One Year Later

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1) After 7 sold-out NYC events, I’m pumped to be bringing Kanso’s Here & Now experience to San Francisco on June 25th. A phone-free evening with 35 thoughtfully selected guests, built for real conversation and deep connection. Grab your tickets here.

2) Officially moved to San Diego on Sunday! I’m a big believer in using social as the first touchpoint for meeting people and then taking those relationships offline. I call it the URL to IRL pipeline.

Yesterday, I tweeted about the move and was met with a very warm welcome, with 20+ folks offering to meet up, grab coffee, and show me around. I’m definitely critical of social media, but you’re lying to yourself if you can’t acknowledge its benefits too.

A big one today…

I wanted to save this post for Thursday because, as of a year ago today, I revived my personal writing habit.

For those who don’t know, I’ve been an avid writer for a while. Five years ago, I published a book exploring the link between childhood bullying and entrepreneurship. Then in 2020, I launched a newsletter and wrote 1–2 times a week for two years about whatever interested me (tech, startups, psychology, etc.)

Then in 2022, I started my content agency, and client work took over.

Just like eating your favorite dessert every day, the last thing I wanted to do after “work” was write more.

So my personal writing habit stopped.

Last year, it was my goal to get back into a consistent publishing cadence, and I’m so glad that I did.

There is truly no higher leverage task than putting your thoughts out on the internet.

There are a handful of you who’ve been here since the EARLY posts…reading, replying, sharing with friends.

I see it, and I’m very grateful.

I’m always looking for new ways to connect with readers, help you build healthier relationships with technology, and more importantly, design lives so damn rich that scrolling doesn’t even sound appealing.

A bunch of you expressed interest in free live workshops, so next week I’m going to be testing something out..

On Thursday, June 12th at 630pm EST I’m hosting a free hour-long live workshop to help you design a strategy for changing your screen habits, starting with why you want to change, not just how.

If you’ve been reading my newsletter, you’ll know that I have a bit of a grudge against distraction-blocking apps.

Not because I think they’re entirely ineffective, but because I find that they don’t address the root cause of the issue. A band-aid on a bullet wound, if you will.

What actually works is starting with the inner work and building a strategy from there.

That means combining self-reflection with real data to understand your habits, identifying your sticking points and top priorities, and setting actionable goals. Not just to reduce screen time, but to reinvest it into whatever actually matters to you.

Only then, once you have a clear strategy, can you choose the right tools to get you to where you want to go. Whether that’s an app, a physical blocker, or an accountability system, the tools should support your hyper-specific personal goals.

(Spoiler: This is a big part of the first (and most important) part of the entire Reset45 process.)

In this workshop you’ll learn how to:

• Identify your ‘why’ (the core motivators that we’ll tie everything you do back to)

• Expose the emotional loops behind your scrolling

• Decide what you’re actually making space for

• Clarify your SMART screen time goals

• Build a personal roadmap to attack these goals, before you try another tool

If you want to join in, reply to this email with the word ‘Workshop’ and I’ll send you a calendar invite.

If you can’t make it, don’t stress. I’ll send out a recording a few days after.

BIG P.S. – The next Reset45 cohort kicks off June 17th. As a thank you for your support, I’m giving away one FREE spot ($497 value) to one person who replies to this email with a short note about why they’re ready to make a change in their relationship with tech. You must be willing to put in the work!

Hope to see you there,

Randy