Not gonna lie; I laughed when I saw this post from our friends at the CISA.
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency reminds us that behind every smooth online shopping experience is a whole web of systems working quietly in the background. And then, as usual, they give everyone from the billion-dollar business to the Millennial digital nomad the same advice:
Watch out for phishing
Use strong passwords and a password manager
Turn on multi-factor authentication
Keep your software updated
And here’s the thing: they’re not wrong.
It doesn’t matter if the advice is coming from the government, security professionals, or that one friend who always sends you links. Everyone keeps saying the same things because… those are the things.
But if you’re reading this and thinking, “Yes, I know. I just haven’t done it yet,” you are not alone.
The problem isn’t awareness
In talking with people over the years, we’ve noticed a pattern:
Most people already know what they’re supposed to do to stay safer online.
What they don’t have is:
Time that doesn’t immediately get eaten by everything else
A clear sense of where to start this month
The energy to do it alone, after work, for the fifth time this year
And honestly? That makes sense.
Because when you zoom out, “basic digital security” isn't a one-and-done thing.
It’s a maintenance routine.
The stuff you’re supposed to be keeping up with
Not all at once.
Not perfectly.
But over time.
Digital safety asks you to continually:
Review account security on the places you actually use
Check for password reuse you meant to fix
Make sure multi-factor authentication didn’t get turned off somewhere
Apply software and device updates (yes, again)
Review privacy and security settings that reset after updates
Clean up old sessions, devices, or logins you don’t recognize anymore
Scan your inbox for things you’ve been meaning to unsubscribe from or delete
Revisit app permissions you approved without thinking about it
Double-check recovery emails and phone numbers
Notice which “temporary” shortcuts have become permanent habits
None of these are scary on their own.
But taken together?
That’s… a lot.
And it’s the kind of “a lot” that’s easy to keep postponing — not because you don’t care, but because it never feels urgent enough to win against everything else.
And this is where most people get stuck
What usually happens is one of two things:
You try to do everything at once, get overwhelmed, and stop.
You keep meaning to do the things, and somehow months go by.
Neither of those mean you’re bad at this.
They mean the system assumes you have unlimited time and attention.
You don’t.
If reading that list above made you think, “I’d absolutely do this if someone could just sit with me and make it less annoying,” — that’s exactly the point.
So we’re launching “Tea Time”
Tea Time is something new we’re spinning up in January.
It’s a weekly digital co-working space where you block time on your calendar and work through your monthly digital security tasks, with real humans (us) there to help you figure things out as you go.
We’re not doing the thing for you.
This isn’t tech support.
And we’re not taking control of anyone’s device.
But we are there to help you learn how to do it yourself.
Think less “tech support,” more the friend who screen-shares for two minutes and says, “Okay, click that… no, the other one… yeah, that’s it.”
Every week we’ll:
Help you think through what needs your attention this month
Point you in the right direction when a setting is buried five menus deep
Answer questions when you’re stuck or unsure
And then step back while you do the thing
Tea Time isn’t a class, and it’s not recorded. It’s a calm, structured space to finally sit down and handle the tasks that keep getting pushed to “later.”
If you’ve been reading CybersecuriTea for a while, Tea Time is where that learning gets a place on your calendar.
Be there when we go live in January
Joining the waitlist means:
You’ll be the first to hear when Tea Time opens in January
You’ll get details about how it works, before anything goes live
You don’t have to decide anything yet
No pressure.
No urgency theater.
Just a sustainable way to take care of your digital life — with a little help from us.
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