August, Barely
Homes with personality, snack spirals, and spin cycles
I’ve been thinking about the rest of the year. Not necessarily goal setting, but rather:
How do we reach December without needing professional intervention?
I’m frustrated. You’re frustrated. We’ve been holding our breath so long we forgot when we started.
And somehow we’re still expected to:
Function.
Remember dentist appointments.
Pretend to care about quarterly reports.
And be able to locate the good scissors (why is there only ever one pair?) at all times.
Here’s where I’m at:
I’m done apologizing for taking up space. Done with people-pleasing and the fictional timelines we were handed.
I want more whimsy. Wanna join?
Let’s get creative. Let’s design homes that tell our stories and, yes, paint the walls. Let’s keep plants alive (revolutionary, I know). Let’s move slower without drowning in urgency. Work less, laugh more.
Less performing, more living.
What I’ve learned:
When the world tilts, I research my way back to center. Not because I’m organized (there are +40 tabs open as I type, many duplicates, I admit, but all necessary), but because finding real solutions makes the chaos feel less permanent.
And maybe that’s what this space is becoming:
A place for people who care about the details, who crave beauty when everything tilts sideways.
A space to exhale.
To discover what actually helps.
To share the artists, systems, tools, and stories that make the world feel richer, even now.
What’s different here is you.
Here's how we do this:
We take it week by week.
Beginning of each month, you share what you’re struggling with. What needs solving? What have you discovered that made life easier?
I turn that into research. Testing. Real solutions.
This space can become a kind of old-school honor code system. Like the farm stands that leave flowers outside unattended. The antique shops that keep a secret stash under the patio. Or the boxes of library books people still return, just because it’s the right thing to do.
We all trust and share understanding that we’re winging it together.
My promise: Try it out for 30 days. If you're not convinced, just message me what didn't work, and I’ll refund that month.
By next year? We might have accidentally built something remarkable.
Let’s begin with August 5th.
