Currently.
Leading design for the PR & Marketing Communications team at Hopper, re-learning ukulele, freelancing, playing video games, house-hunting (and/or planning my escape to Europe depending on the day), cancelling plans to hang out with my dog, regularly being boujee af and not really giving a damn. Happy.
2021.
Moved to a new state, got a dog, bought a car, worked a lot—like a lot a lot—and then woke up and it was 2022.
2020.
Planned to travel to Montreal in the spring, missed Boston, couldn’t buy toilet paper, got laid off, panicked (a lot), learned how to make bagels, learned how to not make salmon, couldn’t find a Switch, met a stranger’s dog and wanted to bring it home, played a lot of Fallout, interviewed everywhere, figured out what I wanted, had six job offers, got rid of old memories, learned to love again.
2019.
Ended a 9-year relationship, went to Hawaii, saw a volcano, saw a waterfall, traveled to Montreal in the spring, struggled at work, struggled with life, questioned everything, packed my things, left the city, threw myself into my career, made a new home, ran to the river to see the sunset, learned to be alone, felt happy.
2018.
Traveled to Montreal in the winter, stayed in a ballet-studio-turned-loft, had poutine for the first time, stayed out late doing karaoke, met my new nephew, picked up shells on the beach, traveled to Montreal in the summer, traveled to Los Angeles in the summer (twice), styled some homes, thought of big ideas, went to Harry Potter World, traveled to Montreal in the fall, got two bunnies, realized I’m allergic to bunnies, fell out of love.
2017.
Left a job where I wasn’t growing anymore, found a job where I earned a lot but hated everything, doubted my career, doubted my talent, lost myself, my dream job found me.
2016.
Missed my sisters, walked to an island at low tide, moved to a new apartment, dug up the front garden bed and planted hostas, painted every room, installed a new bathroom faucet, chased a squirrel away from my bird feeder.
2015.
Put chandeliers in dining rooms where no chandelier was before, got lost on the T, scraped layers of paint off my door knobs to reveal the brass underneath, survived a snowpocalypse, missed sunshine, learned to ask for what I deserve and know that it won’t just be given to me, woke up to the sound of a mouse scurrying across my windowsill, fell in love with Boston (minus the mice).
2014.
Interned in San Francisco, almost met sfgirlbybay, met Maybelle Imasa-Stukuls, woke up at 2 am for a photoshoot in wine country at sunrise, touched the Pacific for the first time, explored Muir Woods, got lost on the Bart, graduated from college, got hired at a company I loved for a job that didn’t interest me, moved to a city I had never been, found roommates on craigslist that wouldn’t murder me.