc). At our 12-week wrap-up session last week, I mentioned to the group that although I didn't quite hit that sales figure at that point, the journey had set me up with systems and action and I learned a lot of lessons along the way (but I also thought that the week wasn't actually done yet so you never know!) Well guess what?? Late last week, someone was in touch about buying 100 units of a product for an event. And wait for it - the value of her order enquiry was the *exact* figure I needed to get to that sales goal I had set at the start of my 12-week year! It's still a little up in the air, but I'm hoping that the person follows through with their order. If they do - then I did it 😊 And if they don't - then I know it's totally possible to do it 😊 But either way, it wouldn't be possible without the encouragement from my mastermind group, having my 12-week structure and getting the work done, bit by bit. Even when it felt like I couldn't see the results just yet 💕

Because this is what building in public looks like. I walked into a mountain mercantile in Colorado with five journals in my hand. I walked out with $50 cash. They went straight onto the floor. No funnel. No ads. No algorithm. Just product. Story. Courage. And here is where it gets even more fun. We are sketching a one to two year dream: Sell our condo. Use the equity to pay for college. Buy land with trees. Convert a camper van ourselves. Add shelves. Turn it into a rolling journal shop. Camp. Visit mountain towns. Build relationships with small stores. And yes… there are business benefits too. If the van is used for business, here is what gets interesting: • The van purchase may qualify for Section 179 or bonus depreciation if it meets weight and business use requirements • Fuel for business travel can be deducted • Campsites used during business travel can be deductible • Vehicle insurance tied to business use can be deductible • Mileage driven for wholesale visits and store drops is deductible • Equipment added for business use such as shelving, branding, display units can be capitalized • A portion of travel expenses tied directly to wholesale outreach can qualify Now pause. This is not about buying a van to avoid taxes. It is about aligning lifestyle with business so the two support each other. If we are already dreaming about trees, mountains, and slower living… why not design the business to move with us? Income without burnout is not just about making money. It is about designing your expenses. Lowering your lifestyle burn rate. Blending work and life intentionally. Using the tax code legally and intelligently. Reducing pressure instead of chasing more. You do not always need to earn more to retire someone earlier. Sometimes you design smarter. This week I got a yes from a mercantile. Next step? More stores. More conversations. More aligned experiments. No hustle frenzy. Just creative, calm expansion. This is what it looks like to build multiple streams of income without burning out.

I want to share a hard lesson for anyone selling on Amazon or thinking about it. Even if you’ve done 10 orders perfectly, it only takes one mistake to cost you hundreds or thousands of dollars. Here’s what happened to me. My supplier put incorrect UPCs on the boxes. Was it their mistake? Yes. Did it still become my problem? Also yes. And here’s the part I own. I skipped a third party inspection because previous orders had gone smoothly. Everything had always been fine. Until it wasn’t. Once those boxes hit Amazon’s warehouse, the cost of that decision showed up fast. Time. Stress. Fees. Inventory stuck in limbo. Profit gone. So if you’re an Amazon seller, or even just Amazon curious, here’s what I wish I had fully internalized earlier. What to do: 1. Always get an inspection. Even when you trust your supplier. 2. Double check UPCs, labels, and carton details yourself. 3. Never assume. 4. inspection costs into your pricing from day one. It’s not optional. It’s protection. What not to do: 1. Don’t skip steps because things have gone well before. 2. Don’t assume Amazon will fix supplier errors. They won’t. 3. Don’t tell yourself “this one time will be fine.” Why this matters: Amazon is unforgiving. Systems don’t care about good intentions or past success. One oversight can wipe out months of margin. This isn’t meant to scare anyone. It’s meant to be honest. I’ve learned a lot running this business, and some of the biggest lessons came from the most expensive mistakes. If this post saves even one person from making the same call I did, it’s worth sharing. Lesson learned... The hard way!

In Day 2 of YouTube with Ben’s challenge, we filled out a personal compass and uploaded it into AI, along with Ben’s curation of YouTube thumbnails and titles that are performing well right now. With one short prompt, we generated 5 to 10 title ideas for our next video. From there, the path is clear. Title → script → record. I actually published a video today, so this is becoming my method starting next week. What I love about this approach is the backward design. We start with clarity instead of pressure. We let patterns guide us instead of guessing. We start with what is already working on YouTube right now! And the best part is that this is useful even if you are not doing the challenge. This compass could help with YouTube, writing, offers, or content planning in general. I’m excited to keep applying it and refining as I go. Curious. What do you think? Could you see yourself using something like this? @Donna Thornton @Jewels Sherriff @Molly Christensen @Lise Lively, how did you find today's activity?