A few of my favorite things 📦


Hey there, Reader!

It’s nearly the new year, and I’m scheduling this email in advance — but there’s no rush to read it. Take your time.

It’s a little gift from me to you, and something I’ve meant to do for AGES — to share some of my favorite things I use and enjoy for life and business.

Some may be affiliate links, but all are top-notch favorites that I hope you’ll enjoy too:

My favorite tools and resources

  • Meeter — I also store my regular Zoom rooms there so they’re easy to jump into from the desktop app
  • Fathom
  • Otter.ai
  • CopyClip for Mac
  • Loom
  • Gmail’s labels for managing my inbox
  • Asana for managing tasks
  • Your local library + Libby app for audiobooks
  • Airtable (affiliate link)
  • And Kit, of course (affiliate link)
  • And Songkick (connected to Spotify) for local concerts/shows of your favorite artists 🎵

My Amazon favorites:

Book recommendations:

Life recommendations:

  • Get sleep
  • Take Vitamin D3 in the winter
  • Invite a friend over for coffee or tea (without feeling the need to clean your house; I promise, it’s fine!)

Enjoy the start of your new year! I hope these little life additions are a blessing to you — take what you need and leave the rest (though seriously, get plenty of sleep, my friend).

Let’s Duett,

Allea

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