Hey Reader,

February taught me TWO things.

1. Rolling babies cause chaos.

2. And public accountability works!

One of these kept me awake at 2am.

The other is the reason I finally started making real progress on one of my big goals for 2026.

Here's a full recap of my February!

Income: $7,752.68​
​Expenses: $1,588.53

All of my money this month came from one-to-one client work.​
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Mostly retainer clients that I work with month after month.

No affiliate income.

No digital product sales.

Just good old-fashioned client work - which I do actually enjoy.

What I spent money on this month

→ My website hosting renewed ($326 — Showit, affiliate link)

→ My (Convert)Kit account renewed ($590 — also an affiliate link)

→ Some fairly boring office supplies (printer ink, computer paper, a bunch of pens, new laptop case)

→ We also finally finished the accent wall in my husband's office

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Meanwhile my office still looks like this 👇 because I’m deeply incapable of making decorating decisions.

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So that’s… still a work in progress.

How are my 2026 goals going?

1️⃣ Launch a new digital offer

LOTS of progress here!

And honestly writing last month’s recap (where I had to admit I made zero progress on this while launching multiple client offers) was the push I needed.

So I finally started working on it.

If you want a sneak peek when it’s ready, you can click here and I’ll put you on the waitlist.

I’ll give you one hint: it has something to do with writing really good emails.

I know that’s a little mysterious right now, but I promise I’ll share more soon.

2️⃣ Consistent weekly emails

Doing it and you're reading one of them!

3️⃣ Create 3 new opt-ins

One of these is officially in the works! One of the best ways you grow your business is regularly creating new things that people want.

4️⃣ Save at least $24,000 for retirement

Still waiting on final tax numbers before making any moves here.

5️⃣ Upgrade and organize our home

Some progress here!

• The aforementioned accent wall.
• I also got this crayon caddy (← affiliate link) to corral all of our toddler art supplies.
• And I asked my childhood best friend to help me organize our pantry when she visits in a couple of weeks.

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Other Life Stuff

My four-month-old learned how to roll over this month.

Which was very exciting… until he started rolling onto his stomach at 2am and waking up confused about how to get back.

I also completely cleaned out my business inbox and reorganized all my labels, which felt SO SATISFYING.

Overall February felt really steady.

Client work is going well, and some behind-the-scenes projects in my business are finally moving.

I love the feeling of momentum.

❤️ Mara

P.S. — Did you notice the new email template?
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I custom-coded it so people can choose what kinds of emails they want from me. I also tried to make it feel less like a newsletter and more like I’m just writing to a friend.