Idk. lol. Just hanging on here. Things are good but a bit meh. Fortunately the good is outweighing the bad. I didn't run today, but I wrapped up my taxes. Very adult. I heard a quote that really resonated: “You are not overwhelmed; you are overcommitted to things that do not matter.”

Feeling like I need to find time to slow down, to double-down on what I want to prioritize for this quarter and for this year. Looking forward to the weekend.

I said this wouldn't become a food diary and I fully plan to get back to knitting next week (and not back-loading my runs). Anyway, I had a cute girls night and enjoyed steak and warm convos after the political anxiety of the inauguration and executive orders of the week. Every day a fresh new horror.

Enjoyed spening time in dissociating in the Hudson snow. Back to NYC. Need this time away to future plan and do my taxes. lol. Hoping to get more serious about this "Happier than Ever" project and focus on a singular creative endeavor for several days-a week at a time. My years always start out a bit chaotic as I settle back in.

Today was just as tough as expected. Took this photo after a pilates class following the election and it rings so true. Add Zuck as the cowardly lion and Shou as the scarecrow. Bracing myself for what these next 4 years will bring.

Describe your perfect day: Pilates, "strong" run and breakfast in the West Village. Swiftly went home to pack and head up state before the snow.

It was fun while it lasted.

"Art" project for the day. Meat, cheese and appertifs with Tanesha.

Pilates in the morning, yoga in the evening. Need a body rest. Achy from training and it's been so cold and windy.

Always exciting shipping things off for Leigh. Sometimes I feel silly for caring deeply about my dream of designing apparel and love for garment construction, but happy to be moving at my own slow pace. I would like to move past this graciousness and feel more deserving and empowered through my work. Hope that is to come in 2025. I deserve good things and should not be suprised when they arrive or when the "hard" work actually pays off. Until then, art remains in progress.

More app dev. So glad that this work has been such a success for a really special client.

Testing out eyelets out again. Trying to get better with remembering these techniques outside of tutorials. Excited for how these ideas can come to life with apparel.

Lovely day filled with pilates, park runs (hit 35 miles for the week), tea and a facial with Laura to cure the Sunday scaries.

"I have already settled it for myself, so flattery and criticism go down the same drain, and I am quite free."
—Georgia O’Keeffe

Always on Deadline is a Brooklyn-based design and technology studio blending art with strategy. Serving global and independent brands across media, arts, and fashion. I am working on a deck for a cool opportunity and clips of that are shared here.

I'm still wishing people Happy New Year. Until the 15th at least. Let us not take it forgranted! Anyway, more words to live by for the year: Vengeance, Endurance*, Temperance, Passion and Patience.

*with just as much room for softness and rest. Open to a bit more "endurance" and friction in areas that I shy away from but could greatly improve my lifeeee.

I keep dreaming up interiors. I would love to architect a place of my own. Gathering clips of all the things that I admire and hope to have in a embody in a space. Room to craft, room to cook, room to rest, room to host, room to garden, room to stretch. A sanctuary for growth.

More modifications to this site itself. There were a few variations that I've gone through before pushing this live. I used free front-end code to develop the components and animations. Love where this landed and I am sure it will continue to evolve.

Experimenting with patterns and color on the knitting machine. This cheveron concept is from Helen Elizabeth Kaye's Patreon tutorial.

I ran 20 miles the first week of the year! Tough to back-load the training plan but looking forward to digging deep for NYC Half training. This training block already feels strong: no reverb from injury recovery and less at stake since I am setting out to achieve something that I've already accomplished. Last year I ran 3 half marathons and 1 full marathon. Now I am excited to run faster and stronger.

Tea Arts & Culture invites the Brooklyn community to connect with nature and one another through sharing the art of tea. Today's Winter Tea was celebrated at the Prospect Park Boathouse. We celebrated with live music, bonfires, tea and poetry written on recycled tea leaf paper.

Machine scraps. Still working on textile explorations before patterning them into wearable pieces. This is an asymmetrical rib knit on a single bed Silver Reed machine. I need to work on blocking to stretch it more but liking the texture.

R&R on a 200-acre farm is my kind of vacation. This trip felt so grounding and warm: the "moos" of cows as I passed on a morning run, the peaceful sunsets, the ocean swims and snokeling that healed my body. The jerk. The patties. The Jamacian greens and black-eyed peas. Everything was so deeply nourishing.

Celebrated the start of a new year in Jamaica. It was so nice to spend time with friends (old) and mostly new. Looking forward to all this year will bring. My word for 2025 is devotion. I would like to operate more from my heart than my head and pour into myself, relationships and artistic interests (starting here).