Monday, 2/24/25: Talking about what’s on my radar

Happy Monday!

It’s a new week, which means it’s time for your next Monday motivation newsletter.

Read on below for some steps to a happier Monday and some positive thoughts to get your week started.

Three Steps to a Happier Monday

Each newsletter starts with three prompts to inspire gratitude and simple intention setting. Take a moment and jot down answers to these three questions. To give an example, I share my answers below.  

Step 1: What are three things I appreciated from the weekend? 

Step 2: What is one thing I can be excited about today?

Step 3: What is my intention for this week? 

GRATITUDE: I’m thankful for catching up with my parents, time to relax and having fun trying a new recipe Saturday night! 

TODAY: I’m most excited to try out my new headphones while working today.  

INTENTION: My intention this week is to plan March & the spring season.

Okay, your turn! And if you want to share your three steps, I am all ears. 🙂

On My Monday Radar

Each Monday, this newsletter rotates between featuring personal reflections & essays and a round-up of links, recommendations and other positive things on my radar. If you are looking for some content to ease into your week with, take a look through the links below! Hope you enjoy:  

• I finished Good Dirt by Charmaine Wilkerson last week and loved it. Charmaine is also the author of Black Cake, a book I also was captivated by. I love Charmaine’s writing style with short chapters, multiple point of views and a lot of moving pieces about love, loss and legacy. Highly recommend!  
• What I’m reading now: At Your Best. I was looking for something to help me switch up my approach to managing tasks throughout my workday and so far, I’m enjoying this. It reminds me a lot of Dan Pink’s When (a book I LOVED) as it focuses on how to match tasks to your unique energy levels throughout the day. 
• Speaking of books… just saw that Elin Hilderbrand’s Five-Star Weekend is being made into a series starring… Jennifer Garner (as Hollis if you read the book)! Excited about this as I really enjoyed that book. 
• Matt and I are so excited The White Lotus is back! Are you watching this season? 
• Love Jessie Randall’s (of the brand Loeffler Randal) Substack and had fun reading about the 12 things she won’t travel without. Picking up a couple of these tips for my next trip…
• It’s after Valentine’s Day, but I couldn’t resist sharing… love this illustration. 
• If you need a smile today, watch this 🙂 

Picture of the Week

That’s all for today! I hope you found something in today’s newsletter that sparked motivation, made you smile or inspired a positive Monday thought. Don’t underestimate the power of starting small… a fulfilling week starts with just one fulfilling day. You’ve got this! 

Let’s make it a great Monday!
Megan