But Kit, Why Do You Keep Shouting Into the Void with These Blog Posts?

This week has been a lot, after a month that was a lot, after a quarter that... well, you get the idea. So why, in the midst of late nights, various family medical dramas, the loss of assorted grandmas and cats (RIP), and the ever-present emotional churn of capitalism, am I here, plugging away at backdated blog drafts?

Because this is how I think.
I feel very strongly that being able to explain a concept to someone else in a way they understand is 100% the final boss of knowing things.

When I’m working with clients, teaching algebra to the kids, or just trying to explain a news story in a way that doesn’t make everyone want to dissolve into goo, I’m not regurgitating knowledge—I’m synthesizing. (Sorry to my family, who gets the brunt of it.) I’m connecting theory with lived experience. Filtering the academic through the practical! Bouncing it off real-world messiness and tossing it back out in language that doesn’t require an MBA or a secret accounting decoder ring!

It’s also the only way I’ve ever really learned.
I was never great at “studying” per se. No flashcards, no highlighters. It took me until after grad school (!) to realize that the only way information sticks for me is by pulling it in from multiple directions—rereading, reframing, explaining it out loud, accidentally quizzing myself while helping someone else, or intentionally doing multiple choice questions until it clicks.

That’s why I ask clients about their learning styles.

It’s why I believe my work needs to actually make sense to the people who rely on it.

And it’s why I’m here, tossing words into the internet like chalk dust on a digital blackboard (whiteboard? smart board? in your face?), even when nobody’s asked me to.

These blog posts aren’t marketing. They’re me, thinking out loud.
If they help someone else understand their numbers better? Great.
But even if they don’t, they help me understand why I do what I do.

And that’s worth showing up for, even after a long week (and a longer month, quarter, etc).