The Hermit in Conference Season
As a lifelong extrovert who is steadily needing more introvert quiet time to balance things as I get older, conferences can be a tricky spot for me.
Charting a Course Through a Full, Unhurried Fall
As summer turns toward fall, I usually have a kick of “back to school” energy where I want to launch something new.
This year, that energy isn’t coming the same way. I’m making the choice to not launch anything new this fall.
Instead, I’ll be focusing on the conferences I’m heading to (see below) and making human connections there.
The Discerning Leader’s Guide to Soft Summer Striving
This transformative moment of caterpillar goo as I figure out how to make my business be what I want it to be in my life, it's a time to work inwardly, to give new ideas a rich ground for germination. I'm striving quietly, with sunshine soaking into me rather than heat burning me up.
Card Cartography: Day 5
Knight of Swords
decisive, swift action on an idea that has taken over your thoughts; intellectual ambition, strength, and action that can be exciting and also blindly fruitless
Card Cartography: Day 4
2 of Swords
two equal forces competing against each other; a choice is required that is challenging the intellect
Card Cartography: Day 3
Death
accepting the ending of a cycle and the start of something new; uncertainty amidst transition
Card Cartography: Day 2
10 of Pentacles
the culminating card of the journey from ace to 10 for the pentacles (suit of earth & worldly goods)
abundance will come in the long term, leaving a legacy behind
Card Cartography: Day 1
As I’m working on reconfiguring my business to be what I want, I’m trying to bring some lightness, ease, and fun to how I work. This is a week of intuitive play.
Ace of Cups
the kernel/seed of the suit of cups (suit of water, emotions)
a fresh start with emotional receptivity and openheartedness
An Obituary for My Rippling Year: Farewell 2024
I thought I’d see this year out in a fallow, hibernatory period of time is to write an Obituary for My Rippling Year.
Here’s my attempt to memorialize what this year has been for me in a way that’s satisfactorily summarizing without circling in endless analysis.
Making & CARE-ing Imperfectly
CARE is open for registration. The deadline is November 10.
Let’s be in community together. Let’s be imperfect and generous of spirit. Let’s push back against the pressures of isolationism and domination and hierarchy in this collective nest of sharing and support.