Making Sense out of Style 
Who you are - How you wear it

Learning to let your outward life catch up with who you are becoming According to Brad Stulberg in Mastering the Art of Change , we undergo a significant life transition roughly every 18 months. That stopped me in my tracks. Every 18 months? That means we are almost always in some form of becoming a different version of ourselves. Some transitions are obvious and dramatic — like job status, the death of a loved one, a diagnosis, marriage, or a baby. Others are quieter: evolvi

Style doesn’t require perfection—just engagement. It’s good to be back after an extended holiday break. Now that the holidays are behind us and winter has more than settled in, my thoughts are turning back to my closet. It feels a little late to be coming up for air, but the flu stepped into our house during the first week of the new year and proceeded to take us out one by one. This was the first week I can honestly say I feel back to normal. The flu is no joke! I was chatti

Some weeks, the work of building a personal style system feels less like big breakthroughs and more like paying attention to the small, revealing moments. This was one of those weeks. Between a surprisingly emotional hour in my closet, some helpful podcast and Youtube episodes, and packing for a weekend away, I found myself learning not only about clothes, but the quiet friction and clarity that can show up along the way. Here’s what surfaced: A Follow-Up to My Style System

Your Style System: What Does It Look Like? Last week, I kept track of the small things I was doing every day with my wardrobe. It was an exercise that helped me see the value of being intentional—even in just small ways. Zooming out, I noticed a natural next step would be to look at how these little actions fit into the bigger picture. Then I thought— what big picture?  What I’m doing feels so fragmented. One day I was taking care of garment maintenance, another I was doing a