Concept | February '21

hello love

I left January feeling rather dull. The month was long and it definitely felt more like a quarter than just a few weeks. Alas–we’ve turned a bit of a corner! I found myself super inspired at the start of this month and did a little blog redesign! I refreshed my fonts–the inner graphic designer in me is THRIVING–and did a little restructure of the homepage. Even just the slightest changes can spark a whole new vibe!

This month is all about letting the creativity 〰️ flow〰️ in it’s most natural sense.

I keep coming back to one of my favorite (and most cheesy) movies from my childhood, “Under The Tuscan Sun”–in which Diane Lane’s character is a total slump as she’s renovating her newly acquired villa. She slowly realizes that in order to achieve real happiness she needs to stop focusing on the idea of “getting happy” and instead focus on working on herself, her villa, and her writing. WELL–that’s the metaphor I’m going for as we enter into the depths of winter and early spring. I’ve been so focused on needing an escape/event/vacation or using the idea of the future to get me through the present. I need to go work on my shit–and forget about it! (Way way way easier said than done, unfortunately).

This mindset is tough for me–because I’m a planner, and I love to know where I’ll be/what I’ll be doing in the future and right now that image is stagnant. THAT SAID, I’m trying to fall in love with the process –and maybe if I stop looking so hard–peace will come.