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08/22/2026

SATURDAY THOUGHTS ✨🥂

It’s funny how few photos I take in my everyday life now that I’m home from traveling.

In Sweden and Ireland and with my fam, my camera roll was an obnoxiously detailed itinerary of my days.

And now? I’m still finding lovely moments to capture but with much less intensity.

Are our everyday lives at home somehow less photographable than adventures out in the world? Or am I just not paying attention?

One could argue less pulling my phone out means more presence in the moment, but I don’t know that I fully agree.

Is presence in the moment more important than the ability to look back upon a tangible memory?

For example, I saw my dogs yesterday and watched them romp around at the park for the better part of an hour, but didn’t take a single photo. I enjoyed the moment and loved seeing them, but right now I’d love to look at photos of their little floofy faces, how they looked at me yesterday after not seeing me for months, how Lucy stuck by my side. I’d like to remember that outside of my own head.

And instead of dog photos here, you’re stuck looking at my spaces (moved things around!!) and tinned fish packaging and the salad I made earlier this week and the tiny writing desk I made myself for Saturday mornings like this one.

(Also, can we have a moment for the mug that says “DON”, made by one of my grandpas for the other grandpa?! Obsessed.)

08/13/2026

A full idea map walkthrough! 🗺️

Content is one of those things that is either in the groove of, or loathe and just…ignore.

I’m feeling the groove come back, so we’re riding the wave. 🌊

Idea mapping is the first thing we’ll do in the Foundry Fellowship as well, this kind of deep thinking around your goals, vision, and where you’re headed — apps are due 8/30, link in bio to apply!

08/12/2026

We’re back and we’re easing in and it’s sort of working. 👏🏻🍻

No one tells you about this part, the re-entry into life after something big.

I’ve been living this since I was a kid — summer camps every year, meeting incredible people and then realizing you might never see them again, returning to a life and home that are still the same as you left them while you feel entirely rearranged by your experience.

It’s no small thing.

It’s the “Integration” period of Creative Cartography, the period of time between something ending and the next big thing.

And it’s all I’m thinking about this month, so buckle up. 🫠😂👏🏻

08/10/2026

THE 2026 FOUNDRY FELLOWSHIP 🙌🏻😍🥂👏🏻🎉🥹

This is my favorite thing ever. Everything I love to do — idea design, brand design, artist residencies, completely free to one entrepreneur.

Last year’s Fellow was theconcreteboutique.co and now we’re besties. So, ya know, if you’ve always wanted to be friends, this is a great way to do it 😂

There’s more info at theinspiredfoundry.com/fellowship, or head to the link in my bio. Applications are open until the end of August, and the Fellow will be announced at the end of September.

Questions? Comments? Drop ‘em here. And share this with all your favorite creative entrepreneurs — open to anyone anywhere in the world 👏🏻🥂

07/18/2026

The absolute audacity of this place to be so stunning, day after day 😍

I’ve written something like 15,000 words. Made myself a nice lil’ routine of morning coffee while writing and afternoon iced London Fogs in the hammock. So many potatoes have been eaten. Just finished a Marian Keyes book and finally saw Project Hail Mary. Oh, and swam in the Atlantic. 🤓👏🏻

Lovely, lovely 🫶🏻

07/11/2026

Doors and views and nature and selfies.
Pretty much sums up the week.
Oh, and some writing in there, too.

Ireland, you’re a stunner. 😍

Clare Island Destination Westport O Malley Ferries

07/04/2026

Obsessed with Ireland, as I knew I would be. A full day in Dublin, followed by a ferry out to Clare Island 😍👏🏻⛴️🍻

Laura Val and I keep switching hats, but I’m not mad about it. Plus, drinking all the and at Anchor Bar ⚓️, cannot wait to spend more time at Stone Barn Café, oh so grateful to be here at all. 🫶🏻

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