August has always felt like my personal New Year. Part of it is because it's my birthday month. Part of it is because I spent so many years working in education where August always felt like the start of something new. Every year around this time, I get this surge of energy. I reflect on the past year, reset, and think about what I want to create next. This photo is from a trip I took to New Zealand in 2023. "Live More. Fear Less" is a message I seem to come back to every yea