๐Ÿ˜ฌThis is why I quit social media


Hey there Reader,

After a long hiatus, I opened my LinkedIn feed to โ€œ2026 predictions no one wants to hear.โ€ Iโ€™m totally that no one!

๐˜๐˜ฏ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ค๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ, ๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ญ-๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ต ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ด, ๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ฏ ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜ด๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ๐˜ถ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ?

Iโ€™ve had an online business for nearly ten years, so Iโ€™ve heard all about โ€œ๐˜ธ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ตโ€™๐˜ด ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต ๐˜ธ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฌ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜บ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆโ€ and how โ€œe๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜บ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จโ€™๐˜ด ๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜จ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ.โ€

๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ณ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐˜ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ด๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต๐—บ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ต ๐—ถ๐˜€ โ€œ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ด๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ฒโ€ ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ปโ€™๐˜ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น๐˜† ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜„๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜†๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ, ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต๐˜?

BUT even when sales cycles are longer, even when trust is at an all-time low and audiences are more skeptical than ever...

๐˜š๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜š๐˜›๐˜๐˜“๐˜“ ๐˜ค๐˜ณ๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ช๐˜ต. ๐˜ผ๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™ค๐™ฉ๐™๐™š๐™ง๐™จ ๐™–๐™ง๐™š ๐™ข๐™ค๐™ง๐™š ๐™จ๐™ช๐™˜๐™˜๐™š๐™จ๐™จ๐™›๐™ช๐™ก ๐™ฉ๐™๐™–๐™ฃ ๐™š๐™ซ๐™š๐™ง.

๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜'๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ณ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ? ๐Ÿค”

Iโ€™d like to introduce you to my friend, thought partner, writing accountability buddy and muse, the ๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ต ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ด๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜ ๐——๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—น๐—ฒ

Danielleโ€™s been in the launch game since 2006 as an 8-figure launch copywriter.

She says ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜€๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ป๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐˜† ๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ต ๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜€ and really ask yourself what works for you, your family, your business, and your audience. Not on a โ€œwhat gets resultsโ€ level, but a โ€œwhat lights you upโ€ level.

๐—”๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—ฏ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ณ๐˜‚๐—น๐—น-๐˜†๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ด๐˜† ๐—œ๐—ก๐—ง๐—ข ๐˜„๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ต ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ด๐˜† ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ผ๐˜€๐—ฒ.

๐˜ ๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ ๐˜‹๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ'๐˜ด ๐˜“๐˜ข๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ง๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฅ, ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ฃ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฏ๐˜ถ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ญ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ด๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ ๐˜ช๐˜ต ๐˜๐˜Œ๐˜Œ๐˜“๐˜š ๐˜Ž๐˜–๐˜–๐˜‹ ๐˜›๐˜– ๐˜‹๐˜–.

And ๐™จ๐™๐™š ๐™ž๐™จ ๐™๐™ค๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™– ๐™ฌ๐™ค๐™ง๐™ ๐™จ๐™๐™ค๐™ฅ ๐™–๐™ก๐™ก ๐™–๐™—๐™ค๐™ช๐™ฉ ๐™œ๐™ž๐™ซ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™ฎ๐™ค๐™ช ๐™ฉ๐™๐™–๐™ฉ ๐™–๐™™๐™ซ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™ฉ๐™–๐™œ๐™š.

So if youโ€™re planning a Q1 or Q2 launch, join Danielle at Your 2026 โ€œ5-Flowโ€ Launch Plan on Monday, January 26.

Link: https://go.moneystoryteller.com/launchflowโ€‹

Please, no more social media posts to make us feel bad.

Go Danielle's workshop, learn to create better content, and then go make some money for me ๐Ÿค˜

I'm excited for...

9/17 is a free national park day, and I've planned a sunrise hike in Joshua Tree National Forest.

I grew up hiking in the CO Rocky Mountains, and I'm genuinely excited whenever I break out my hiking boots.

An offer for you...

My next conference (and therefore next adventure day) is October 18th in Austin, Texas.

This one is open to the public. My friend Angie at Founders Recess is planning a one-day business retreat around this event.

Reply to this email if you want details.

Favorite Thing...

Speaking of hiking, the best hiking boot I've ever owned is the Altra Mid Boot.

Originally a trail running shoe, Altra has expanded to make hiking boots too and you will never find a comparable shoe so light and comfortable.

I seriously asked the salesperson in REI what was wrong with it when I first tried it on! And it's a cute color. โ€‹

Money Study...

Millionaires really do spend their time differently.

Despite the hype of "passive income," a Harvard Business School study, Time Use and Happiness of Millionaires, found that millionaires spend time spend less time on passive activities and more on active leisure.

This supports my theory that protecting time for active, energizing experiences is part of how high performers sustain focus and build wealth.

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Hi! I'm Katherine, actress turned accountant

I capitalized on my artistic background to create the Money Storyteller Method, a mindset and accounting tool for business owners that makes even the most advanced financial strategies easy to understand and fun to implement. Expect frank conversations about leveraging our most valuable assets - money, time, creativity, team leadership, and YOU!

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