Reconnecting: When the Hustle Stops and the Silence Speaks

A brief detour into illness, stillness, and the lessons they left behind.

Hi. It’s me again.

The Michelle who got caught up in life and didn’t have weeks of content plugged in — even though I have so many ideas. (51 unpublished ones, actually.)

So, what happened?

I took a work trip to Chicago, where we knocked on doors to canvas for a Guaranteed Income program. In our post-COVID world, Chicago had two GI programs, but the ARPA f…