Hey folks!

Happy Friday! We made it. A couple things on my mind...

1. Claude (Again): I said it last week and I'll say it again - if you aren't using Claude and its agentic workflows, you need to start. This week alone I: wrote a 60-page highly technical newsletter drip, made design tweaks on a website that just felt "off," and re-wrote a 7-part lead magnet sourced from Zoom calls, changing the writer and tone 3x for options. The sheer volume of work I can get through in a day right now is insane. If you haven't switched out of ChatGPT, do it - it's night and day.

2. Girls Rite of Passage: A couple months ago I asked if anyone knew of organizations that do mother:daughter rite of passage trips. Turns out there really aren't many. Tons exist for father:daughter and father:son, but it's pretty absent for mothers and daughters. That's crazy to me, because Chandler is far more qualified to guide Charleston (12) into womanhood than I am. So we made our own! Tomorrow, Chandler, her mother, and our 12-year-old are heading to visit Chandler's sister in Central America for a week. They'll mix normal life with visiting a school, visiting an orphanage, going to the beach, being good neighbors, and talking about womanhood. We're treating this as Charleston's entry into "apprenticeship" under Chandler - it comes with new freedoms (no bedtime, free access to food in our home) and new responsibilities (morning workouts with Chandler, meaningful household duties). I'll let you know how it goes! AMA

3. VidAngel: I actually learned about this from a reply to this newsletter. If you have kids and are sick of jumping for the remote because you forgot about "that one scene," I highly recommend VidAngel (no affiliate, just a fan). You set filters based on your preferences for language, violence, sexual content, etc., and it removes that content from shows on your streaming platforms - Amazon, Disney, Apple, HBO, etc... It's about $12/mo and 100% worth it. I can finally share my favorite movies and shows with my older kids without being on edge.

That's it for this week! Have a great weekend and turn your phone off :)

Best,

Blake