Hey there gorgeous!
Today is my birthday...and to be honest with you, it kind of snuck up on me this year.
Maybe it’s the way time feels both fast and slow lately.
Maybe it’s how full life has been...with work, with kids, with big feelings and even bigger questions.
Or maybe it’s just that quiet realization that the older I get, the more I crave meaning over milestones.
I didn’t wake up today wanting cake or balloons (okay, maybe just a little cake).
What I really wanted?
A sense of calm.
A moment to breathe.
A reminder that it’s okay to still be figuring things out.
Because even on your birthday, the world doesn’t exactly slow down.
There’s still laundry.
There’s still noise.
There’s still that tug-of-war between what you thought would be done by now… and what’s still unfolding.
But I think that’s part of it, too.
This season has reminded me...more than ever, that the best thing I can do isn’t to chase some perfect version of success.
It’s to keep creating.
To keep putting something thoughtful into the world, even when everything feels uncertain.
The past few days, I’ve felt this quiet heaviness in the background.
Not loud. Not overwhelming. Just… there.
Maybe it’s the news.
Maybe it’s the way the world seems to keep shifting under our feet.
Maybe it’s that subtle weight of trying to plan ahead in a season that keeps changing its mind.
And yet, in the middle of that quiet heaviness… I keep coming back to this one simple thing:
Create something.
The other night, after Theo went to bed and Isla was busy drawing in bed, I found myself staring at my laptop… tired but not ready to sleep.
And instead of planning or fixing or worrying about everything I hadn’t finished.
I opened up a blank page and started designing something just because I wanted to.
No deadline.
No goal.
No pressure.
And honestly? It felt so good.
Because even in uncertain times, especially in uncertain times...creativity is still a kind of hope.
It’s a way of saying:
I’m still here.
I still care.
I still believe something good can come from this.
And I know it’s hard to create when your mind feels full.
When your heart feels like it’s on alert.
When the world outside feels unpredictable and your schedule inside doesn’t give you much space to think clearly.
But that’s exactly why it matters.
Because creating something in the middle of chaos, even something tiny, like a mood board or a sentence or a sketch on a scrap of paper...is your way of staying connected to your truest self.
It’s you saying:
“I can’t control everything.
But I can sit down and bring something to life.
I can choose to shape the moment I’m in.”
And you don’t need hours.
Sometimes five minutes with a blank page or a Canva design or a half-finished product idea is enough to remind you that you’re still capable.
That your ideas are still worth something.
That even when the world is unpredictable, your creativity is still yours.
So if your brain has been a bit foggy…
If you’ve been feeling distracted or discouraged or just kind of off…
Come back to creating.
Not to perform.
Not to prove.
Just to feel your feet on the ground again.
You don’t have to be wildly productive.
You don’t have to post or launch or explain what you’re making.
But if your heart’s been feeling a little overwhelmed…
Make something, just for you.
Even if it’s small.
Even if no one sees it.
Even if it’s just for you.
Because that simple act of creating is a quiet, steady reminder that you’re not powerless.
You’re still capable.
You’re still creative.
You’re still in this.
And what you make today, however imperfect...might be the very thing that reminds someone else to keep going tomorrow.
So if the world feels a little shaky right now…
Give yourself permission to create something new.
Even if it’s just one tiny corner of it. 💕
Amber xo
