How to navigate your 60K thoughts 💭

Hey there! Can I be honest for a second? It’s time for you to stop struggling with…

• Excel formulas that result in bizarre (and downright wrong) calculations 

• Embarrassing Excel mistakes that cost your company money and damage your reputation 

• Irritated co-workers who have to fix your Excel mishaps at least three times a day 

…because my free Excel live class is here to help! In this power-packed one-hour session, I’ll be sharing my best tips for optimizing and automating your spreadsheets with Data Cleaning and VBA Macros! 

There are only two classes left, so claim your spot ASAP: 

• Thursday, March 21 at 12 PM ET 

• Friday, March 22 at 12 PM ET 

Click here to register! 

Heads up: I’m giving out free bonus practice workbooks to those who join live, so be sure to stick around! 🎁

If you can’t attend live, you’ll get the automatic 48-hour replay once you register! 

Still Manually Adjusting Your Column Widths? Read This. 

Tired of manually adjusting your column widths in Excel? 

I got you. Here is a VBA trick to have your workbook automatically adjust to your data as you type!

And watch as your columns automatically adjust! 

I’m sharing dozens of more time-saving VBA tips (just like this one!) in my upcoming free Excel live class! Don’t forget to register before it’s too late.

The Brain Hack to Stop Overthinking

Imagine listening to a story that’s 60,000 sentences long (roughly 1,500 pages)...in one day. 

The kicker? You’re already doing this Every. Single Day. The average person has 60,000 thoughts daily, and of those, around 45,000 are negative. That relentless mental chatter is responsible for triggering our emotions and dragging us down some gnarly rabbit holes. 

Sure, you can’t turn those thoughts off. But who said you had to believe them? 

Introducing one of my favorite brain hacks: Thought Awareness. This is the practice of putting space between yourself and a thought before buying it at face value. 

For example, say you start spiraling: 

“I should’ve given the report to my boss earlier, and now they probably hate me. I’m going to get fired any day. Time to start applying to jobs. But I haven’t updated my LinkedIn in ages…should I sign up for LinkedIn Premium?” 

Instead of immediately accepting and running with that thought, pause. Then ask yourself: 

“Do I want to subscribe to this thought or not?” 

This allows you to evaluate the thought before falling into its trap. In this case, you’d realize that believing your boss hates you doesn’t serve you. It doesn’t make you a better employee or change the fact that you didn’t submit the report earlier. It just bogs you down. 

So, swipe left and move on. Elizabeth Gilbert, author of Eat Pray Love, has another great way of framing this practice: 

Your thoughts are just that: Thoughts. You have the power to choose which ones deserve your attention and energy. Treat them as you would any other information—pause, reflect, then accept or reject—and you’ll build a healthy and positive mindset. 

Remember: Your thoughts don’t run the show. You do. 

• Today, you learned how to align your columns in Excel. Now here’s how to align your charts! 

• “Wow.” – Your boss, after you show them this Excel trick. 

• Entrepreneur Matt Gray shares his 15-step deep work routine (you’ll want to save this).  

• Let’s unblock quitting your job in 60 seconds.  

• Tired of having back-to-back meetings? This Outlook tip can help.

Miss Excel just hit one million followers on Instagram! 🤩

I can’t believe that something that started from my childhood bedroom grew into what it is today. I’m so grateful for the community we’ve built. Thank you for being here with me to level-up your Excel skills. 

I appreciate you more than you know! 

Stay Excelent, 

Kat