Reframing Work
For a long time, I understood work through a very specific lens. It was about momentum, structure and execution — about committing to a path and following it through with discipline. I was drawn to environments where effort was visible, progress was measurable and responsibility increased over time. Law offered exactly that framework, and over seventeen years, I built a career within it deliberately and with my head down.
I didn’t arrive there by accident, and I didn’t stay out of habit. I valued the rigor of the work, the clarity of expectations, and the satisfaction that came from seeing complex matters through to completion. There is comfort in being “on mission,” in knowing what success looks like and how to work toward it. For many years, that rhythm suited me well.
What eventually shifted wasn’t my interest in working hard or building something meaningful — it was the way I began to think about the work itself.
A Different Kind of Momentum
Gradually, my attention began to move beyond the confines of any single role and toward the environments surrounding everyday life. Homes, in particular, became a quiet point of focus — how they function, how materials age, how spaces support both activity and rest. I became more aware of how thoughtful design decisions shape not just how a place looks, but how it feels to live in over time.
Alongside that awareness came a broader realization: the part of my work I enjoyed most had less to do with a specific profession and more to do with the act of building itself. Taking an idea from concept to reality. Working within constraints. Making trade-offs. Refining details. Watching how decisions perform once they’re no longer theoretical.
Over time, I began to feel that I had explored that process as fully as I wanted to within the structure I was in. Rather than continuing to climb in the same direction, I found myself wanting to redirect that energy — to build something from a different starting point, with fewer predefined outcomes and more room for experimentation.
Carrying the Throughline Forward
Stepping into this next chapter hasn’t meant leaving behind the skills or sensibilities that shaped my earlier work. The discipline, structure and critical thinking developed over years of professional practice continue to inform how I approach projects of all kinds. They simply show up differently now — applied to spaces, materials, routines and ideas that are more tactile and lived-in.
Design, in this context, isn’t a destination or a new title. It’s one lens among many — alongside lifestyle, hosting, reading, restoration, and the quieter work of shaping daily life. What connects these interests isn’t aesthetics alone, but an attention to how things function, endure and support real use over time.
Where This Lands, For Now
Over time, I’ve come to realize that what I value most isn’t arriving at a fixed outcome, but engaging in the process of building thoughtfully — allowing ideas to evolve, paying attention to what works and letting direction emerge rather than forcing it.
This shift feels less like a departure and more like a continuation, expressed through different questions and materials. For now, it feels right to pause, observe, and build in a new way — with curiosity rather than urgency, and with space for the direction to unfold.