I took 5-6 months away from this Newsletter - Noticing. April till now has been nearly overwhelming for me personally – I was so busy, stressed, anxious, and pulled in 20 different directions.
I didn't post anything new. I didn't publish the newsletter. There wasn't a guest editor either — if someone else was publishing here, it would still be on my mind and I was looking for total awayness from here. The goal of my time away from this Newsletter was resting, resetting, recharging, and figuring out what to do going forward.
Things are looking a little less hectic on the horizon now and I've got new capable folks on the team, so hopefully we can return to regular action here.
I’m missing this — and you — more than I probably realize right now. How have you been? Coping well, I hope? This isn't a long post and was a hard one to write — I hope you’ll give it your thoughtful attention.
So. The plan, as it currently stands, Noticing is a go-to place for interviews with marketing professionals in Africa. But we'd be spicing things up a lil bit.
In addition to sending you interview with marketing professionals from companies, agencies, and startups — sharing their career journey, challenges they're facing, roadmaps for how to keep growing, and all that jazz, we'd be putting together a roundup of the interesting ideas, people, and links, plus some special magic to take you into the weekend and send to you and other 4900+ subscribers.
In addition to doing the newsletter, we'd also constantly put together educative events – both online and offline.
With these new additions, we hope to build a community that everyone loves and is actively a part of.
Thank you as always! I don’t take your presence here lightly, and I look forward to connecting with you in this new way.
Have a great weekend.
P.S. I've been seeing some emails from folks asking how my break is going and when I'll be back. I'm ready to organize any thoughts now, and I'm doing well and I'm on track to get back to work next week. Thanks for checking in on me and I'll see you soon!
P.P.S. Again, thank you for taking the time to read Noticing. Please tap the little ❤ below if you’re glad to hear from you. I wouldn't mind you replying to this email to tell me how you've been doing.