Thanks for Reading...

I'll be back soon, I promise!

It’s been a fantastic journey with you all for the past six months or so, and I want to thank everyone who’s been willing to go down all these rabbit holes with me. I’ve learned a lot about a lot of fun topics, I’ve had the chance to force myself into the sort of research and writing discipline that’s required when you’re publishing weekly NO MATTER WHAT, and it’s been really great to get to have a dialogue with so many of you about things that are important to me and maybe matter to you as well.

I’ve been on a one-month break from my self-imposed weekly writing schedule, but I’ll re-start my regular posts early in 2026. It was a challenging fall semester (as I warned you it was shaping up to be), and I’ve needed the time to breathe and rest and re-calibrate. My wife and I are absolutely loving co-owning a business together, and our new schedule has been really great for both of us. Working for yourself brings with it great mental health benefits—who knew?

But 2026 promises to bring all kinds of new challenges and rewards, and I’m eager to continue processing those things out loud to a (small) audience, as well as using my (small) platform for good.

There are currently nine draft posts sitting here waiting to be finished and sent out into the world for your thoughts, so don’t worry—I have plenty to keep talking about. That’s never been my issue, as my biggest problem is narrowing down my focus for each week into (mostly) one main topic.

As you celebrate this New Year’s Eve in the tradition to which you are accustomed, even if that tradition looks like going to bed by 9pm, I want to send you all my love and gratitude for sticking with me, whether we have all the same opinions or not on some of the topics I’ve chosen. Expect me to continue my emphasis on what we can learn and what we can do to make the world a better place (in ways both large and small) as we head into 2026. No matter what the year brings, it’s going to be interesting. I promise.

If you keep reading, I’ll keep writing.

See you soon, pals!

XOXO,

Matt

(And here’s a super-exclusive bonus cute photo, as a little treat. You’re welcome.)