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final adaptation, wobble willfully, and embracing difficult lessons to learn
I'm writing the intro to this week's newsletter last. Truthfully, I've really struggled with writing intros lately and have wanted to just get right into the weeds—it is where I'm most comfortable. But after finishing this week's draft, I'm realizing that I needed to read this issue as much as I ...
by Hannah Keyes —
Mar 23, 2025
adapting systems
entrepreneurship
perfectionism
productivity
reflection
scaling everest, intuitive whispers, and the framework for bottleneck removal
Was last week wild for you?
It was a rollercoaster over here.
We're going to just dive right in today, lol.
🌱 TIPS FOR A MORE SUSTAINABLE LIFE + BUSINESS
Translating Big Visions into Plans of Action
Have you ever been so excited about an idea that you just jump both feet in until it's all consu...
by Hannah Keyes —
Mar 16, 2025
energy management
frameworks + tools
productivity
reflection
procrasti-cleaning, costs of perfectionism, and the art of self-trust
First, thank you to everyone who voted 🖤
I'm really excited for the first issue of our updated format! We'll continue to cover all your favorite topics through our three lenses of sustainable energy, soulful intention, and scalable business.
Let's dive in 👏
🌱 TIPS FOR A MORE SUSTAINABLE LIFE + ...
by Hannah Keyes —
Mar 09, 2025
burnout prevention
energy management
perfectionism
productivity
choose your next adventure and the power of your personal energy ecosystem
Can you believe it's already March?! So far this year we've explored recognizing your energy patterns, building sustainable routines, and creating flexibility in those systems.
Today, we're bringing it all together with with how what may seem like separate practices actually is interconnected ben...
by Hannah Keyes —
Mar 02, 2025
energy management
frameworks + tools
reflections
white flamingos, wicked rollercoasters, and the wisdom of minimum viable routines
There's this thing that happens in life where we put in countless hours of effort trying to build routines and ways of taking care of ourselves...
Life just starts life-ing all over you.
And you're left to figure how to actually maintain those routines through it all, no matter what you are juggl...
by Hannah Keyes —
Feb 23, 2025
energy management
frameworks + tools
research + science
routines
cat mart, street art, and the practice of building routines
When someone mentions burnout, what causes come to mind?
🤔💭🧐
Did your mind jump straight to work?
The endless meetings.Mounting deadlines.Constant content creation.
If so, you aren't alone.
We spend about one-third of our life at work and have to plan our entire lives around it. But what if we w...
by Hannah Keyes —
Feb 16, 2025
burnout prevention
energy management
frameworks + tools
productivity
routines
acorn growth, pattern flows, and the dance of energy management
My therapist likes to say "Clarity is cheap" because information and knowledge alone often aren't enough.
It's what we do with the information that's important.
I've found this is especially true when it comes to preventing (or recovering from) burnout.
After spending over a decade collecting i...
by Hannah Keyes —
Feb 10, 2025
burnout prevention
energy management
frameworks + tools
productivity
tiny ripples, tiny teeth, and the not-so-tiny purpose of pauses
I've been updating my first digital product, Tech for Boundaries, for the latest iOS 18 update over the last couple weeks (I'm behind on getting it out because I'm a maximalist and have almost doubled the page count adding new resources 🙈)
The process has called attention to where I need to updat...
by Hannah Keyes —
Feb 02, 2025
burnout
energy management
framework + tools
productivity
rest
adorable complications, energy patterns, and the control question
I sometimes wonder if energy tracking isn't as "mainstream" as time tracking because it's not fixed or linear.
Time tracking is straightforward - there are only 24 hours in a day, and each minute is identical. But energy? That's far more nuanced...
The same hour-long task might drain you complete...
by Hannah Keyes —
Jan 26, 2025
energy management
mindset
productivity
time management
polar bears, permission paradoxes, and the mythical average person
My particular edition of neurodivergence meant that no matter my age, I was regularly questioning authority, looked for the best way to do something and not the "way it was always done."
(Made me real popular as a kid... 😅)
And yet I was still deeply conditioned and struggled to let go of the "s...
by Hannah Keyes —
Jan 19, 2025
boundaries
framework + tools
productivity
reflection
research + science
lemon curd, norse words, and the language around limits
Friday was National Quitter's Day, a day that is said to be when most people give up on their resolutions, and I saw lots of posts talking about it like it's some grand revelation about human willpower.
But the whole concept of the day is missing the plot: when masses of people 'quit' their reso...
by Hannah Keyes —
Jan 12, 2025
boundaries
energy management
reflection
systems + processes
glow soup, feedback loops, and the art of inner translation
I had planned to announce a new offer this week for a 28-day Energy Discovery Challenge that gives creators and entrepreneurs a personalized roadmap to discover their unique energy patterns, build the foundations for sustainable systems, and break free from burnout cycles through guided energy tr...
by Hannah Keyes —
Jan 05, 2025
chronic illness
energy management
mindset
research + science
seasons + rhythms