Hi Reader,

Have you ever felt behind, but then when you check the facts, it's not as bad as you feared? I think sometimes my mind likes to be a bit dramatic.

I've been feeling super horrible and guilty about not emailing you since winter. But then I checked my broadcasts: once in January, three times in March (hello if you joined from Adrienne's Go To Summit!), once in April, twice in May.

Not the weekly email I'm aiming for, but far from going completely dark.

The end of the school year has been more demanding than I realized (so many band concerts and my oldest is learning to drive). Also last month, my sisters and I are helping my mom move into independent living. Life has been full.

Which actually connects to something I’ve seen two people write about now in the last 24 hours.

Both of them wrote about how important it is to build our business around our lives, not the other way around. Most of us try to squeeze life into the cracks around family, work, and business, then wonder why we don't feel the freedom we were promised. It's because we were doing it backwards.

The trade-off, for both of them, by prioritizing family first was slower growth. But they built something sustainable. They're still serving people, doing what they love, making time for family, without burning out and quitting.

That's my goal for myself and for you: to build a business that runs so smoothly you can be present and really live your life AND do what you love serving others.

Slow is smooth. Smooth is fast.

On that note, a quick heads up: I'm in the middle of moving from Kit to Flodesk this week. Once I'm settled, I'll let you know. And then I can get back to the good stuff!

I've also been redefining my services. I'm moving toward Business Operational Systems Strategist while keeping the Digital Organizer work, because honestly the two go hand in hand. Messy files and tabs are symptoms of missing systems. When I help people build systems, I go straight to the root cause.

Here's what I'm planning to write about over the coming weeks. Reply with 1, 2, 3, or 4 to tell me which one you want first (or suggest something else entirely):

1. Why you need an org chart, even as a solopreneur. Especially if you're building an AI team or thinking about hiring.
2. The mindset shift from doer to CEO. You can still be in the weeds, but leading looks different than doing.
3. Sample systems, mapped out. Onboarding clients, gathering testimonials, writing a blog post. So you can see there's no one right way, get inspiration to make your own systems, and see what it would be like to work with me.
4. Quarterly planning for Q3. I can’t believe it’s almost the second half of the year already.

I'm working toward weekly emails, and there's a lot happening behind the scenes (website rewrite, Kit to Flodesk migration, learning how to train Claude skills and code). So exciting but so much at the same time! Part of what I'm setting up is the ability to personalize which emails you want to receive and how frequently, which I'm genuinely excited about. (Maybe I’ll create content around how I did that when I’m finished!)

Happy June! Wishing you the best with whatever you're working on.

Allie

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