Moonly Review 🌓 Making Cool Stuffs With Cards

Where Michał makes a book, gathers with Enspiralites, and then heads to Spain to make a deck of cards.

Hey! I'm in a beautiful forest close to Barcelona to facilitate the creation of a deck of cards for Microsolidarity – a community building framework that blew my mind a few years ago. It's quite an amazing feeling to finally be able to meaningfully contribute to this project, connect with other practitioners, and get paid well for doing the work I love.

Let's go!

(Btw, we'll have a 32-minute online event showcasing what we're doing this Saturday. You can join here.)

As I ground in the space and prepare for creating another cool thing I can sense the performance anxiety creeping in. I wish to deliver absolutely maximum value. I wish to create a world-changing deck of cards. I wish to springboard to more organisations wanting to hire my services to play together.

I'm a performer by nature, so while stressful, I know how to turn this feeling into fuel. All I need is to ground, exhale, and put myself into a position of catalysing flow.

And hey – feeling all that means that I'm expanding my capacity.

The last moon cycle was a lot about that.

(very serious facilitator face)

I hosted another month-long mastermind resulting in an actionable field guide designed to catalyse positive shifts within neighbourhoods in urban and rural contexts.

12 people. One month. 3 hours of co-creation per day. A lot of fun and a lot of challenges. It was tough to harmonise the group into the collective flowstate. I felt stretched with too many tabs open. And some of the interpersonal dynamics added a degree of complexity that was constantly pushing my limits.

In the end, friendships were forged and the book was created. And it's quality is far beyond what we've done before, so I guess it's a good moment to appreciate the challenges that made it possible. No need for AI, just humans sense-making together with all the delightful chaos.

Flames are needed to forge 🔥

And we forged quite something: Cultivating Neighbourhoods: Spells, Quests, and Scribbles for Thriving Together.

The book is now in post-production getting ready for print. You can pre-order here and we’ll be shipping it by the end of the month:

After the mastermind I traveled to Berlin for the retreat of Enspiral Europe. I have now a whole deck of cards filled with notes and the renewed commitment to this network and people who make it what it is – a generosity paradise. Enspiral literally transformed my business, and gave me access to a diverse group of amazing humans constantly expanding my perspective.

This gathering felt somewhat different to the previous ones – there's more of a springy growth feeling. Our node is expanding, both in terms of new people and the capacity for creating impact. And with a few thousand euros of collective money we've finally reached the point of having meaningful discussions on how to spend it.

In the meantime my brain is a bit in overdrive.

(happy overdrive though)

I have a few balls in the air and I'm noticing a deep desire to slow down the pace of movement and bring more focus and depth into my professional life.

Do 3-month-things rather than 1-month-things.
Focus on cards as a facilitation tool and as an interactive art.
Create epic sailing expeditions.

I'm so grateful for receiving support at different stages of my life helping me navigate all the conundrums I'm facing, designing the life I want to live, and actually living it.

I'm soon heading to Azores to reconnect what used to be my Home. I'm so curious to feel the islands again – will it remain my base for the years to come? There's only one way to find out!

Wishing you a delightful Moon cycle!
Michał

ps. Silvia, one of my closest humans and my all-time-fav visual artist is making a special thing – an illustrated book turning hundreds of anonymous submission of shameful things into a story. I've had some early sneak peaks and it gives me shivers. Have a look at the crowdfunding page and consider getting a copy of the book!

pps. And now, the moment you've been waiting for – Quest Antarctica Trailer Video.

If you'd like to join the expedition in 2026 let me know 😎 It seems like there's enough momentum to start organising the crew for the expedition to the Continent of Ice.