My usual e-letter goes out on a Thursday, but I’m fairly sure the last thing you want on Christmas morning is an blog from me, so I thought I’d pop in a little early and keep this short.

Partly because yesterday was spent on the phone to four different fraud teams after two of my credit cards decided to go off on their own fraudulent festive spending spree.

Not ideal timing, but there we are!

On a much nicer note, I’ve absolutely loved the last couple of weeks working closely with some of the brilliant people in our AI newsletter beta group.

Getting to see what readers and students are building, what they care about, and the real changes they’re making with their courses and services is an absolute joy…(and I’m so excited that we can help them with their eletters!).

As we hurtle towards 2026, I’ll say this:

I know I’ve been teasing it for a while, but January is when you’ll finally see the brand new, all-new programme I’ve been working on behind the scenes (and no – it’s not related to the AI newsletter writer).

One important thing to know. While it does have AI in it. If you don’t want to, you don’t have to use it. Everything works perfectly well without it.

The AI is simply there for those of you who want a faster, easier way to deal with the boring, energy-draining bits and keep things moving.

For anyone who’s felt stuck at certain stages of course creation, this is going to make the whole process feel very different.

And finally, I couldn’t resist jumping on the slightly ridiculous AI Christmas grotto photo trend as you’ll see above!

Mainly because it meant I didn’t have to do my hair or makeup.

AI did, however, decide to add a bit of extra weight to me. Thanks for that. Still, I’m choosing to focus on the sparkly green jumpsuit, which I’m quite enjoying.

I’ve popped the prompt in the PS in case you want to have a play too! It’s free to use right now!

So, if you are celebrating, I’m wishing you the happiest Christmas and a calm, peaceful few days to breathe before the New Year begins.

And if you’re not celebrating, I hope this time brings you a pause, a bit of space, and something quietly good to carry into the weeks ahead.

Normal service will resume very soon.