"No go," the treat you need, and tzitzis care 101

Hi ,

Nope, our mishloach manos aren't packaged yet but we're wondering: what's your best Pesach cleaning hack, tip, or strategy? Please reply and share for all the fellow moms here.

We neglected to include credit for the original version of the song we shared last week. It’s called The Neshama Lives Forever and was produced by the beautiful organization Links. Thanks to reader S for pointing out that the video was just under 613 MB… a fun “coincidence!”

JUST A THOUGHT

You finally sink into the couch after a long day, with just one important phone call on your to do list. Then you feel the itch to check your phone… and half an hour later, you haven’t yet made that call.

Sound familiar?

That itch might come up as an urge to check your laptop, or zone out, or — pick your flavor of distraction.

Neuroscientist Dr. Andrew Huberman's 1-second hack might help. The next time you feel the urge to pick up your phone or give in to a distraction, (mentally) tell yourself "no go" and just let the urge pass.

Each time you do this, you flex your willpower muscle, and increase your concentration.

I don't know about you, but I could use a little more focus, willpower, and presence. I'm trying this one. 

JUST THINGS FOR YOU

🥜 REC: Make these (healthier!) peanut butter balls. We used the chickpea cookie recipe from Issue 16 to make a heavenly treat:

Form balls of the dough and freeze (don't bake). Melt chocolate — optionally, stir in chopped peanuts — and coat the balls. Then, hide them so they don't disappear in one sitting. Enjoy!

🫧 TIP: Readers wrote in about how to care for tzitzis, and in short the advice is: consolidate the strings before washing. (Plus, prevent unravelling when you first buy the tzitzis.) We include the full list of suggestions and how-tos here for you.

🧲 REC: Make Magnatiles more fun. There are so many ways to do this, things to build, and other toys to incorporate. Our favorite super simple one is Magnatile dominoes. It's addictive (and this is the mom speaking! 😅).

Also, we absolutely LOVE this city set. Bring out the mentchies and you have a full afternoon’s worth of play.

MOTHERHOOD MUSING

JUST FOR LAUGHS

That’s all for today!

See you next Tuesday!💜☕

The JAM Fam

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