Me to the pharmacist: no opinion on which arm, just do both shots in the left Me going to sleep, remembering I prefer to lie on my left side: oh no

Long flights returning home from vacation are never fun but at least I watched 14 episodes of Gilmore Girls

I have a very important doctor’s appointment a week from today that I’ve been waiting a long time for and I can’t believe it’s almost here 🥹 Everything changes when you finally get one doctor to believe you. It’s been a long year.

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Tough conversations don’t get easier. But you can get better at them. That’s why I built my new self-paced course, Master Tough Conversations at Work. We cover 5 of the most common workplace conversations: - Underperformance - Saying no - Difficult feedback - Career expectations - Boundary-setting

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Surprise! I’ve got one more session of my Engineering Leadership in the AI Era course running this year. 📆 Oct 21, 23, 28, 30 from 12-1pm ET 👋 Optional 1-hour AMAs on Oct 24, 31 🌎 Virtually, on Zoom 💰 $950 Learn more and sign up here: maven.com/kellyvaughn/...

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Missed the podcast by @emmabostian.bsky.social and @kvlly.com 🧡 open.spotify.com/episode/0Mec...

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Season 1 of Gilmore Girls is unmatched

Today I started the process of getting my Spanish passport. Not sure how long it'll take, but I'm very excited to eventually be a dual US/EU passport holder!

I wrote about how reorgs affect teams psychologically in today's After Burnout afterburnout.co/p/the-mental...

In case you’re having a not great day (or if you’re having a good day and want it to be better) my nephew got this little car for his birthday yesterday and today he parked it between two vehicles 🥹

My favorite little dude turned 2 today 🥹🥹 Being the cool aunt is the best job!

Today is day 1 of the final time I'm running my Engineering Leadership course in its current format. It's bittersweet, but I'm excited for what's to come.

Relying on tools (especially, but not just, AI) can have a negative impact on your skills & mental health if not used thoughtfully. This is yet another fabulous post by @kvlly.com including ideas to mitigate the potential pitfalls. Newsletter is worth a subscribe. afterburnout.co/p/why-ai-and...

When my GPS goes awry in Atlanta, I sometimes panic because I'm not sure where to go. I'm not proud of it, but I'm also not alone. Neuroscientists have identified a link between GPS usage and memory. I write about how tech is turning us helpless in After Burnout: afterburnout.co/p/why-ai-and...

I'm excited to send out tomorrow's After Burnout post 💙 Get it in your inbox tomorrow: afterburnout.co/subscribe

I know I left a legacy at my last company because they use a Slackmoji called :rip-kelly:

I ran 7 miles today on the treadmill and Garmin categorized it as low aerobic instead of tempo. My aerobic fitness is improving 🥹

ICYMI: I relaunched Modern Leader to have its own website and searchable article archive. All the good stuff over 3 years is now available on there. modernleader.is

I have a 107-day streak on my affirmations app. Not because I’m reading them, but because I’m too anxious to let the streak go. Wellness apps were supposed to help us recover. Instead, many use the same playbook as hustle culture. New on After Burnout → afterburnout.co/p/your-welln...

The world is going to shit and I still have to do my part to increase shareholder value tomorrow

FYI: I'm running a flash sale for my course this weekend. Use code BACKTOSCHOOL for $200 off. I have just a few seats remaining for my final cohort of 2025. We kick off August 19. (10 days!) maven.com/kellyvaughn/...

A little morning half marathon 💕 Third half in the books and first summertime half. If you need me, no you don’t.

I have a 107-day streak on my affirmations app. Not because I read them daily, but because it stresses me just enough to make me open it. I wrote about how our wellness apps are giving us anxiety for After Burnout, going live Monday morning. Sign up to get it in your inbox: afterburnout.co

A thoughtful & nuanced look at the impact of AI on our work & mental health by @kvlly.com. It explores how AI hasn't always delivered efficiency it promised (at least not yet) & how, when it has, that space is filled by less meaningful work. Includes practical advice. afterburnout.co/p/ai-promise...

AI was supposed to make us more efficient. Instead, it’s fragmenting our workflows, bloating our calendars, and burning out high performers. I wrote about the false promise of AI productivity and why we’re actually working harder than ever: afterburnout.co/p/ai-promise...

I think I found a topic/niche that resonates 😱

Thank you for the conversation around this post! I really enjoyed writing it and hope to write some similar posts in the future.

Being #1 on Hacker News is terrifying. Please hold my hand

AI was supposed to make us more efficient. Instead, it’s fragmenting our workflows, bloating our calendars, and burning out high performers. I wrote about the false promise of AI productivity and why we’re actually working harder than ever: afterburnout.co/p/ai-promise...

Wrote something a little different for tomorrow’s After Burnout newsletter. I hope you’ll like it. Get it in your inbox tomorrow: afterburnout.co

Now that I’m about to be home, I’m excited to record the content for my new Tough Conversations course this upcoming week! You can still get preorder pricing here: course.modernleader.is/courses/toug...

Woke up and ran 12 miles this morning like a totally normal person. Marathon training has to be my whole personality because it’s about to dictate my entire schedule

I just logged into my old email and see an email celebrating my LiveJournal account being 15 years old. I’m so afraid of logging in

Nothing beats a night at the lake in Michigan 💕

After much thinking I decided to cut the September cohort of my Engineering Leadership in the AI Era course. I'll complete August's cohort (great group of students so far - still some seats remaining!) but I'm going to explore other options for teaching after August. Maybe just half day workshops.

I just watched my dad pull his kayak up to the dock, hop out, run to the grill to check on the ribs, and then run back to his kayak, hop in, and take off. Retirement is going to be so fun.

Exciting news 🎉 For all those times I've been asked "have you written an article on X topic", now it's easier to find out for yourself! I rebuilt Modern Leader from the ground up, now self-hosting all newsletters as blog posts. I'll still be in your inbox every Tuesday! modernleader.is

Soaking in all the summer nights in Michigan ❤️

Shared a little nugget on After Burnout today about how I'm still very much working on overcoming my perfectionism afterburnout.co/p/my-a-dropp...

I've been alternating between my laptop and iPad all morning and if I touch my laptop screen ONE MORE TIME in attempt to scroll... (as I nearly just tapped my screen to press Post)

I’m in the process of moving all of my posts to my own website and I got to the point where I was transitioning out of Spot AI and into Zapier and DAMN I was burned out. Thanks for sticking with me through my high highs and low lows. 💕

My roadtrip project is rebuilding The Modern Leader into a standalone website with all posts on this website and migrating the newsletter from beehiiv to Kit for broadcasts. I have plenty of time!

I’m passenger princessing an 11-12 hour drive today so give me your best unhinged goal I should set because I’m not driving at all

I swear I can’t write a post on bluesky without either making a typo or forgetting a word. I am doomed

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The government is going to release Half Life 3 before they release the Epstein files