Bonus Resources

Here’s a growing list of tools, ideas, and things I actually use, like, or think you might find helpful — especially if you’re building something, feeling a little scattered, or just want to make life a bit smoother.

No fluff. Just stuff I’d send a friend.

🛠 Tools I Use & Recommend

• Mango Languages - Language learning site you can access for free through Miami-Dade’s Public Library System but there’s probably something similar at your local library too
• My Local Library Card - endless resources and free books/events
• Canva – For designing anything without wanting to cry.
• Pinterest boards – For moodboarding ideas, visuals, or just creative inspo.
• Capcut - For video editing made easy

📚 Reads That Shifted Something

• Smart Brevity - Jim Vandehei
• Million Dollar Weekend - Noah Kagan
• Die With Zero: Getting All You Can From Your Money And Your Life - Bill Perkins
• The House in the Cerulean Sea - Tj. Klune

Quotes I Felt

• “The measure of a man is not how much he suffers in the test, but how he comes out at the end,” - UnWholly
• “I learned that the power to rise in the world is not within the reach of everyone [because of outside factors like racism, capitalism, poverty, etc.],” - Helen Keller
• “If women were naturally submissive, we would have fucking submitted by now...” - Jameela Jamil

Things That Interest Me

• Zines
• Morning pages - a type of journaling I’ve picked up from the book The Artist’s Way. Every morning, once you wake up, you fill 3 pages (just the fronts) with whatever you’re thinking about, planning, last nights dream, even “I don’t know,” until you get to the end of the 3rd page.
• Common Place Journaling - Currently learning about it and if you're like me and store a bunch of different facts in your head this might be for you. I'll keep you updated when I try it out.
• The Trapped Water Theory
• Helen Keller was actually a rebel and anti-government activist (Lies My Teacher Told Me)

Trips I've Taken in 2026

• A Weekend Wilderness Course in Atlanta, Georgia - learned various ways to make a fire, a small animal trap, herbology, how to read a compass and almost lost my toes sleeping in a tent for the first time ever... in the cold ...
• Portugal - I will be going back! Had many things I loved in one place. Was a city + island + farm land all in one. Had nature, beaches, community, walkability, warm climate, not too complicated language, amazing hybrid cars, open roads, simple but tasty food, cares about pedestraians, and quaint libraries.

🧠 What I’m into Right Now

• Sewing – Trying to make my own capsule wardrobe.
• Calisthenics - Getting stronger while being more aware of my body.
• Languages - Trying to speak a 3rd language (Eu falo y entendo um pouco de Portugues... )
• Reading - Trying to read a 100 books in a year but still got a bit to go, only got to 40 in 2025.
• Email Marketing - Hopefully my love for emails and copywriting make this mail club succeed.
• Voice Acting - Finished narrating my first book! Let’s see if I do anymore.
• Volunteering

This page will keep growing. Bookmark it, come back to it, or share it with someone who needs a soft, practical nudge. Think you have a resource worth sharing? Let me know at vanessa@marketingsvc.com and you might see it up here