Beloved Inspiration: Remember Quarantine?

My version of 2020 can be summed up with two inspirational or rather aspirational photos in my humble opinion.

I hate to say this… but man, I miss the start of the pandemic.

Sure, it was scary, weird, and sad — but holy smokes, I had so much motivation. I was organizing, exercising, creating… doing everything I could to not go crazy while isolated in a tiny apartment with no end of the pandemic in sight. My imagination and creativity were at an all-time high. (One of the perks, at the time, of being single and completely alone.)

That season gave me the spark to start this website, to take action on the early seeds of a clothing line, and to actually do something with all the swirling ideas in my head. For someone who’d spent a lifetime not putting herself — or her creativity — first, it felt empowering to get to know myself again through these projects. For the first time in a long while, I was actually proud of what I was making.

But as life came back, those projects slowly faded to the back burner again. And it became easy to hold myself back. AKA: fear of being seen for who I really am.
What if people judged me? What if no one liked it?
I told myself I didn’t care, but the truth is… I still let that fear stop me.

And yet, I’m realizing now that what I created for myself during that quiet time was magical. I had been in a protective cocoon since 2018, and during those early months of 2020, I got to test my limits. I dreamed bigger. I actually put pen to paper. I set boundaries. I started dating again. I said no to things that didn’t serve me. I treated myself with the respect I needed.

Then life kept moving — and so did I. I met the most amazing, loving, smart, witty, supportive partner. (He’s also really handsome.) We planned the most magical wedding — which opened a whole new flood of ideas. We bought our forever home — another layer of inspiration and possibility. And now?
I’m right back where I started.
But this time, with a fuller heart, a clearer mind, and someone beside me who sees what I’m capable of.

I’m starting to understand that maybe the best thing I can do for myself isn’t to pick one idea — but to trust myself enough to try them all.
To bounce between concepts and mediums. To see what works and what doesn’t.
To let myself be fully, wildly, messily me.

So, if you’ve found this site — welcome. I know it won’t be for everyone, but if something here resonates with you… thank you for being here.

Let’s explore what we can do, shall we?