Katherine Montero

Today’s issue is charged with Civil Engineering, Spirituality, Traveling and a little bit more. For your comfort, I’ve provided the index of this issue below so you can click and read directly what you care about the most!

Interior House Painting.

A few years ago, I was at a 6am class and the engineer said something that stuck with me. “Swiss civil engineers are the most well paid engineers in the whole world and they fix, build and clean everything around their house. So if you have the knowledge to do something, do it”. And that’s why you see me doing stuff around my house like interior house painting or getting better home privacy placing a windbreak tape on the cyclone mesh at the patio.

This time I’m painting our house. Not gonna lie, white is a high maintenance color on walls because it’s so easy to get dirty and dusty. However, we love the result of having a literal white canvas and just change the curtains to add that beautiful pop color depending on the season.

Painting a house in the best cost-effective way has nothing to do with buying the cheapest paint (don’t do that!). Go for quality, the best quality that you can afford, and apply your best building process to paint with it so it lasts a lot.

In my case, I love to dust off the walls first, then brush the wall to remove imperfections, and then, play some music to start painting with a brush. My wall has so many embossed details so the best tool for me is a brush.

I know it’s a small task but so rewarding because I can enjoy it for years to come. I feel so productive by helping the house to look pretty and comfy.

If you can’t see the video above, click here to watch it on YouTube or click here to watch it on Rumble or click here to watch the Spanish version (versión en español aquí).

God’s message for you:

“All this is God’s doing”.
Est 10, 3a

Save time writing.

I love writing to connect with and I also love doing stuff around my house to connect with people I love over here, that is why I had to create a structure for me to write faster so I could save time writing to spend it on other things I love.

I’m pretty sure you feel the same way if you’re a blogger or a writer or an author (non-fiction).

If you dread the eternal blank page and want to write faster, you might find helpful reading The Mini-Guide for Writing a Super Complete Post in 20 Minutes.

It’s a short ebook with a couple of exercises that’ll help you to develop your own structure to write quickly every time you have a topic in your heart. I also added a couple of extras and there’s an audiobook version if you feel like it.

I created a structure that has helped me to write faster since 2008 and I shared it with you because I really thought it could help you, too. And you know what? IT DID!

This is what authors, writers and creators said about The Mini-Guide:

“Thank YOU! Your guide is brilliant, and I love your style!” ~Maria Hoffmeister.

“I started reading your guide last night, a very well deserved winner of SPL. Congratulations” ~Robert Williger.

“This email you wrote is good info for those who tend to push their blog aside. Thanks for your good tips and follow through” ~Julaina Klest.

This ebook is so valuable that it even won an international prize, the Small Product Lab (SPL mentioned by Robert Williger in his testimony).

This is why I’m pretty confident to offer you my help if you’re dealing with taking too long writing your posts, docs or emails.

I already solved it for me.

I already shared it with some of your colleagues and solved it for them.

Confirmation for multiple interests.

I love what I thought I chose to devote my life to. I love Civil Engineering, construction, projects, design and cost analysis. But I also love creating, writing, publishing, vlogging and all internet projects. But I also love organization, calendars, agendas, to accomplish goals, management. And every time I focused on one thing, I was thinking if it was the right choice, because I had other interests as well.

One day I asked God if the journey I took was the right one, if looking at my other choices was a waste of time or if He was going to create something for me where I could use all of them at the same time.

He was kind enough to answer in a way I never imagined. I traveled to Guatemala for a weekend trip, where my attention was in relaxing, getting to know new places and eating yummy dishes.

God had to create a new experience away from all my constant professional worries so He could speak to me clearly. He created the environment to lead me to find His answer to my prayers. God is really intricate when He’s writing these details.

I was getting to know a little bit of Guatemalan culture and nahuales in the market. A friend told me they have a book where depending on your birthday, you have a nahual and a description. A nahual is like a companion animal that has a description that will help you to achieve in life. So a nahual is assigned to you at birth to help you fulfill your destiny according to Guatemalan culture.

I looked for my birthday and my assigned nahual is a monkey with the description of having interest in arts, construction and management. It said a few extra things that made my mouth drop. Of course I ended up buying the nahual in a jade pendant as the best souvenir ever!

All I could feel in that moment was God’s confirmation that all of my multiple interests were not only right, but installed by Him since the beginning of my time in this world.

I didn’t choose multiple interests ever, He created me like that, He designed me like that and all of the time I was doing something and doubting if it was the right thing at that time was wasted time because He wrote all of that in my heart since forever.

It feels so good when God answers your prayer with: Dear Daughter, I designed you with multiple interests, I wrote a message in your heart for a reason, do not doubt of what I wrote.

It feels even better to trust that your life is in the hands of a loving Father who created your story since the beginning of times; to believe that your doubts, your questions, and your chapters are already answered; to know that He’s giving you the opportunity to experience this life with plenty of adventures in His own terms; to know that you’re protected by His Holy Spirit and His angels because He loves you as His Daughter.