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Do you need another sticker? Probably not.Will that stop you? Also probably not.Sometimes you just like the tiny illustr...
09/15/2026

Do you need another sticker? Probably not.
Will that stop you? Also probably not.

Sometimes you just like the tiny illustrated thing. Sometimes you want it on your water bottle immediately. Sometimes it lives safely in a drawer for six months because the commitment feels too serious.

All valid.

Pick the one that delights you. Use it, save it, hoard it, buy two because one is “for using” and one is “for keeping.”

I support your process. 😂

Which one are you choosing first?

The grind may go unnoticed but the results won’t. What thoughts have you been repeating?What habits have you been repeat...
09/15/2026

The grind may go unnoticed but the results won’t.

What thoughts have you been repeating?
What habits have you been repeating?
What actions have been you repeating?

Are they aligned with the direction you want to go?

If you want support in going in a different direction and break those loops, checkout my Notepad set: Awareness, Disruption, Practice. Made for exactly this change.

09/15/2026

There are many practices that change your life. It doesn't matter which one you choose; one is not better than the other. You have to find what works for you. In this season. It can change in the next season.

One of the ones I'm working with very intentionally right now is creating a list of 300 things that I want to experience in this lifetime. I'm taking my time choosing what I want those things to be, whether they're small or big or anything in between. This means that I'm also taking a look at my values and what I've said I wanted before, to be really clear whether that is something that I truly want.

Keep it simple: get a notebook. I'm writing in blue, just to change things up. I normally write in black. I started the list. I'm only on 15 and it's been 4 days, so that's how intentional I am. My goal is for this month to complete the list of 300 things and then every few months check if any of those things manifested and in what ways. I will probably write notes about them so that I start to see the pattern behind it. When I cross them off — actually I'm not even going to cross them off. I might just do a little bit of a check mark, then write the date, and then add an annotation in a different part of the notebook.

I have many notebooks because I have so many ideas but this one is something that I'm going to be practicing and I invite you to do the same. Have you done something similar?

I got this idea from a few creators online but can’t recall their names. 🙏🏽♥️

One of my favorite reminders. It still takes work but makes it intentional ♥️
09/15/2026

One of my favorite reminders. It still takes work but makes it intentional ♥️

I’ve been experimenting with the way I talk to myself.Not just catching the obviously negative thoughts, but paying atte...
09/15/2026

I’ve been experimenting with the way I talk to myself.

Not just catching the obviously negative thoughts, but paying attention to the language I use to describe who I am, what I expect, what’s possible for me, and the way I think things are going to go.

And then I started recording these little self-talk riffs daily.

I would talk to myself like these things were already true.

Things have a way of working out for you.
You trust yourself.
You love creating again.
You’re becoming so open.
People love hearing what you have to say.
You’re not thinking so hard about how to be yourself anymore. You just wake up and you’re you.

And something funny started happening.

I started showing up differently.

I started posting with more ease. Creating felt lighter. I was thinking less about how I was being perceived and spending more time actually making the thing, saying the thing, sharing the thing.

It wasn’t that every fear disappeared.

I just wasn’t rehearsing the fear as much anymore.

And I think that’s the part of self-talk I’m becoming really interested in.

The words you repeat aren’t just describing your experience. They can influence what you’re available to notice, how you interpret what happens next, and how you behave inside of it.

So I’m paying attention to the stories I rehearse.

Because apparently, when I repeatedly tell myself you trust yourself, I start making decisions like someone who does.

When I tell myself you love creating, I create.

When I tell myself things have a way of working out for you, I stop gripping every unknown quite so tightly.

And when I tell myself you’re becoming the most you version of yourself…

I give myself a little more permission to actually be her.

Maybe that’s why these riffs have been working for me.

I’m not waiting until I have proof to change the way I speak to myself.

I’m changing the way I speak to myself and watching what becomes possible from there.

Showing up is the work.Not waiting until you feel inspired. Not needing every idea to be good. Not expecting everything ...
09/15/2026

Showing up is the work.

Not waiting until you feel inspired. Not needing every idea to be good. Not expecting everything you make to become something you’re proud of.

You make the thing. You practice the craft. You try something new. You make mistakes. You learn what works. You learn what doesn’t. You come back and try again.

Whatever your craft is — painting, writing, photography, sewing, designing, music, pottery, making products, building a business — so much of becoming better at it is simply putting in the reps.

Your taste might be ahead of your skill. Your idea might be ahead of what you know how to make right now. That’s okay.

Make it anyway.

Because every time you create, you’re building something beyond the finished piece.

Your eye.
Your instincts.
Your confidence.
Your relationship with your own creativity.

You don’t have to make a masterpiece today.

Go make some art.
Then come back tomorrow and make some more.

I’ve become very intentional about the language I keep around me. It’s been a practice for a few years (though I’m not p...
09/14/2026

I’ve become very intentional about the language I keep around me. It’s been a practice for a few years (though I’m not perfect at it but getting better and better because it compounds in ways one not even notice)

And it’s not because I think I can control every thought I have, or because I need to turn everything into something positive. That’s not realistic considering how much we’re exposed to daily!!

I just know how easy it is for a sentence to become familiar...

You hear it enough.
You say it enough.
You repeat it in enough different moments.

And eventually you stop hearing it as a thought and start experiencing it as truth.

So a lot of my own practice has been noticing the language I’ve been living inside and asking whether I actually want to keep living there.

Sometimes the new words feel ridiculous at first. Too optimistic. Too unfamiliar. Like something I’m trying to convince myself of.

That’s okay.

I’m not looking for instant belief anymore.

I’m giving myself new language to practice. New possibilities to notice. New evidence to become available to.

Until one day, the thing that once felt unfamiliar sounds a little more like me.

That’s a big part of why I make these little reminders in the first place.

Sometimes you just need the right words to keep finding you.

Save this for the days that you forget that you've always been capable. I bet you can surprise yourself
09/11/2026

Save this for the days that you forget that you've always been capable. I bet you can surprise yourself

09/09/2026

If you’re into beautiful and meaningful things, maybe stick around ♥️

09/09/2026

What’s your favorite flower? 🙂

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