Monroe The Guru

This weekend has gone by entirely too fast.

I'm typing this out at 5:41pm, and I am appalled by how I already have to start thinking about Monday.

Daylight savings swooped in, woke up confused, and feel like I've been playing catch-up all day.

But I am grateful.

I've asked for all the things I'm juggling, and now I've been asking for a way to juggle them all. I'm going to keep reminding myself to be gentle, to learn as much as I can, and to ask questions instead of keeping myself stuck.

And, I finally got my schedule in order, so I can get you all some videos.

But enough about me, how are y'all doing?

1 week ago | [YT] | 0

Monroe The Guru

End-of-Week Check-in | Here's where I'm at right now:

I'm juggling my new full-time job (which is honestly a little intimidating, and I'm still trying to get out of my head about it – I didn't realize how much it would actually take to readjust after not working for over a year).

On top of that, my consulting work came into the new year STRONG, and things haven't slowed down at all. And somehow, I'm still trying to make time to create content and build my platforms.

It's a lot. Like, a lot a lot.

But this morning? I spent time with God, got a devotional done, and I'm ready to map out my week, so I'll take that as a win 🙌🏾.

The truth is, it's been hard. Most of the struggle has been figuring out how to get my days to flow better now that I have completely new demands on my time and energy.

I'm trying to remain gentle with myself in the process, even when I feel like I should have it all figured out already.

I hope we're all walking into this week with the same mindset: determined, but gentle.


So, how are we feeling? How did your week go?

2 weeks ago | [YT] | 0

Monroe The Guru

Literally just finished journaling, and I was led to share what I wrote today:

To still be blown away by God is an honor.

I started tossing and turning at 4:48am [I’m type A, not too much on me], and after going in and out of sleep for roughly an hour, I rolled out of bed at 6am and just decided to set up my space and clean up a bit before my 7am pilates class.

As I’m wrapping up, I see I missed a notification on my phone: a reminder from my pilates app that class will start in 1 hour. I look at the timestamp, and when I did the math, this meant that my class wasn’t until 7:30am. So I thought, “ok, perfect, I can do my morning devotional then go to class.”

Now that I’m in week 3 of my new job, I’m feeling a lot more comfortable — and I did a good job on a mock call I had to conduct, yayyy. BUT, the first two weeks had me feeling like a great big phony.

I didn’t realize how difficult it would be on my mental to step back into a 9 to 5, specifically because I got fired from my last one and had been in survival mode for over a year. When faced with all this new, I froze and I felt like an imposter in my own body — today’s devotional addressed all of that.

The author talked about dry bones, how she stepped into the new year and felt…nothing. Not excited, not “new year new me”, just empty. She then chose to put God in that empty space and He revealed to her Ezekiel 37: 4-5: “Dry bones, hear the word of the Lord! I will make breath enter you, and you will come to life.” And this passage is what truly moved me:

Many of us enter a new year feeling like those bones. We move, speak, and do what’s expected, but deep down, something feels missing. Hope feels fragile. Joy seems distant. It’s not rebellion—it’s weariness. We’ve prayed, waited, endured—and now, like Ezekiel, we look around and see more silence than signs of life. But just as God called Ezekiel to prophesy to the bones, He invites us to speak His Word over our valleys.

Through this author, God revealed to me that me freezing was not because I’m not capable, but because of the weariness that I walked into 2025 with. I spent the year in a valley, feeling like my spirit was soulless and my hope was depleted. Today, Ezekiel was my reminder that God does the most amazing work in the most desolate places. That my dry bones were’t death, but a year on survival mode made them lose life.

God asked “Can these bones live?” and the Word shows me “yes”, and I say show because God doesn’t just simply say He will breath life into dry bones, He does, and scripture shows how Ezekiel watched a valley of death turn into one of life.

Today, I learned that when God asks “Can these bones live?”, it’s not a question of possibility, it is an invitation to believe again. It is calling us to speak over our lives, our spirits, our hearts, our souls, and ask God to breathe life into them once more. If He breathed into dry bones and gave them life once more, then He will do it again, we just have to bring Him into our valley.

If you want to check out the devotional for yourself, you can find it via YouVersion: Out of the Valley into God’s Victory by Annie David.

3 weeks ago | [YT] | 1

Monroe The Guru

Every Sunday, I want us to do a quick check-in.

You can participate in the poll, drop a thought in the comments, or just watch from afar because you don't even have it in you to give one. All of it is valid.

This is a community you all decided to be part of, and I want to check in with it.

This week, I felt a little anxious but excited about what's coming. I know I'm getting the hang of things at my new job, and for the things I don't have together yet? I'll get there soon.

For today, I'm going to breathe, appreciate that it's still Sunday, and thank God when I wake up on Monday.

How did your week go?

4 weeks ago | [YT] | 1

Monroe The Guru

Maybe you ARE an imposter. And I mean this in the nicest way possible.

https://youtu.be/qPuBDXJeNHM?si=3qno4...

When we hold so much doubt in our hearts, when we never feel ready enough, when we keep "waiting until the right time"...we eventually allow the imposter narrative to become our truth.

And we can truly be living as impostors if that's the narrative we keep holding onto.

This was a random little rant, but before we go any further into this year, I need us to STOP being impostors. Stop waiting for permission. Stop doubting what you already know you're capable of.

Ok, love y'all, bye. ✌🏾

4 weeks ago | [YT] | 0

Monroe The Guru

I already had to pause my 12-week year...

Yes...I already had to take a drastic detour with my 12-Week Year because I didn't plan it out with a full-time job in mind... cause I didn't have one when I started. 😅

Now I'm trying to decide: Do I cut down to 2 goals instead of 3? Or do I adjust my weekly actions for each goal to make them more manageable?

If you've been in a similar situation or you have thoughts on what you'd do, drop them in the comments. I'm genuinely trying to figure this out and would love to hear what's worked for you.

Did you start your own 12-Week Year? How's it going?

4 weeks ago | [YT] | 0

Monroe The Guru

Recently decided to join a Pilates studio near me because they were having a deal, and honestly? It's been challenging but so rewarding.

I'm learning a lot about my body – my strengths, my weaknesses, the places where I hold tension that I didn't even know existed. But more importantly, I'm learning how to build out a practice that actually works for ME. Not what looks good on Instagram, not what everyone else is doing – what my body needs.

It's a reminder that growth doesn't always look pretty, but it's always worth it.

How's your week starting?

4 weeks ago | [YT] | 0

Monroe The Guru

Currently planning out this week with my coffee in hand. ☕💚

New job means a lot of new information, new systems to learn, and a whole new rhythm to figure out. And I can’t lie, this first week was a little intimidating, but it’s teaching me to give myself grace with all the new; baby steps are necessary.

I'm mapping out my week to balance my new role at FreeWill with my consulting work and content creation. It's a lot of moving pieces, but I'm determined to make it all work without burning myself out.

Also—P.S. for those who voted in my last poll: if you guessed I'm reading "The Reformatory" first, you were right! Making sure to carve out time to finish this one because it's got me hooked.

How are y'all approaching this week? Drop a comment and let me know what you're prioritizing.

4 weeks ago | [YT] | 2

Monroe The Guru

As I mentioned before, I worked at Barnes & Noble over the holidays and absolutely took advantage of that employee discount. My book collection grew significantly, and of course, I have to do a haul video to show y'all what I picked up.

Video dropping soon, but in the meantime—help me out with something:


Can you guess which book I'm reading first?

Cast your vote and let me know in the comments if you've read any of these! I'm always looking for recommendations too.

4 weeks ago | [YT] | 2

Monroe The Guru

Let me tell you guys more about my new job.

If you didn't catch it, Monday, February 2nd marked the first day at my new job, and I wanted to officially share it with y'all.

My official title is Partner Success Strategist on the Grant Assistant team at FreeWill. For those who don't know, FreeWill is a tech company that helps nonprofits with fundraising tools, specifically for planned giving and online donations. My role is to support the partners who use our grant-writing AI tool, which means I help nonprofits navigate the platform, troubleshoot challenges, and strategize on how to get the most out of it.

Honestly, my role is very much project manager, but with a dash more of strategy thrown in. I'm working cross-functionally with different teams, managing timelines, building relationships with partners, and making sure everything runs smoothly on their end.

Also, I never thought I'd be working at a tech company, but here I am. It's wild how life works out sometimes.

Excited to share this new journey with you all and bring y'all along as I navigate this new chapter.

4 weeks ago | [YT] | 2