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.

I’ve been doing the streamlining that my Year of Attunement is calling for.

The business I’m running isn’t about helping people do things the simplest, easiest, most convenient way that’s worked well enough up ‘til now.

As a beloved former colleague and mentor put it in a recent LinkedIn message, I'm "building an 'otherwise' world and collecting compatriots to join."

I'm not expecting the remaining months of 2025 to settle down any more than the year has so far, but I do feel well ballasted to meet what they bring.

I’m That Girl who really loves the multisensory experience of reading physical books when I have the choice. For this year’s reading retreat, I picked up my reserved library haul and toted them up to the cabin where I would proceed to get through 15 of them in my three weeks at the lake.