The Hannahlogues

I want to cut quickly (well, “hannah quickly,” which we all know still has some build up) to the chase because I have some exciting news. For those of you that have been following along since April (or longer), I expect it will elicit a few head nods, because to me, it’s the inevitable culmination of the last year of my life, if not my whole life (without being TOO dramatic, haha)

Time is also not on my side this morning – something that will also be clear once I get to the good part.

August

[if you have no patience for another post before getting to the good stuff – just meet me down at November :)]

I left you in July.. and if I had been doing a better job at this, you’d already have heard ALL about how I spent my first week of August on my hands and knees cleaning up after a renter from absolute hell (who never once paid rent on time that I had to engage lawyers from the Island to deal with.. but didn’t really share in my blogs because she was NOT going to steal my sabbatical from me). She ghosted the walkout, trashed my house – I’m talking dirty diapers, a clogged sink and dishwasher, every single dish I own out on the counter, crusted with dried, moldy, rotting food – paint splatters in my front entryway, puzzle pieces EVERYWHERE, food EVERYWHERE, sticky shit EVERYWHERE. There was a mummified baby bird in my bedroom. At first she told me it had fallen out of the fireplace, and then that it had been there since she moved in. And honestly.. which is better? A bird falling out of my fireplace (probably the likely scenario, but that means someone played with the metal plate on the face, because it’s sealed), OR WALKING PAST A DEAD BIRD EVERY DAY FOR 4 MONTHS?!?!

I had been noticing a few things here and there on the ring camera that were concerning, so I had taken a closer look through – from the sheriff coming to the house 4 times, to multiple men coming by the house between 1-3am several nights a week, to an absolute screaming match in the middle of the street at 5am..

When I texted her to say how unacceptable the state of the house was, and confirm that these overnight visitors knew she had moved, she proceeded to send me a series of increasingly unhinged voice memos…

It’s truly a have to hear it to believe it story, so perhaps I’ll get around to telling it in full one day, but fortunately there have been zero issues with her or any visitors since.

I had gifted myself August to get back into the Kolocep zone and see if I could get the rest of those puzzle pieces flipped over and start putting them together.

I did successfully get back in the zone.. and it was lovely test driving the kind of daily routine that works for my needs. Slow mornings, workout, breakfast, at the computer by 1030, do a solid block of intense, focused work, mid afternoon break, and coming back to the computer if I wanted to later on in the day. We all know that no one does 8 hours of FULL work a day.. it’s all made up. The best we can hope for on any given day is a handful of hours of fully focused work, and that’s what I got! It felt so great to be back in the zone.. and it’s when I started to put the thinking together for what would start to come together over the next several months.

That said, I was running out of money. Correction. I HAD run out of money. The US is expensive, and so was shouldering my house and car payment again.

September

Fortunately (for me), there were still strategy needs on the brands I had left in April, and I was fortunate enough to be able to start a freelance contract just after Labor Day which brought a much-needed cash infusion.

I also had an incredible, mind blowing trip to Iceland with my mom and sister that we’d been planning for almost a year. It was bad timing money-wise, but amazing timing, mindset wise. Would also love to post more if I get the chance, but let me just say.. if you haven’t traveled to Iceland yet… DO IT. And do it as soon as you can. I have never felt smaller and more insignificant as a tiny ant on a floating rock than I did in Iceland. We all just kept repeating the phrase.. we are but specks!!!

The sheer scale of things in Iceland was humbling. Much of the landscape was evocative of Scotland and Ireland, but in supersize. I got to walk on, and inside glaciers. Some of the remaining glaciers in the entire world. We watched climate change up close. We hiked on a glacier ON TOP OF A VOLCANO to enter an ice cave that is already melted away, as I type this (well, the guide said it would be gone in 3 months.. but I’m making a point here).

Not only was it a lovely time with my mom and sister, but it served as a reality check… in the scheme of things, we don’t matter. Nothing we do matters. So do the thing you want to do, because we’re here on this floating rock that has been here for millions of years for a nanosecond.

In that vein, I did make a huge decision while there, signing up for an astrocartography certification course! I had been planning to wait until the following year to take the course, but the woman who teaches it shared that she didn’t plan to offer it in the same way next year, if at all. It costs money I don’t have right now, but I knew that I would refret it if I didn’t make this investment in myself.

So, that’s Part 1 of my announcement… but that certification won’t come before next summer.

October

I was fortunate enough to have parents of a friend in the neighborhood rent my house in October to fulfill grandparent duty for a month. I was even more fortunate that a Richmond friend and her husband were planning to spend the month in South Africa and were gracious enough to let me “house sit” their gorgeous home. It’s only 20 minutes south of my house, but it’s deep in the woods of the burbs, so it felt like my very own retreat… the perfect place to get a start on fall, and to get to work without distractions.

I had the first few live zoom classes for my certification, and hours of video instruction and quizzes to get through. I am so grateful that I had started teaching myself astrology back in April, because there’s no way I would have been able to even fake it in this course if I was starting fresh.

Another upside of having more flexibility in my days was the ability to reengage with the Palestine advocacy group I’ve been a part of since moving to Richmond. With room in my head for strategic thinking again, I was able to assist in some of the back end operations – getting resources organized, templatizing the mailing list and newsletter/announcement cadence, and working to launch a small group educational offering that we can start promoting locally. It has been a very important reminder that having time and energy for investing in my values is crucial for me.

The freelance contract ended unexpectedly early in the middle of October, but that just meant it was time to double down on my certification and tend to the seeds of an offering I had planted in August…

November

At long last, we come to the main event. I’m thrilled to announce the launch of my new business: The Plan.

There’s a specific reason this blog had to go out at 1:20PM EST today (I realize that the Saturday before Thanksgiving isn’t necessarily the intuitive choice), and that reason is something called Electional Astrology, which is the practice of choosing the date and time to begin an event or new project in order to give it a natal chart that aligns with the intention of the project. In this case, I am “birthing” a Pisces rising, Sagittarius sun and moon baby.

There are more planets than usual in retrograde at the moment, and while it would be ideal to wait until everything is in forward motion again (from POV of the earth), I don’t have the luxury of waiting until the spring, so this is the next best thing!

The planets of ego, purpose, drive, and intuition live in the house of career and public reputation. We’re still in a new moon, which symbolizes new beginnings and passion. While I’m still learning the ins and outs of synastry (comparing two or more charts for compatibility) – there are no red flags with this chart and my own, and the areas that might be less than ideal are balanced out by the strengths in my own chart.

What is The Plan?

First of all, let me direct you to my brand new website, specifically the Why Me, Why Now? page.

Ultimately, The Plan is a product of my journey to understanding astrology – the power that it gives you in your own life. The way it helped me reframe parts of myself that I’ve always considered deficits and instead see them as my superpowers is something that has been life changing for me. I believe everyone should have the ability to experience that transformation for themselves. Right now, that information is behind a paywall of sorts, with the cost of entry being a baseline understanding of astrology.

While free birthchart interpretations are available in all corners of the internet, it’s heavy on insight, but low on action. You’ll see a lot of repeutino, contradictory analysis and siloed interpretation. You won’t see interpretation framed as meaningful insight, or a process for suing those insights to initiate behavior change.

I am not yet an astrologer, but I AM a strategist

And strategists live for simplifying the abstract into the “so what do we do about it.”

I don’t have to be fluent in astrology to start to translate its language into one that even the completely uninitiated brain can find useful.

I go into a lot more detail on the website, which I have been hard at work on for the last month, so I encourage you to pop over there to get the full story and a better sense of my debut offering: Turning Insights into Action Workbook.

I have many additional offerings in the wings, but want to start simple and build as I go. After all, I am still an N of 1.

And of course, by next summer, I expect to be able to add astrocartography consultations to my offerings! If you make a purchase before the end of the year, you’ll be given priority scheduling once I receive my certification (which requires a 100% grade on my final evaluation portfolio of 3 complete readings)!!

So if you’ve been following me this long, rooting for me as I break free of the constraints of the arbitrary expectations of a traditional 9-5, the absolute best thing you can do to help me succeed is make a purchase! I also have the option to buy as a gift for someone, which serves both to help boost my sales in the near future, and allows you to support a small business this holiday/new year season!

I’d love to hear from you after you’ve had a chance to pop over there for a peek around.. you can reach me at my brand new email address: hannah@theplan.life

I also have to say, while .com was not available, .life just feels right. It’s kismet!

And with that, I’ve got to tend to my launch. I’ll see you over at The Plan 🙂

p.s. While my baby is being “born” at 1:20 for birth chart purposes, I am naturally still running around like a chicken with my head cut off making sure all of the back end stuff is in place, so PLEASE email me if you have any trouble with the order I know you are just ITCHING to place! 🙂