Studio Notes — Motherhood, Creativity & Intentionality

Hi friends,

We welcomed baby Luka on the 31st of March 🤍

Since then, life has been a series of adapting, evolving, and surrendering. It has been full in both the most beautiful and difficult ways.

Before this chapter, I had a vision of what balancing my art business alongside motherhood would look like. Looking back, I was incredibly naive. Most days are about surrendering. Surrendering to getting just the basics done. Surrendering to little time for my art business or even myself and prioritising rest instead. Surrendering to life revolving around my family instead of my own schedule. And surrendering to the most sleep-deprived state I’ve ever experienced, while still trying to find joy in the everyday moments.

This season has also taught me to become even more intentional with my time. To cut out so many unnecessary things and focus on the things most important to me.

As I write this email, it’s 5:30am and the house is quiet. There are days where I'll sacrifice sleep just to spend a few hours painting or slowly chipping away at my art business. I’m still figuring things out and trying to find some kind of rhythm between motherhood, creativity, work, and rest.

But I also know that this season will pass and I'll soon miss these moments with my newborn, wondering where the time went. For now, I'll continue to be as intentional as possible, and I trust I’ll eventually find a way to weave together both my growing family and my creative endeavours.

If you’re in a season where everything feels unfamiliar and your old life feels distant, I hope this reminds you to take things one day at a time.

I’ll also only be sharing these studio notes when I get the chance to curate them as it feels more sustainable right now.