HeyJaredGet Ahead of It
Get Ahead of It is for women in midlife who are done postponing themselves. Free every Wednesday. From Shannon Pfeffer (NBC-HWC + CNC, in LA, mom of three, currently practicing what she preaches).
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I’m going home to make a bad painting. (opens the original)
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I’m writing this before I get on another airplane. With very specific background noise of hotel workers on strike and playing out of tune bagpipes… I kinda hoped I’d be joking about it, but I am not. I’m so not. This week I have been at two conferences, in two cities, at many, many tables.I have talked to a lot of people. I have worn a lot of real clothes. I have eaten several dinners at an hour when, at home, I would normally be trying to convince a child that pajamas are not an attack on her p
I did the most dangerous thing I’ve done in a long time. (opens the original)
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So I don’t know how to start this out other than I did something really stupid the other day. Like so stupid, I can’t believe I’m sharing it with the world. First off, I’m safe. There were no injuries or electrocutions. Second, you should always do the stupid stuff when others are home. No one was home when I did this. Last, if your gut tell you not to do something, you should probably listen to it. I’m in my height of multitasking era. The more things I can get done at once, the better (as I’m
The hour I keep stealing from tomorrow. (opens the original)
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Out Loud Field Note #02 · September 2026There is a very specific moment at the end of the night when everyone is finally asleep and I become a person again.Not a mother locating the preferred cup. Not the keeper of the forms. Not the person answering one final question from a child who appeared to be fully unconscious four minutes earlier.Just me.The twins’ bedtime can stretch until 9:00 or 9:30. Sometimes I fall asleep beside one of them and wake up with an iPad on my chest at 9:45, which is le
The routine is not coming. (opens the original)
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Today, three weeks after school started, our school is closed.Naturally.I got home this week from my third consecutive week of travel.This trip included something genuinely cool: I moderated a panel. I was excited. I was proud. I had a genuinely good time doing it.I also came home to a Friday with no school, a Monday with no school and a suitcase I am no longer convinced needs to be put away.We had just reached the point when drop-off no longer felt like a live-action logistics exercise. I had a
I said no to room parent. Then I put my name in. (opens the original)
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Out Loud #01 · August 2026Hi. You made it.This is the first Out Loud, which feels exciting and a little like I invited everyone over before checking whether I own enough chairs.Here is what you’ll find in this room each month: one longer, less-tidy letter; a system you can actually use; the food that keeps a busy week from going completely off the rails; a few things earning their keep in my life; and a thread where we talk about the part that doesn’t fit neatly into the regular newsletter.Under
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