Hi Fanny Marcoux,

I've started about 5 different versions of this newsletter this week, on 5 different topics. And I simply couldn't decide what to write about. 

It doesn't help that I always leave it to the very last minute; what can I say? my ADHD brain just loves a deadline. 🥲

To be honest, my brain has been quite frazzled lately.🤯 

I'm thinking about my business and where I want to take it in the next few years. I'm slowly getting used to having a homebase and starting to build a local community for myself. I'm planning to travel a bit again this summer, which both excites and terrifies me.

I'm also learning about so many things and there are so many topics I want to talk about, things I want to create and share. But I simply don't know where to start. 🤷‍♀️

I've been feeling stuck like this for a good few weeks now, months actually. And I just realised, this is what it means to be in the Messy Middle as I always call it. I can't see the forest for all the trees at the moment. 🌳🌳🌳🌳🌳

I've been in the messy middle loads of times before, but this time I'm trying something new. Instead of trying to push myself through, to get out as quickly as possible, I'm trying to stay in the messy middle for a while to see what I can learn here. 

And currently, that looks like reading lots of books and spending lots of time learning about gardening. 🌱 

I never had a garden before but a month ago I decided I wanted to plant something edible from seed. Just to prove that I could do it, and because I have a homebase now, so might as well make the most of it.

I chose to grow radishes because I was told they're really easy and because they're delicious - in Munich, my hometown, radishes are a popular beer garden snack, did you know? 🥨🍻

And surprisingly, I loved every single thing about growing my first ever veg despite having absolutely no clue what I'm doing (thank god for Youtube and my patient in-laws). This week, I harvested my first radish and it's ridiculous how happy that made me. 💚

I'm so proud of my little pot of radishes, I even created a 10-second video showing their journey, you can watch it here.

The impulsive part of me is already dreaming of becoming a full-time radish gardener (and maybe even make radish wine, like in Schitt's Creek 😂).

But that's probably another way I'm trying to rush to "the next thing". 

So for now, I'll just stay in the messy middle a little longer, complete with soil under my fingernails, and enjoy raising my little radishes.

Do you have a homebase? If so what do you like about it? If not, is there anything you miss? Hit reply and let me know!

💸 DNGs hiring this week:

• Jo is hiring a fully remote, sex-positive Social Media and Community Manager
• Hannah is hiring a Marketing VA to join her team
• Johanna is hiring a part-time marketer and copywriter for a new project
• Deise shared a job opening based in Bulgaria for an Executive Assistant to the CEO of a climate app
• Denisse is looking for someone to record a quick Squarespace website walk-through on how to use the backend for her client
• Becky is hiring a Tech VA specialising in Kajabi and course launches and a Tech VA specialising in Dubsado and ClickUp
• Andrea shared a range of remote jobs at the company she works for, including Designers, Customer Success Managers, Copywriters, and more

⚡️Sprinkles of Inspiration⚡️

🌱 As part of my gardening spree...

• I'm watching Kiss The Ground, a documentary about how regenerating the world's soil could stabilise the climate.
• And enjoyed this article about 'What would happen if all unused public spaces in the UK became community farms?'

👯‍♀️ I'm also exploring ways to make new friends in my new homebase and enjoyed this article about Matchmaking for Friendships.

That's it from me and DNG this week!

Take care & have a lovely weekend!

Jenny

xx

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