Hi Muses. Happy September. Fall has crept up on us..boots and sweaters are coming out of storage.

 

The first Friday in August, I had a co-working session and started writing my intro. It was about how I’ve begun clenching my teeth and how I’m working to stop this habit that started a few months ago. I wrote about stress, but a few weeks ago, I texted my friend Matrika, and that conversation sparked a new intro...

 

Matrika and I met in the executive program out of the Center for Social Impact Strategy in 2017. We sat next to each other and became accountability buddies. From there, we’ve evolved into actual friends—visiting each other, sending long voice messages, sharing IG messages full of reels, texting, forgetting, then remembering to respond... It’s a fun, reciprocal, and healthy mid-distance friendship. Drake was wrong—no new friends was bad advice. Anyway—

 

For years, she would check in about museologie, and this past month, I shared that I've been feeling pulled to dedicate more time and energy to my business so that it can be my main source of income in a few years.

 

With my pregnancy, Harmony's birth, and first year, I put all museologie momentum on hold, and it’s been about 20 months now. During this time, I’ve been taking continuing education classes focused on older adult fitness and conducting an unofficial landscape analysis—identifying who’s in the senior fitness space, the gaps, the opportunities, and where my expertise fits. After I shared this with Matrika, she said, “Sign me up to help in whatever capacity I can.”

 

And I am.

 

Balancing work and motherhood has humbled me, and for the first time, I’m viewing museologie differently. I’m ready to partner with other professionals, seek help for my weak areas, and be very strategic about what growth looks like. 

 

For the remainder of the year, I'm going to create a plan- a road map for the future of museologie. I'll touch back with Matrika and go from there!

 

I've been thinking about what it could mean to have a thriving small business. In a few days (on Friday) I have another co-work date and I'll plan to spend time on a business plan. If you have a template or process you like, send it my way.