08/31/2026
Thirty.
As I say goodbye to my twenties, I’ve been thinking a lot about how much can happen in ten years, and how little of it I could have predicted.
My twenties were full of twists and turns. I changed careers, let go of some dreams I had spent years working toward, and found entirely new ones on the other side. I went back to school, moved two hours away from my family and friends, started a business of my own, and somehow decided that taking on the restoration of a 6000 square foot 1855 heritage home was a reasonable thing to do at the same time.
There were moments when I had absolutely no idea what I was doing, and honestly, I still have plenty of these. Moments when I wondered if I had taken on more than I could handle. More than once, I found myself having to figure things out as I went, while still trying to convince myself that I knew what I was doing.
But I think what my twenties gave me more than anything was the ability to keep going when things don’t go according to plan. I’ve learned that outgrowing a dream doesn’t mean you failed. Sometimes the life you imagined for yourself simply makes room for something you couldn’t have imagined yet.
And perhaps that’s why design and restoration has come to mean so much to me. This work isn’t about making something exactly as it once was. It’s about understanding what came before, appreciating what has lasted, and giving it the care it needs for the next chapter.
In many ways, I think I’ve done the same thing with myself.
I wouldn’t go back and change the twists and turns. They’re what brought me here.
Here’s to 30, and to whatever I never could have planned for next.
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