Start too early and the magic wears off before the big man even shows up… Start too late and suddenly there’s no time to squeeze in all the classics. So… what’s the sweet spot for you? 📆 Early November? 🦃 After Thanksgiving? 🎅 December 1st only? 🎄 Or anytime you feel like it? Drop your answer below 👇

and reaching for endless cups of tea. It’s one of those days where the calendar is packed and nothing can move: school drop-off → work → dentist → school pick-up → dinner → cheer games… all by 4pm. No amount of time-management magic is fixing this one! So I’m reminding myself I’m not Superman — some things will just have to wait. How do you manage on days like this? What’s your go-to move when life is “a lot”?

I’m writing this from England — at the grandparents-in-law’s house — and somehow we’re already halfway through our trip. It’s going way too fast (and the tea supply is going way too quickly too). It’s made me realize how fast the rest of 2024 is moving. So I’m curious… 👉 Do you have any fun vacation plans left for the rest of the year? Or are you hunkering down until 2025? Bonus points if your “vacation” involves absolutely nothing — those are my favorite kind. 😆

Okay, confession time… I’m a little competitive. Since being back in England on vacation, I checked our community ranking and… we’ve dropped over 100 places! Now, I don’t want a group full of random people who never engage — we’re not building a ghost town. But if you know: 👩‍👧 Parents feeling stuck in their careers 💼 Colleagues who want more balance 😬 Or even that friend who keeps saying “I hate my job” every Monday …then invite them in. Because if it helps them and helps us, that’s a total win-win. Let’s climb back up the leaderboard with people who actually get it. So who’s one person you can bring in today? 💪

9 hours on a plane. 1 hour of sleep. Now officially running on tea and I’ve no idea what else. Somewhere between drifting off and turbulence, I started thinking about this: When you were younger, what did you dream of doing for a career and how different is that from what you’re doing now? Drop yours below 👇 I have a feeling a lot of us took some pretty unexpected turns.