dear diary, a tribute to twenty
the best year of my life so far. full of love, full of growth & full of lessons. the main one being, if you have an idea pop into your brain over and over again, it’s for a deeper reason than you think.
DIGITAL DIARY is a project that first entered my orbit two years ago. on my 19th birthday, walking around downtown NYC, I saw a billboard that said “there is only the now”. & although it took me this long to act on it, sometimes the wait really is worth it.
being a creative soul comes with good & bad.
confidence & insecurity go hand in hand. a work & life balance eventually ceases to exist. & self-doubt and fear are sticks that rub together and fuel a fire of burn-out.
but the feeling of finally completing a project, after trying and failing over and over again, is the reason i’ll never stop creating. producing something original requires believing in yourself. that alone is the loneliest & most grueling part of the process. & if you’re lucky enough to get through it, the end result will prove it was aligned exactly how it was meant to be.
it’s not often you find friends who support your dreams, but even rarer to have them help you bring them to life. every picture you see in the thread on my Instagram & going forward is taken by the beautiful, extremely talented Olivia Williams aka special shoutout to her for believing in me and pushing me to be great, this wouldn’t exist without you.
all that being said…..
I proudly present: DIGITAL DIARY <3
a visual storytelling thread fully conceptualized and directed by me.
a safe space to touch on topics important to me,
a vibe I curate every month through visuals and words to share the things that are hard for me to even say out loud to myself sometimes.
& a blog, with more insight into these images and their significance
basically, my baby!
this months topic is reflection. reflection is something that can either show us who we were, or who we are becoming, depending on how we choose to perceive it. yesterday, I turned twenty-one years old. and when I woke up and looked in the mirror, I suddenly saw every previous version of myself looking back at me, in a new, united & beautiful way. our past does not define us, rather it shapes us and teaches us lessons we must learn to become one with who we are supposed to be. so here are my twenty takeaways entering twenty-one. from this thread, take what resonates with you, and think about why certain things don’t.
for the March edition, I chose a universal topic that everyone could relate to in some degree. going forward, I plan to pull themes from my personal life, in an effort to heal and let go of things that do not serve me anymore, in a positive way. lessons i’ve learned, (forced or not), that have launched me into my highest power of being. so stay tuned for new entries every month. I am so excited to see what this community grows into & I truly hope you’ll join me on this journey and find the beauty in it with me.
xoxo, kk