Introduction

I remember the first time I came across blogs- Livejournal, Blogspot, Tumblr....all had been so popular amongst my peers in high school that anyone with any shred of creativity had an account up and running.  

It was pretty cool- I guess there's some part of me that takes a bit of voyeuristic pleasure in seeing some of my colleagues' inner thoughts and fears. Some were surprisingly open about their feelings and what was going on in their lives, some kept it "cryptic", hiding their inner turmoil with thinly veiled, terribly written, teenage-angst-ridden poetry (okay, it was me, I did that). 

It was this courage that gave me my own to post...and now, 10 years later, I look back on these little photographs of time- I laugh, I cringe, moments long tucked away in all of the nooks and crevices in my brain come bubbling up to the surface, always accompanied with waves of bittersweet nostalgia. 

Then I came across this: 

To me in ten years,

Hello!

Right now you're 28 going on 29 and I bet you feel old.

Realistically, and I mean this logically, you should now be considering marriage to the right guy and already starting or in the first few years of an awesome career as an animator/freelance illustrator.

But I know you'll probably have rushed into things a bit and got married a little earlier- you probably want kids now and I can't blame you for that!

I hope the years have been kind to you. I hope you've learned your lessons and still have wonderful friends who will always have your back.

I hope you've grown up and gotten wiser and that you've spent a lot of time thinking about who you are as a person and what your priorities should be.

I hope you've been kind to people. Even those that are different and those you wouldn't really associate yourself with.

I hope that you treat your man well, if there is one in your life, and that you're both happy, healthy and safe. That the world is in a better shape than it is now. That there's a cure for cancer and a working government.

I wish all the best for you.

For us.

In ten years!

...I couldn't help but marvel at how much has happened in the the time when I had written this note and now. It baffles me that I've fit so many insane memories in those 10 years and yet I had nothing like this around to remember those moments by.

So this is what this project is going to be- an attempt at allowing my creative juices to flow more freely, an attempt at bettering myself and reflecting on that, and maybe an attempt to reach out to those who perhaps might be on the same path as me and can relate to all the trials and tribulations that I go through. 

Whatever it may be, I'm doing this for myself, but it wouldn't be so bad to have you follow along with me. :)