SHIPTEMBER
Just Ship It! (and cringe)
For those who take their projects - and themselves - a tad too seriously.
FACE YOUR DEMONS!
SLAY SOME EGO MONSTERS
SAY OUT LOUD WHAT YOU FEAR TO HEAR.
Say yes to distress!
Shiptember - The month you dig up your dead projects, stitch them together with duct tape and delusion, and ship them before your brain can stop you.
What's that smell?
Oh right. It's your potential, decomposing in the basement.
You're smart. You have ideas. You have standards.
You've spent 2025 learning, crafting, perfecting.
And now it's almost 2026 and what do you have to show for it?
A Notion board full of "someday" and a graveyard of half-finished projects rotting in your drafts folder.
Your bio is polished. Your systems are color-coded.
But those corpses in the basement? They're starting to stink.
THE PROBLEM
The problem isn't that you don't know what to do.
It's that you can't ship something that isn't perfect.
And perfect never comes.
So you tweak. You pivot. You "do more research."
You pick fonts for 3 hours. You rebuild from scratch. Again.
Meanwhile, the year ends.
And you're left with motion, but no progress.
THE SOLUTION
Shiptember: Just Ship It!
Shiptember is exposure therapy for overthinkers.
A 4 weeks container where you:
FACE YOUR DEMONS
SLAY SOME EGO MONSTERS
SAY OUT LOUD WHAT YOU FEAR TO HEAR
Say yes to distress!
You'll ship your ugly, half-baked, "beneath your standards" things—on purpose.
No polish. No perfection. No excuses.
Just you, your mess, and a group of other perfectionists who are also freaking out.
WHAT YOU'LL DO
🧟 Exhume a dead project from your graveyard
💀 Stitch it together (bare bones, ugly AF)
👻 Ship it to the group (then maybe the world)
🎃 Face your monsters (the voices, the resistance, the shame)
🦴 Survive (spoiler: you will. I THINK.)
Week 1: Exhume the Corpse
Drag that half-dead project into the light. Dust off the bones. It's uglier than you remember. Good.
Week 2: Reanimate It
Add some duct tape, a few staples, maybe some Comic Sans. Does it move? Kinda? Ship it.
Week 3: Let It Loose
Your monster is loose in the village now. The townsfolk might scream. Or they might... not even notice. Both are fine.
Week 4: Face the Mob
Check in: Are you still alive? Did your reputation survive? Spoiler: yes.
WHAT YOU GET
✅ The Séance (Kickoff Call - Nov 3): Map your ugly ships, meet your monsters, separate decision-making from doing
✅ Weekly Prompts & Constraints: Short, punchy, contrarian nudges to keep you moving when your brain tries to "save" you
✅ The Messy Gallery: A board where everyone's ugly ships live together in shame and solidarity
✅ The "Why This Sucks" Submission Form: Let your inner critic loose before it can ambush you (this is the magic)
✅ Monster Spotting Check-ins: Weekly pulse checks to name the resistance as it shows up
✅ Accountability Without Hand-Holding: We're not here to coddle you. We're here to witness your mess.
✅ The Aftermath Reflection (Nov 30): Did the world end? (No.) Are you still alive? (Yes.) Now what?
WHO THIS IS FOR
✓ Overthinkers who are tired of their own bullshit
✓ Perfectionists with a folder full of "almost ready" projects
✓ Ambitious people who are sick of motion without progress
✓ Anyone ending 2025 with more regret than results
✓ Creatives who attach their identity to their output (and it's killing them)
WHO THIS IS NOT FOR
✗ People who need a strategy (you have 47 strategies already)
✗ People who want a perfect framework (read the room)
✗ People who think they just need to "figure it out first" (you won't)
✗ People who want hand-holding and step-by-step instructions (nope)
THE FINE PRINT (AKA THE SCARY PART)
⚠️ This will activate your perfectionist immune system
⚠️ Your inner critic will have opinions
⚠️ You will want to quit
⚠️ The voices will try to save you from embarrassment
⚠️ You'll be tempted to polish "just a little"
That's the point.
We're not here to avoid the mess.
We're here to ship it anyway.
Your resistance, your cringe factor, your shame—these aren't bugs.
They're the main event.
WHAT OTHERS PROMISE VS WHAT WE PROMISE
Other courses:
✨ Clarity
✨ Strategy
✨ Confidence
✨ The perfect framework
Shiptember:
💀 Cringe
💀 Resistance
💀 Shame
💀 Shipping it anyway
QUESTIONS?
Ask away! Drop me an email: anna AT backtosenses.com
THE REAL QUESTION
What's scarier:
Shipping something ugly that might fail?
Or ending another year with nothing to show for it except a pristine to-do list and a folder full of "someday"?
DATES & DETAILS
Start: November 3, 2025
End: November 30, 2025 (at least for those who survive)
Platform: Notion workspace + Zoom for calls + async chats
FAQ
Q: What if I don't have projects to ship?
A: You do. Check your drafts folder, your Notion graveyard, your "ideas" doc. They're there, decomposing.
Q: What if my projects are too unfinished?
A: Perfect. That's literally the point.
Q: Will you teach me how to build/launch/market my thing?
A: No. You already know how. You're just not doing it. We're fixing that.
Q: What if I'm too busy in November?
A: You're always too busy. That's part of the problem.
Q: Can I get feedback on my projects?
A: You'll get reactions, solidarity, and badges. Not critique. We're not here to improve your work—we're here to get it OUT.
Q: What if people hate what I ship?
A: They might. Or they might not care. Both are survivable. That's what you'll learn.
Q: Why is it called Shiptember if it's in November?
A: Because we're bad at planning. Keep up.
A NOTE FROM ANNA
Hi, I'm Anna.
I'm a recovering overthinker and perfectionist who spent most of 2025 learning, planning, and perfecting things that never shipped.
I have high standards. I attach my identity to my output. I panic when things aren't "ready."
And I'm fucking tired of it.
This program exists because I need it as much as you do.
So I'm doing it ugly. I'm doing it messy. I'm doing it NOW.
Join me in the basement. Let's dig up some corpses.
— Anna
READY?
Nov 3-30. Your move.
P.S. If this sounds scary, good. It should. But ask yourself: What's scarier—shipping something ugly, or ending another year with nothing?
P.P.S. Yes, we're calling it Shiptember even though it's November. If you need that to make sense, this probably isn't for you.
P.P.P.S. Your perfectionism will try to convince you to wait until you're "ready." You won't be. Buy now.