Lately I’ve been spending a lot of time scrolling through Hive, noticing the kinds of stories people are sharing, such as travel moments, reflections, creative experiments, pieces of everyday life that feel honest and unpolished. There’s something comforting about that. It reminds me that even when things look quiet or slow on the surface, everyone is carrying something beneath it.
This past month or so has been… a lot.
I’ve been deep in creation mode and helping brands with creative work, designing my own shirts, pushing ideas forward even when my energy hasn’t fully been there. At the same time, I’ve been moving, and honestly, I’m still kind of in the middle of it. Boxes that don’t quite have homes yet, things half-settled, that strange in-between feeling where nothing feels fully finished.
Normally, this time of year starts to feel festive. Lights, music, that subtle shift in mood that says Christmas is coming. But this year, I don’t really feel it yet. Not in a dramatic way, just a quiet absence of that usual spark. Maybe it’s exhaustion. Maybe it’s the mental load of juggling too many moving parts at once. Or maybe it’s just one of those seasons where creativity keeps going even when the rest of life feels a little out of sync.
What I have noticed, though, is how creating, even on the days when it’s hard, still gives structure to the chaos, and a necessary distraction. Designing shirts, working with visuals, shaping ideas into something tangible… it’s one of the few things that feels steady right now. Not necessarily joyful every moment, but grounding. Like proof that forward motion doesn’t always look loud or exciting, sometimes it’s just quiet persistence.
Scrolling through Hive during moments like this feels different too. The travel posts, the personal reflections, the everyday stories, they don’t feel like content. They feel like checkpoints. Small reminders that life keeps unfolding in uneven rhythms, and that creativity doesn’t require perfect timing or perfect moods to exist.
So this post isn’t about a launch, or a highlight, or something polished. It’s just a snapshot of where I’m at right now, which is somewhere between boxes and deadlines, between not feeling festive and still showing up to create anyway. Some months are like that. Messy, transitional, slightly heavy, but still moving.
And for now, that’s enough.
– Jenny
