🥂 Unlock Your Best Year Yet!

As 2023 comes to a close, let's celebrate the beauty of a childfree New Year's Eve.

Over here, we’re digging Elizabeth Gilbert’s vibe:

“I had been taught by my family and culture that there is nothing more tragic than a single, childless, middle-aged woman. But…I am amazed by how great it is…to chart my own course in life without having to run it by anyone. It’s the fucking bomb.”

So if you don't already have plans, savor the tranquility of home. Spend the evening perusing recipes, chopping, and cooking without interruptions.

Happy new year! 🥳 

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INSIDE TODAY’S EDITION

• Unlock Your Best Year Yet

• Unmask Pronatalism in Your Daily Life

• Book Club: Voyage of the Damned

• Web Gems: 2024 Ins and Outs

Read time: 3-4 minutes

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Unlock Your Best Year Yet

While many people shy away from making New Year's resolutions, there's wisdom in reflecting on the past year and setting intentions for the one ahead. Here’s a quick exercise:

1. On a scale from 1-10, how many lifestyle points would you give yourself in the following areas: work, travel, family, friends, and confidence in your child-freedom?

2. What would make these a 10?

3. What ducked your energy this year? If an action, thought or interaction didn’t feel aligned with your true self, release it!

Want to get more in-depth with your insights? Join 2,000,000+ others who downloaded the free YearCompass booklet. It offers a structured and meaningful way to reflect on the past and strategically plan for the childfree future you desire.

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Unmask Pronatalism in Your Daily Life

Standing on the cusp of 2024 is the perfect time to unravel the layers of a concept that may sound like an extreme religious cult or a political movement cooked up by the media: pronatalism. For those of us embracing a childfree lifestyle, navigating a cultural attitude and policy perspective that encourages higher birth rates requires keen observation.

From media portrayals and workplace policies to social stigmatization and medical care, pronatalist expectations have far-reaching consequences. So, before the clock strikes midnight, arm yourself with these insights to embrace your childfree life fully.

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Voyage of the Damned

Imagine if "Murder on the Orient Express" collided with "Muppet Treasure Island" on a vibrant LGBTIA+ cruise, and you'll begin to grasp the unique essence of this novel. Set for release on February 13, 2024, we snagged an advanced copy so we can confidently attest that this book is free of pregnancy tropes!

Voyage of the Damned seamlessly blends murder, mystery, mayhem, and an unexpected cast of puppets into a narrative that will keep you on the edge of your seat.

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2024 Ins and Outs

What does 2024 hold in store for us? Who knows! But here are things we want to see more and less of as time passes.

More of this, please!  👇️ 

Childfree content creators like Jade Matthews recently gave us her insight on what it’s REALLY like working with parents when you don’t have kids. Meanwhile, Yuni humorously chronicles reasons never to have kids. Last year she ran out of ink!

For chillin’ at home, we love this hand-knit weighted blanket, microwavable booties, and your edibles.

Fearlesss yet adorable dogs with jobs like those celebrated in the free 2024 TSA Canine Calendar and thoroughly spoiled pets resting in perfect nooks because barkitecture and catification.

Getting zhuzhed up — shiny hair, wearing sequins, and worry-free nails.

Books like Single is Your Superpower that encourage SINKS to enjoy their single life and discover their worth.

Peace out. 

• Educated women dropping out of the workforce because child care is too expensive.

• Labeling the childfree movement as extremist. This is happening in Russian society.

• Pronatalists like Elon Musk — who thinks it’s immoral not to have kids — and Nick Cannon, father of 12, who has too many…

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