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Jessica Leigh

How to Feel Productive Despite Your Current Season

How do you define productivity? Has it changed since before the world turned upside down? I’m guessing you might not feel very productive right now against that traditional definition. Some of us are navigating this new normal of working from home with our entire family + a side of homeschooling. Others are essential and, in some cases, are now split from their families to avoid risk. This devastates me, but we will rise from this

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Jessica Leigh

10 Things You Might Be Missing in Your Morning Routine

Do you have a morning routine, or a morning “rhythm?” One that regularly fills your tank with rest and margin before your kids roll out of bed with their sleepy eyes, mashed up hair, and blanket dragging along the floor? One that gives you space to experience the day without constantly playing catch up? One that puts YOU first upon waking every single day? That “every single day” got ya, didn’t it? Following a morning

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Jessica Leigh

It’s Science | Low Expectations Creates Freedom & Happiness

This post contains affiliate links to products I absolutely adore. I earn a small commission on purchases you make using my recommendations at no cost to you! Exactly one year ago today, on January 14, 2019, I woke up to the due date of my son … my second baby … stiiiiiill pregnant. Many people celebrate the arrival of their due dates, but not me. I felt so frustrated. See, my daughter was 4 days

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Beat Procrastination in 2020 with this ONE Motto

Today I’m sharing the best lesson I’ve learned in the last decade and it’ll change the way you procrastinate (or don’t!) in 2020 and beyond. Happy New Year, friend! How to beat procrastination … Have you ever heard the motto “do something today that your future self will thank you for?” Or “invest in your future self?” It basically means, “don’t procrastinate today or you’ll regret it.” This is my motto. It’s my best tool

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Jessica Leigh

What’s a “Depth Year” & Why I’m Doing It

This post may contain an affiliate link. If you make a purchase through the link, I may receive a commission at no cost to you! xo Hello, my name is Jessica and I suffer from “shiny object syndrome.“ New challenges, new opportunities to learn, new technology, etc. These shiny objects all regularly flaunt their allure at me. When I cave, I typically dive head first into these new opportunities with tons of excitement and fire

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please friend, just hire someone to clean your home!

As a working mama who actually wants to spend time with her babies, the best thing we ever did was hire a bi-weekly cleaning team for our home. There. I said it. There is truly nothing better than outsourcing the cleanliness of our toilets and I want to shout it from the rooftops. I want all my friends to make this a priority, because it’s life-changing. If you have a cleaning team for your home,

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Jessica Leigh

practicing simple daily gratitude | prompts & a free template

’tis the season of gratefulness! November is here and I’ll bet you’ve already started seeing allllllll the messages of gratefulness and positivity. I’m sure you feel a slight shift in the tide this month, because the transition towards the Thanksgiving holiday just brings that out in most of us. But…maybe the scales are tipping more towards negativity and overwhelm, and not so much gratefulness quite yet. Maybe, the clock struck midnight on the 1st and

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Hey, mama! Welcome.

Home Sweet Work Life exists to help you achieve your career ambitions without missing the best moments of motherhood at every stage.

I’m Jessica ~ Director of Life Operations, equipping ambitious working moms to take their time back and reverse the burnout track.

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