I practiced being a normal human being today.

My friend and colleague Angie Mattson Stegall and I got together at the Biltmore Estate for a mastermind session to talk about business goals and projects for 2025.

I paused my business after Hurricane Helene on September 27th. My client contracts are on hold until January. I’m not sending out marketing messages or making sales right now. I am recalibrating and reorienting.

This is the longest break I’ve had from my business in over a decade.

Tod…

I’ve never had so much fun picking up trash.

Gerton residents and others gathered together yesterday for a cleanup in the downtown area of Gerton. Our friend Shannon donated a dumpster, and over 30 of us spent several hours cleaning up trash.

I worked along a creek with my friend Julia. We sorted through rummage caught on the now expanded creek bed, managing to save a couple of stuffed animals and other toys belonging to a neighbor whose home was destroyed by flood water.

It was a big emotion…

Gratitude has changed for me since Hurricane Helene.

It’s no longer a litany of things I am grateful for or should be grateful for.

It’s not a way of encouraging myself to be more positive - hyping myself up when I’m irritated at reality. Reminding myself to focus on my desire instead of what I see in front of me.

Gratitude isn’t something I’m working towards every day.

It’s a fundamental shift in consciousness.

Every resident of Gerton is alive. No one is missing.

There were no bodies to …