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Theme of the Month

  • You’re Not You When You’re Not Creating

    Somehow, September is already here, and if you’ve been following along for a bit, you know what that means! It’s time to pick a Theme of the Month for August. To recap: my theme for January was celebrating every accomplishment. In February, I… Read more

  • Growth

    Throughout July, I often found myself reminiscing—and not just on the first half of 2026 (which is flying by me; how is it already August?). July’s blog posts took great inspiration from the past, and, looking back at this month,… Read more

  • Throughline

    The tricky part about calling anything “of the month” is that it creates the expectation that the months that follow will also get their own thing. My theme for January was about celebrating every accomplishment. In February, I was encouraged to just start,… Read more

  • Good Things

    When I looked back on May 2026 to find my Theme of the Month, at first I struggled to see beyond a recent disappointment in my hockey world that had me asking “Is it October yet?” After exiting the regular… Read more

  • Grace

    It’s that time again: time to choose a theme for the previous month. With every calendar page turn this year, I asked no one in particular how we can already be another month deeper into 2026. It seems like just… Read more

  • Persistence

    When I was considering my March theme, for days, I came up with nothing in particular. March came and went in a blink. If it hadn’t been for the April Fool’s posts ranging from the satirically almost believable to the… Read more

  • The Second-Best Time

    When I was thinking about the theme of the month for February, I realized that one phrase kept popping up in my head throughout January and February. This phrase was on my mind when I was actively taking steps toward… Read more

  • A Win is a Win

    I’d call it the theme of the day, the theme of last week—maybe my whole January. I came up with the theme of the month while watching both Pioneer hockey games the final weekend of the month (check the box… Read more