Megan | Purpose & Pixel

Hello, Reader - After three or four days of a nonstop nor'easter, New England is finally wringing itself out. We needed the rain, so I'm grateful, but I'm ready for the sun to come back. We drove to Boston on Saturday night for my husband's birthday and it was a very windy and wet drive, but on the plus side - no traffic - which is nearly unheard of in Boston! It's been chilly too, the kind of early fall that has me drinking my morning coffee under a blanket with a cat on my lap. I'm holding...

Hello, Reader - No newsletter two weeks ago wasn't me falling off. I was running an email campaign for a launch over at Creative Law, something I believed in enough to hand it the spotlight for a week. Appreciate you sticking around for it and I hope it may have been helpful to you. For anyone new to this list: that kind of campaign is rare for me, a couple times a year at most, and only for things I'd genuinely put my name behind. Outside of the monthly spotlight, which has always been part...

Hello, Reader - We're halfway into August, the sun's coming up later now, and I've started noticing it in the smallest way: I'm turning on lights when I head downstairs to get breakfast going for me and Lilah 🐈⬛. I'm one of those rare people who don't mind it getting dark earlier in the day, but I loathe getting up in the dark! Sunsets are still holding strong past 7 p.m., and the weather is gorgeous, so it's not exactly fall yet... but my mornings are giving me the hint. Any other early...

Hello, Reader - Happy August! For the sake of my sanity - if nothing else - I've been trying to get away from my desk more this summer. Concerts, comedy shows, dinners al fresco, actually enjoying this beautiful New England summer weather while it lasts. It's done wonders for my mood and stress levels. But I couldn't wait to get back to my desk for this issue! Someone finally fixed the problem with events in Squarespace that's driven hosts crazy for years, and a new design tool has me more...

Hello, Reader - I've been logging off on weekends lately and it's been so good for me. Since I last wrote we spent one Saturday out on Casco Bay in Maine, another back in Boston catching up with friends over dinner at an old favorite from my working-in-Boston days. Great weather, great food, great people, and zero laptop! This week I've got thoughts on the Squarespace price increase, a couple of SEO updates from Google giving me pause, and a look behind my recent rebrand. Let's get into it....

Hello, Reader - Happy July! If you're in the US, I hope your 4th was good, whatever that looked like for you. Mine mostly involved staying inside where the AC lives, watching fireworks from a safe, climate-controlled distance. This 100 degree heat in New England is not it! Lots going on in this issue, so I'll keep it short. We've got a Squarespace feature I've been loving since my redesign, an SEO debate I haven't fully picked a side on yet, and a short free workshop worth clearing your lunch...

Hello, Reader - Four years ago this week I started this business, and I don't think I could have predicted where it would take me. Not in a "manifesting my dream life" way, but in a genuinely surprising way. The incredible people I've met and worked with. The skills I've picked up, the things I've gotten unexpectedly good at, the stuff I thought I wanted to do that I've let go of to make room for what actually lights me up. It's been a lot of learning what to hold onto and what to release,...