29.07.2025



Screengrab taken in Sims4.

This autumn will mark ten years in London for me. I feel as though if you don’t have a certain answer after a decade, it may be time to leave (again). I’ve had all kinds of different lives here. I’ve stayed passionate and inspired to continue to work as a designer and create, and I am really in awe of my determination even in the hardest times. I’ve learned how to be soft and see beauty in everything, I feel myself mellowing out and leaning into the freedom of acceptance that comes with age, and welcome it. I have no idea what the next ten years has in store for me, but I’m starting to realise that’s a good thing.

M
22.07.2025

Screengrab taken in Sims4.
Nurturing your creativity as the world is burning, brings with it a lot of questions, contrasts, uncertainty. When i’m feeling existential, creating feels frivolous, but only for a moment because then I remember that its actually the point. Being able to make money through creative skills is a huge privelege which I have a lot of gratitude for. Imagining life any other way is (and has always been) hard for me, but this is probably down to my adhd. Leaving a 9-5 this time last year in order to take the leap to freelance work was a tough choice, and there is never a guarantee that any kind of net will catch you as you’re falling in the wake of these kinds of choices. What I have learnt is that the net is something you weave yourself, with the help of others that you meet along the way, if you take a breathe and put yourself out there.

M