Have you noticed your progress this week?


Hello Reader,

It's Saturday already! Wow, this week has gone by quickly for me. How about you? And now that my youngest is back in school, we now have had our first bouts with the flu! He's been home sick for the past few days - welcome to school life! Kids sharing everything with each other - including their germs. Happens every year!

Do you have kids in school right now? How's it going?

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A quick challenge for you: pause and take look back at your week. Where have you made progress, even if it's just a little, on your CELPIP goals? Take a moment and write them down. Noticing your progress is vital to continuing to make progress!

Here's a few progress notes from my week:

  • I had the exciting privilege of interviewing Artem, a member of the CELPIP Success School, for the podcast. This was a first for me! I've never interviewed a client for the podcast before, and it went so well! Thank you Artem! I'm looking forward to sharing our interview with you soon.
  • I moved and launched my course platform for the last time. A new and wonderful home to make working together so much easier!
  • I recorded and published a new youtube video (which still feels scary to do!) and I recorded a few more!
  • I had a live call with two people who are listeners to my podcast and youtube channel - it was so exciting to talk to them and learn a little more about their CELPIP journey.

Over to you! What is one thing you accomplished this week?

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Thanks for reading and have a great weekend!

Aaron

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