• Do some big-picture thinking once the more tangible tasks have been ticked off. "I also use this as an opportunity to take stock and reflect," Issa told CYG. "You can use this monthly trigger to sit down and ask yourself – this is what I usually ask myself – what did I learn this month? What surprised me and why? What am I grateful for? Who am I grateful for? And because I'm all about that gratitude life, every month on this date is when I sit down and I send short gratitude notes to those people I'm grateful for. It's all built into a system. There's no stress. I actually look forward to this now. It brings me a lot of joy."