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🌱 What matters needs more than leftover time
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Give One Meaningful Priority a Place to Grow Hey Reader, For about 10 years, I’ve had a small boysenberry patch tucked beside our backyard garden. These berries came from starts brought over from my grandparents’ vines. Grandma and Grandpa had three or four long rows, and I have VERY fond memories of Grandma’s berry pies and boysenberry jam. My little patch has kept that connection growing. We’ve enjoyed a modest crop each year. Recently, though, we removed a diseased loquat tree, and our neighbors cut down trees that had shaded the area. Suddenly, there was room — and more sunlight — to expand. I’ve transplanted a few starts and allowed runners from the original patch to reach toward the new space. I don’t have an abundant new berry harvest to show you yet. But I have the beginnings of a space where it can grow. And it’s made me wonder: What else matters to us but still lives in the little corner we gave it years ago? Maybe your own business development gets whatever time remains after client work. Maybe lunch happens if nobody needs you. Maybe the skill you want to learn keeps waiting for a quieter month. That arrangement may have served an earlier season. But I encourage you to check in with yourself now and ask: Does the space I’ve given this still match how much it matters to me? In this week’s article, I share more of the berry story and practical ways to bring a priority into your actual workweek. Read How to Make Room for What Matters in Your WFH Business … Because Your Vision Needs a Place to Live. Now, here’s somewhere to begin today: identify one recurring choice your priority could change. For example, “Develop my new service” might become: “On Wednesday, I’ll spend 30 minutes outlining it before client work.” Or “Protect my energy” might become: “Before agreeing to a deadline, I’ll check whether I can meet it within the workday I intend to keep.” Now your priority has a place in a real decision. And if your circumstances don’t allow expansion? Protecting the space something already has counts, too. So does choosing a smaller version you can sustain. Your Action Step this WeekName one thing that matters in this season — something for your business, your well-being, or how you want to lead. Then complete this sentence: “Because this matters to me, this week I will _______.” Choose one visible adjustment. Put it on your calendar or write the response you’ll use when a familiar request arrives. Then anticipate what could interfere. Decide how you’ll respond, and set a few minutes at the end of the week to ask: What happened? What did I learn? You’re giving yourself something real to practice, friend. The results can take time. 💛 Insider & VIP CornerWant a ready-to-use page for this exercise? Insiders and VIPs can download October’s CEO Decision Bridge and access the Mini Power Tool archive. If you’d enjoy practical tools to support your weekly self-leadership, explore Insider/VIP membership here. You can upgrade anytime to unlock not only this month's Mini Power Tool but also the growing archive of practical worksheets, templates, and resources created to help you build your business with greater clarity, confidence, and sustainability. Premium subscriptions start at $7/month. 💎 Upgrade your experience here.
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Win WFH Tip of the WeekWFH Tip: To WIN working from home, use a meeting scheduling app to save time and increase productivity. Grit & Grace Affirmation of the WeekI take the time to live in the moment. My family appreciates what I do. I teach through my actions. Say it. Believe it. Be it. From the book Badass Affirmations by Becca Anderson I hope you enjoyed this week's newsletter. Thank you for linking arms and being part of my working from home tribe! I'll be back next week with more tips, inspiration, and other fun stuff to empower your WFH success. Until then, have a beautiful week! xoxo, P.S. It's my goal to inspire you and remind you of your greatness as we navigate WFH life together. If you loved this week's newsletter, please feel free to forward it to your friends! And just one more thing ...
October 1, 2026 | Coach Michele Peterson
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Coach Michele Peterson
Get my best tips and insights on productivity, confidence, balance, and connection ... learned from 15 years of successfully working from home. Long-term WFH is a CHOICE, a lifestyle, a CULTURE. And I believe that if you're going to do something, you should do it right. But you don't have to do it alone. Activate your free subscription to The Tenacious WFH Entrepreneur newsletter so that you get your weekly dose of grit and grace to keep you going by entering your email address below.
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