Thursday Things — Jan 1st, 2026

In case you’re new here, CCing my EA is a bite-sized newsletter by Vimcal EA dedicated to Executive Assistants like yourself.

Every Thursday, we deliver a quick email with 5 new job listings, 3 fun posts, and 1 helpful tech tip straight to your inbox. 📬

5 new job listings

1. Juniper Square, $125K - $165k, Remote (USA)

2. Bluehost, $90k - $120k, Remote (USA)

3. NORY, $70k - $85k, Remote (USA)

4. MPCH, $70k - $85k, Remote (USA)

5. Home Health Focus AI, $105k - $120k, Remote (USA)

We only post jobs under 7 days old, but some may expire before you open this email.

3 posts you might’ve missed

#1

So real it borderline hurts… 😂

#2

Is anything missing from the “what people think I do” and “what I actually do” lists? 😆

#3

"without [an EA], very little actually moves forward.” 😤

Bonus 1

Okay I’m 100% guilty of doing exactly this so if you’re feeling like this dog, I’m so sorry for my contribution… 😭

Bonus 2

Have I earned this title? 🥺

1 Tech Tip

It’s time for a Notifications Audit (start 2026 with a quiet phone)

If your lock screen looks like this…

It’s time to set aside 30 min to adjust your notification settings so only the “need-to-see-now” alerts are on (everything else can wait). Just set it once and you’ll feel it all year.

Level 1: Silence the obvious noise

Just go to your phone’s Notifications settings and scroll through every (and I mean literally every) app. Make sure to turn off “Allow Notifications” for every non-essential app. I’m talking Amazon, Facebook, Spotify, YouTube, Zoom. What critical notifications are you actually going to receive from them?

Level 2: Tune the important apps

Go into each app’s notification settings (e.g. You can set Slack to just notify you about Mentions and direct message instead of literally Everything ) and only allow the truly important notifications through.

Level 3: Customize your alerts

This is going a little deep but you can really customize your notification settings by only allowing certain apps to show up on your Lock Screen vs Notification Center vs Banners, not to mention toggling Sounds or even Badges (the little red number next to your home screen’s apps). Go even crazier with Do Not Disturb schedules where you only allow Favorite apps to break through.

I promise that even only just doing Level 1 will change your life for the better…. seriously! This is how I literally never miss any notifications — if there aren’t that many to begin with, it’s hard to miss the important ones!

For a refresher on past Tech Tips without digging through your emails, they’re all available in a single post right here.

Thank you for reading!

I normally write a note here but I feel like my New Years post belongs here this time:

I’ll catch you next Thursday~

- Johnny Wu

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