Bookmarks and cards to encourage friends during coronavirus days Inspired illustration from listening to the song Highlands (Song of Ascent) by Hillsong United one morning meditation before work, and I then proceeded to take the illustrated characters from … Continue reading Beaded ring, Watercolours, and Illustration in May
2019 has been a year: My first brand, ATEM, turned 1 year old, our cosmetics R&D startup is going into our 3rd year, and I turned 27. In this time and despite my work taking most of my attention on … Continue reading 5 Habits I Picked Up in 2019
love letters to a younger self // if i could travel time, i’d tell my younger self how much she was loved. how perfect she is how everything will be okay how much she’ll laugh and smile how she’ll fall in love over and over again how she’ll be surrounded by people that make her grin uncontrollably how everything will look beautiful to her again how she’ll come to love her body how she’ll come to love touch how she’ll come to love her mind how she’ll come to love others how she will become love. Continue reading love letters to a younger self
My body may be broken My mind may be weak But I am still standing. Continue reading A Measure of Strength
Let me tell you a bit of my story. I had some scary things happen to me in my life: I was diagnosed with a neurological disorder in the 7th grade, was sexually assaulted by a family relative in the 10th grade, had my parents divorce after a traumatic narrative that spanned years, and was raped my first year out of college. This in tandem with my naturally emotions driven self brought forth a very unbalanced, and very unhappy Susan for a lot of my adolescence and into my early twenties. I could be happy and “on,” yes, but I … Continue reading A Piece of My Story
Taking a page out of the book I am reading, Designing Your Life, by Bill Burnett and Dave Evans and examining where I am, according to their 4 metrics. Continue reading Measuring Myself Today
Take the time to tie my shoelaces before slipping my feet into my shoes, instead of slipping them or cramming them in using my thumbs to open up the foot hole. Manually uninstall Instagram for a couple hours to a full day. I do this regularly to encourage a keeping of healthy, controlled Instagram use. Because I love Instagram! And it’s very apparent to me that I can become addicted to it. It’s like other medias, and I worry that there are others don’t see it as such. Imagine if you were in your 20s watching 4 hours + TV … Continue reading Little Funny Things I Do To Keep My Mental Health Up, Up & Up
Attending Glossy Co.’s Beauty & Wellness Summit gave me the wonderful opportunity to connect and discuss issues the wellness & beauty industry is facing with leaders and new players; it was also a moment that made me, a relatively young … Continue reading Glossy Co. Beauty & Wellness Summit 2018
Things to know if you’re into retail and consumer brands. Continue reading Trending In Retail & Consumer Goods
Rituals give to me the time to cultivate the things most important to my life.
On Sundays, I will allot 2 hours of my afternoon to read in a cafe with good lighting that makes me happy and keeps me alert. I try not to switch around locations. Continue reading Rituals
