A Soft Reset: Life Lately & New Seasons

Welcome to my refreshed blog! I’m so happy you’re here.

This new look has been such a long time coming. I’ve been working on it for the past several months and I wanted the very first post in this space to feel like a catch-up between friends.

It’s been a while since I’ve shared a life update here, and much has been happening recently. Between coaching clients, filming vlogs with Matt, and discovering a whole new creative outlet…this past year has felt very full.

In May of 2024, I stumbled upon soft pastels for the first time and I haven’t looked back. What started as a curious summer class enrollment quickly turned into a full-blown obsession. I’ve been utterly smitten ever since. At the risk of sounding a bit dramatic…painting unlocked something inside me. A creative part I didn’t even know was there. I’ve dabbled in watercolor and other mediums over the years, but nothing that’s felt like this. It’s been grounding and deeply healing. I can honestly say it’s changed me in the best way and I feel like I’m creating from the truest parts of myself with I paint.

This blog redesign reflects that shift. A space that’s more aligned with who I am today. Now that I’m in my last year of my thirties (!!!!), I feel a deep desire to create with intention. To show up in ways that feel authentic. To make room for what lights me up and gently let go of the rest.

Life Lately

This season has been about embracing a slower, steadier rhythm. I’ve been focusing on the rituals and routines that keep me grounded like morning walks with Mickey, my skincare routine, cozy evenings at home, and creative weekends with pastel dust covering literally everything on my desk, including myself.

There have been personal challenges, too. The kind that deeply hurt and are a bit hard to put into words. But, they’ve reminded me how important it is to acknowledge beauty even when life feels heavy. That’s been one of my biggest intentions this year: to make room for both joy and grief to coexist.

This season I’ve learned a lot about letting go of old expectations and trying to trust the flow a little more.

What’s Evolving

Creatively, I’m most excited about continuing to share on my vlog channel, Sullivlogs. Filming with Matt brings me much joy – it’s light, playful, and full of the kind of wonder that originally made me fall in love with creating content. The community there is so generous and kind, too. I’m beyond grateful for that.

While my style/beauty channel will always be part of my story, my heart is really in slower, more intentional content right now. I want to create things around the feelings that I’m craving…comfort, creativity, nostalgia, and safety. I miss blogging about beauty and writing in-depth articles like I did when I started blogging back in 2006. Beauty has always been part of my work, and something I genuinely enjoy studying and sharing. That’s where my heart is right now — creating with intention, focusing on what brings joy, and stepping away from the fast-paced noise of performative online spaces.

Being online is a lot different than it was when I started uploading to Youtube back in 2010. And these days I’m choosing to focus only on what feels aligned, joyful, and creatively fulfilling.