It’s Tuesday Sept 17 8:50 PM.
Tuesday, September 17, 8:50 PM EST
This chair is too hard, the wine’s not great, and I wish I could write this directly in the Orb app on my desktop. Instead, I’m stuck drafting in Notes, ready to copy and paste later. I feel uninspired, which usually means I need more time to myself—time to be bored, time to let curiosity sneak in.
It’s funny. I have all these functional corporate skills, but my heart still longs for boldness, chaos, and mess. I want to break molds, yet here I am, constantly building them. I need more downtime to get creative—to let boredom do its work.
“No amount of free snacks, or massages, or ‘fun’ staff retreats will make up for a job that grinds you down, when what you really need is time to be a person.” - Sarah Jaffe, Work Won't Love You Back
It’s Saturday Sept 14, 11:20 am est.
I have TOO much to do and I find it weird that I’m thinking about “followers” every time I jump in the app. Not really the energy I carry and now realizing this is a very meta journal entry haha. My mom made me laugh this morning
Went to Haus Incubator to see Recho Omondi and Mina from Maimoun. It was a treat. if you look closely, you’ll find the back of Mindy Seus head 😉
It’s Thursday, Sept 12 @ 12:52 am est
I’d love to have more people share entries in open journal! Suggestions and ideas welcome 🤗
It’s Wednesday, Sept 11, 1:09 PM
some life updates:
- I take all of the trains now. I still stan the Q as the most elite train but we are a cross-track rider now.
- I’m freelancing rn and the biggest change so far? The male gaze has ceased to exist. I cannot describe the burden of toning down ur vibe for a male-led work environment. My vibe isn’t even toned up like that. Anyway, huge unlock.
- I have a partner who is consistently the most kind and fun person I’ve ever met. Our relationship inspires me to carry that energy into all relationships - work, friends, family, enemies and everything is better for it.
it’s Tuesday Sept 10, 9:00 am est
The theme is gratitude. There’s a lot happening this week and truly I would prefer to take a long trip away from New York if only to disappear for a month or two or four. Instead I went for a long run and practiced gratitude for the people around me, my health, the health of my loved ones, etc. I’m grateful to have my dog who has been a constant in a stream of change. And I’m grateful for a fresh morning to reframe my perspective.
a happy tuesday
It’s still Monday Sept 9, 3:20 pm est.
I’m at a fintech creator conference for women and listening to the same messaging being recycled again and again around authenticity. Surely we generally know the authenticity narrative by now? We also heard about more AI writing, engagement on long form content, and ofc distribution. I’d have loved to see someone from lens or t2 on a stage if only to spark curiosity.
It’s Monday, Sept 9 - 8:50 AM EST
Im excited to have spun up a new club called the open journal project - it’s a limited time project where you share a journal entry of your day at least 1 day a week with an unlimited max. Any format, any time. If you’ve struggled to start writing, if you get blocked creatively, if you’re interested in connecting over a slice of life — I hope you find this as a low stakes home to creatively warm up or reboot throughout the day :)
Experimenting with formats. The only ask atm is to post with “it’s (day),(date) and (time)”, like this post. ✨
