September
The light changes. The air tilts cooler. People come back from wherever they’ve been — beaches, mountains, endless Teams calls — with that “right, let’s get on with it” look.
I’ve always loved September. It’s a reset without the guilt of January. A time to stop pretending we’re “easing into the year” and actually start doing things.
But this September… this one feels different.
The Moment You Feel It
I noticed it the other week. I was sitting with a friend in a tiny café that still insists on writing Wi-Fi passwords on napkins. We were talking about all the stuff we’d been “meaning to try” — a bit of AI tinkering here, a new data tool there — and somewhere between the second coffee and the first slice of banana bread, it hit me:
All those technologies we used to talk about in future tense? They’re here.
Not “here if you’ve got a lab and three PhDs.”. Here, as in: open in a browser tab, running on your laptop, waiting for you to give them something to do.
Before you ask,,, I know this because I am doing all this stuff myself!
The Quiet Convergence
This didn’t happen overnight, but it feels like it did.
Agentic AI — the kind that can take a vague goal and go figure it out? Available.
Multiple AIs working together like a tiny digital team? Live.
No-code tools that mean you don’t need to “be technical” to build something? Everywhere.
Serverless data processing, edge AI, multi-modal models… all the words that used to be jargon are now just things you can use.
The scary part — or the exciting part, depending on your mood — is that there’s no more “waiting for the tech to mature.” It’s matured. We’re standing in the middle of the convergence.
September as a Threshold
I think of this month like a door that’s just swung open.
If you walk through it, you join the group that’s already experimenting, automating, and creating new ways to work and play. They’re not waiting for permission. They’re not worrying if it’s perfect.
If you don’t… well, let’s just say catching up later is going to feel like running to catch a train that’s already rounding the bend.
What To Do With This
I’m not saying “drop everything and pivot your career to AI.” I’m saying: pick something you care about — your job, your hobby, your side hustle — and see what happens when you put these new tools in the mix.
This week, maybe it’s one tiny test.
This month, maybe you stitch two or three tools together into a little orchestration.
This quarter, maybe you actually write down your “AI playbook” so the next idea isn’t starting from scratch.
The only rule is: don’t let September slip by without crossing the threshold.
Why I’m Writing This Now
Because every era has a moment when possibility stops being theoretical and becomes personal. September 2025 is that moment.
And when people look back, they won’t remember the blog posts or the keynotes — they’ll remember whether they started.
So start.
Even if it’s messy. Even if it’s small. Even if all you do is open a new tab and type, “Can you help me with…?”,
You can connect with me too if you prefer, I´m happy to share.
Because you never know where the first question in September might take you.
So…. why Not?
Alex Lawton
