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Our first Fall Focus Reset session was today, but we’ve still got three more chances to cowork together. Through October 8, you can drop into a free session, meet the community and experience The Reach Club for yourself. Come cowork with us →

Hi Reader,

This morning, I was a little nervous.

Today was the first session of The Reach Club’s Fall Focus Reset Open House, and 44 people had signed up. 🤯

Which was exciting! But also… 44 people is a lot of people.

The Reach Club is usually pretty intimate. We cowork together twice a week, chat between focus sprints, and over time, get to know what everyone’s working on and what’s going on in their lives.

So as registrations kept climbing, I started wondering if I needed to change something.

Would the session still feel cozy with that many people? Did I need breakout rooms? More structure? Should I change how I facilitate?

Basically: could the room get bigger without losing what people like about it?

And then the session started.

People introduced themselves and shared what they were working on. They answered each other’s questions, swapped resources, followed each other and even connected over potential work opportunities.

People were joining from different places, industries and stages of their careers, many of whom had never met before.

And somehow, it still felt like us.

I’ve always believed that community is something everyone in it creates together. What I wasn’t sure about was whether the same things that make The Reach Club feel warm and connected with a smaller group would translate to a much bigger room.

Today, I think they did.

We mostly ran the session the way we normally would. We gave people space to introduce themselves, chat, connect and, of course, get some work done.

And they took it from there.

It got me thinking about how quickly we can interpret a change in circumstances as a reason to change what we’re doing.

A bigger client comes along, so you rethink your entire process. Your workload picks up, so you start looking for a new productivity system. More people sign up than expected, so you assume you need a different format.

Sometimes you do.

But “this is different” and “what I’ve been doing no longer works” aren’t the same thing.

Before rebuilding something that works, maybe it’s worth giving it a chance with the new situation first.

You might discover its limits. You might find something that genuinely needs to change. Or you might realize that you don’t have to solve every potential problem before you’ve had a chance to see how things actually play out.

Either way, you’re responding to what’s actually happening, rather than what you’re afraid might happen.

And speaking of what actually happened: I’m incredibly grateful to our promo partners, Reach Club members, everyone who shared the Open House and, of course, everyone who showed up and made the session what it was.

We’ve got three more sessions to go and I’m SO excited to see what happens next.

’Til next time!

Big (virtual) hugs,

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