Time flies right! How are we already half way through 2026? 🤔 How are you getting on with your annual goals? I personally did not hit my 6 month targets, but that's okay, there is still plenty of time to finish the year strong. Rather than focus on what you might not have accomplished yet, focus on the amazing things you have done so far this year! Maybe you had some unexpected events, good or bad that changed the speed or trajectory of your plans. That is totally okay. Whenever I make plans I expect them to change. Some things I planned are further behind than I'd hoped and some things are further ahead than I'd imagined. Who knows what will happen between now and the end of the year. A lot can change in just a few short months, so really anything is possible. Happy end to Q2 and here's to Q3! Good luck! What is one thing you'd like to push forward in the next quarter of the year and do you need any support? Architect Anna

I absolutely love where I live, but my balcony is not a place I spend any time because it's gross. One downside to living in a penthouse is there is a lot bird poop from the birds that perch in the roof. So I decided as a birthday gift to myself to get the balcony cleaned up and give it a makeover! I used AI to help redesign the space, research items in my budget and render out visuals of the designs as they progressed. It only took a few hours from start to finish when I ordered new flooring, a divider, plant pots, and a furniture set. I'm on my way to B&Q now to grab plants and then we will see how it turns out. AI can help you do amazing things, but in this case, it's just a balcony :) I hope you're having a lovely weekend! Architect Anna

I joined an 8 week cohort to help build my AI second brain. Normally I am the one doing the AI training so this is a nice change of pace. As I'm sure you're aware, there is just so much to learn about AI it is really hard to keep up even if you do it full time. This was a special opportunity to learn from others who have spent months testing AI agents and automation systems. Now I can upskill really quickly, ask THEM questions, have accountability from the rest of the cohort and progress my work in the next 2 months. Very exciting! I'm jazzed, learning is the best! Honestly just from the first session I already feel like my 24 month goals are so much for feasible and anchored in reality rather than wishful thinking. Imagine having all of your ideas, thoughts, plans, skills, taste in an AI who has full persistent context and memory and can then actually execute tasks for you. You may have heard of people doing this, but the gap between 'wow that sounds cool' to 'wow I'm actually building this for myself' can feel massive. There are privacy rules around what I can share from this cohort, but I'm hoping I will succeed with building my AI second brain in the next 7 weeks (at least the first version) and be able to share the results here with you! Rather than try to build the brain to know and do everything from the start I am focusing it on marketing and sales only to help me reach the next stage of my goals by the end of this year. This will include a chat interface with the AI brain on my phone and a progress dashboard that will automatically update as I progress. (For context, I created a 60 year plan when I was 17, with 4 core phases, each roughly 15 years and I am currently in Stage 0 of Phase 2. Hoping to enter Phase 2 Stage 1 by the end of this year! That would be full financial autonomy and earning consistent £20k+ months, then I can move on to the next part of the plan woohoo, let's go!) Summer is a great time to upskill and build things while business is a bit slower. Things are very likely to pick up quickly from the start of September. What learning goals do you have this summer?

I have a copilot training scheduled. The company wants to use Teams instead of Zoom. My presentation is created in Canva. I spent—I kid you not—4 hours trying to figure out how to share the presentation via Teams. I finally figured out it only works to share my Canva presentation if I connect with the desktop version and not the browser. Am I missing something? Would love to know if you’ve experienced this too

Hello! How are you doing??? How is May going, how are your ideas and goals progressing? Let me know and of course, let me know if you need any help or are feeling stuck! This leads me onto my second point. If there is something you'd really love to hear me talk about at length on my podcast please let me know. The lineup for the next few episodes I've recorded that will be published over the next few weeks are as follows: Ep. 311 - Season 2, Episode 11: Life Architecture 101 - released today 🥳 Ep. 312 - Season 2, Episode 12: Keeping up with AI - Scheduled for May 29th Ep. 313 - Season 2, Episode 13: Hack Your Businesses Success - Scheduled for June 5th Ep. 314 - Season 2, Episode 14: AI Copyright & IP - Scheduled for June 12th Ep. 315 - Season 2, Episode 15: A New AI Business Model - Scheduled for June 19th You can watch the full episodes on Spotify and Youtube, or listen on Apple and Amazon Music. https://www.youtube.com/@ArchitectAnna/podcasts I look forward to hearing how you're doing and if you have any content ideas you'd like me to cover on a future episode! Have a great weekend, you are smashing it! Architect Anna