Hi!
Welcome to my Substack
This year, I made it my new years resolution to write. As a graduate student writing for my courses every week, I thought writing for fun would channel some new ideas, inspiration, and most importantly: clarity in my insanely disorganized headspace. I am using this platform as a diary to reflect on current thoughts and search for meaning in a place that doesn’t quite feel like home just yet.
I moved to New York City in September 2025 and immediately felt so small. A 22 year old in a place home to millions in need of a space to rest, reflect, and write. To be still, be quiet, and be present—almost impossible in the city that feels like it moves at 2x speed. Writing has never come to me easily but Substack makes things a little less difficult, giving me the space to dial down that speedometer and remember the importance of reflection. I want to use the platform to open up on my thoughts about our world today and write about small discoveries I’ve made in NYC—a cafe with the BEST cold brew, or a hidden concept store curated to the T. A gallery showing art that is not only nice to look at, but refreshing and thought provoking. A book I can’t put down. Things that make me laugh. Things that make me cry… and so on.
Also, I’m using Substack to urge people to write! To document! I am surely not an expert on grammar or prose but putting my raw thoughts onto paper feels incredibly freeing. I also urge people to wander and explore, you never know what you’ll find in the nooks and crannies of everyday life. Take yourself on a solo date!! Find some excitement in the small joys embedded in the mundane, bottle up those aha moments, and get everything stuck in your head out on to paper (or screen in my case), just to make your headspace a little less jumbled:)