What I'm doing now

Updated Sept 24th, 2024

what I value right now: sustainability, focus and autonomy.

  work

I'm in a very different place now than I was in May.

I started and wrapped up one project on sustainable rice in Japan. I've hopped on to a new project centering around research and product discovery which should continue until 2025. If you're interested in booking something in the new year, please get in touch here.

I've also been very busy working on the business and branding side of our new studio. Jenn Piatkowski has been helping out with our identity and logo. mabbees and I have been making sure we're doing our due diligence with managing finances for Studio Terranova properly as well as creating company bylaws to eventually apply as a cooperative.

I've paused working on the Interface Drama Master List and going to the shop for glassblowing to focus more time on this.

Sometimes everything feels half-done and that I'm being pulled in a bunch of different directions; but then I look at other cooperatives and they feel the same. One of the biggest motivations to me right now is knowing that we're not alone.

  personal

The little personal time I have has been going to volunteering at organizations both in Japan and on the web.

During the months of June and July, I was involved in volunteering at zao glass, a gallery and workshop that is starting up in Higashi-Koenji. I had a great turnout of neighbors, family and friends at my first exhibition at Potter Cafe and was overwhelmed with support.

zao glass is currently doing construction work to prepare the workshop to be a glassblowing atelier. I'm planning on getting back involved in October.

In August, I volunteered at Citrus Con, an 18+ BL (boy's love) online convention. I connected with the folks at FujoCoded, who are building a collective of folks teaching web tech to fandom and am volunteering with them as well.

I have blog drafts and a to-do list a mile long. I've been looking at what I can feasibly cut from my life that won't make me miserable. I've been practicing self-compassion.

I'm really looking forward to the end of summer; I love riding my bike in autumn, and I'm looking forward to being more physically active.

📚  Currently Reading

🏳️‍⚧️  queer stuff

I've been out as nonbinary (they/them) for a while. Navigating that change with my friends and family has been a learning experience for me. Most people are confused as to why I'm doing this now. I'm over thirty.

To me, it's an extension of my values. I foolishly thought every person like me had to make a trade-off: to live in society with people, they had to sacrifice some part of themselves. For me this was accepting being called a woman, a girl, a lady. I didn't think too hard about my own gender most of my life, but then again, I never slowed down enough to think.

Now I think a lot. I decided to go on testosterone to acheive a more masculine-cut figure. I've been on T since March. It's quite nice.

📚  the now archives