One of these days, I am going to get back to my pre-COVID levels of posting. But it’s clearly not this year, given that it’s almost finished, and after the New Year’s post, I haven’t made any posts. I do have a big post coming, but I kind of want to get to the end of November before I say anything about what I have been up to for 95% of the time this year.

So let’s talk a little about the 5%. I mentioned in the New Year’s post that last year, I had the honour of joining the Catalysr accelerator with Pontinet. We are still working on Pontinet, but the progress has been slow. In the meantime, I am back on the other side and signed up as a mentor for this year’s cohort.

My photo was also used to advertise this year’s accelerator program. Which was cool. I like that picture too!

So, who am I mentoring? Train of Thought founder Ileana Koumoukelis. The pitch for Train of Thought is “Historically, women carry most of the household tasks. When, Stress, ADHD or Perimenopause are involved - Forget it -- literally, Forget IT... Working Memory is gone-- Disaster - Only 1 in 5, will seek medical help, let that sink in. Only, 1 in 5. It simply, takes too long. Train of Thought is the first Online Training/Community paired with Physical Memory Aids, designed to help fast (3 Weeks/10 min a day). We can't do the tasks. But... We can help: To remember to do it, To reassure it is done and Challenge why it is done. Based on Science and Our Experience Train of Thought, a breath amongst the chaos.”

I used to have a great memory, but age has caught up with me. My memory is deteriorating. So this is a startup trying to solve a problem near and dear to my heart!

I had my first session with her last month, and we will have another session down the track. Our session seems to have gone well, and Ileana produced a short on her main takeaways. I am looking forward to our next session and the improvements Ileana makes to her tech stack!