August Build Log: New Beginnings 7/28-8/3

Welcome to the Builder Log- my weekly check-in on building the vision God gave me, one step at a time. It's not always pretty, but it's done.

Each week, I share where I've made progress, what challenges I've faced, and the lessons God is teaching me as I juggle business, faith, and healing. Think of this as a peek over my shoulder into the unfiltered, real-time process of building multiple businesses while keeping Him in the center.

Cause there is no way I can do this on my own strength!

Let's dive into this week's updates

This week's Wrap-up

This year is flying! It's funny that summer typically is fast, but with so many end-of-the-year deadlines, I feel like it's going in hyperspeed. But nonetheless, we are moving forward!

This week, I started to lean into becoming more visible instead of building in silence. That exposed that I made a mountain out of a molehill because they made it too easy to post now.

The other focus that I shifted to was I can't use Notion primarily especially when deadlines are needed. It was too much of a blank slate to move efficiently, so I had a talk with Chat, and it led me back to Clickup.

Back in 2020, I started using ClickUp as an alternative for Asana and Trello was changing its plans/ functions, where I had to move quickly. But being a multipreneur with 1,0000s of ideas meant moving my complete ideas and ideas that were just that. I imported them before the last day, and they just sat because in the new format, it was difficult to navigate.

Now. I said if it took longer than 20 minutes to work through my task list, then I knew it couldn't be a long-term solution.

And in an hour, I had a space that was connected and worked seamlessly with my mind (and calendar). I sectioned out my space, then worked into my lists. Everything personal was in one space, but separated by lists, same with business.

It removed the barriers of overthinking and seeing my tasks on all levels now - from one tool.

This helped me reignite my fire going into August.

What I worked on

Business

• Planned August Content for social and content (Added to the new system)

• Added Zapier to Clickup for connecting to Upbase for content management with my team (They can work there- I can't lol. I become a bottleneck)

• Updated Search visibility for the blogs

• Worked on the organization's bylaws with my sister

• Built a system for social and blog posting to increase efficiency and consistency

• Added to the Non-Techie documentation for the workflows

• Launched the Apostille Service for the notary business

Personal

• Revisited my health plan as it has now changed (Again)

• Wrote a devotional

• Prepping for return to school

• Completed an assignment (And Passed!)

• Starting a Psalm a day (8/1)

Lessons & Mindshifts

This past week really tested my unbelief.

With the new diagnoses, I was ready to shut down completely. I was reminded of what I was told and what God said regarding me. Most times, you have to keep moving forward, and if He is bringing it to my attention right now, then I need to make the changes now.

I also started to try to pause everything because I was overwhelmed, but I was reminded that I am in a marathon, not a sprint, and its ok to move the date sometimes.

Let's Check In

Where are you tempted to delay what God already gave you permission to build?

Let me know in the comments or in the subscriber chat! Let's do this together 🙂

Anchor Scripture:

"Unless the Lord builds the house, those who build it labor in vain" Psalms 127:1

I can build even when I don't feel like a builder-because the blueprint came from God.