We made it — halfway through the 30-day challenge, and if you're riding along for the full 60, that's a quarter of the way there too. Take a second to actually let that land. Fourteen days of showing up, in whatever form that took.

If you've been watching the lives, you know this stretch hasn't gone according to plan for me. What was supposed to be a short trip turned into three weeks away from my studio, which meant pivoting hard to working with just what I'd packed. No full supply shelf, no backup tools — just what fit in a bag. Honestly, that constraint ended up teaching me more than my studio comfort zone usually does. Limits have a way of doing that.

Next week is going to be a different kind of chapter: reentry. I'll be reconnecting with my actual studio, my full supplies, my usual setup — and I'm genuinely curious what that shift feels like after three weeks of working small and scrappy. I have a feeling it'll bring its own lessons too.

So here's where we are: halfway through, still showing up, still making the pages happen even when the conditions aren't ideal. That's really the whole point of this challenge — not perfect circumstances, just consistent small bursts of creativity.

Onward to week 3. 🎨