I went on a personal journey this year that began with something simple: getting off my phone. Overstimulated barely describes what I was experiencing at the time. Along side the constant input were layers of fear I didn’t know I could stumble upon. There was also persistent anxiety, mental fog, and a sense of being perpetually unsettled.

What shifted things was learning to place my attention on one thing at a time. As my focus narrowed, my mind and body began to settle on their own. That steadiness and calm created space for clarity, insight, and a much deeper calling to create.

That pull was clear, but responding to it took time. It required more study of myself and patience. An entire year, in fact, before I reached a place where creativity felt natural and unforced. That process is what made this project possible. I surprised myself at the design level and in execution.

This is my first deeply personal project, and it exists because of life’s contrast. Moments of peace followed by periods of difficulty, uncertainty, and emotional weight. Those shifts made each season easier to understand once I moved through them, and more meaningful once I could look back. On the other side of it now, I see how much perspective that contrast gave me and I’m grateful for it.