SHOREDITCH, LONDON - MAY 2019

MY FIRST EVER POP UP. THIS WAS SO SURREAL. MAXED OUT MY CREDIT CARD AND MADE IT WORK. STILL CAN’T BELIEVE THIS HAPPENED. HERE’S A LITTLE THING I WROTE WHEN I ANNOUNCED IT ON INSTAGRAM IN MAY:

ALL I EVER WANTED TO DO WAS CREATE SOMETHING THAT MEANT SOMETHING. CREATE SOMETHING THAT GAVE PEOPLE HOPE AND MADE PEOPLE WANT TO STICK AROUND TO SEE GOOD DAYS, TO MEET GOOD PEOPLE. TO SEE THE BEAUTY THE WORLD HAS TO OFFER. TO SEE CITIES AND SUNSETS WITH THE PEOPLE THEY LOVE - THE PEOPLE WHO LOVE THEM, TO MOVE MOUNTAINS. TO FIND THEIR TRIBE, THE PEOPLE WHO WHOLEHEARTEDLY SUPPORT THEM, TO FEEL LOVE WHEN THEY FIND SOMEONE WHO MAKES THEM FEEL GOOD. I NEVER THOUGHT I WOULD HAVE PEOPLE FROM SOUTH KOREA, NORWAY, AUSTRALIA, SOUTH AFRICA, BRAZIL, AND OTHER PLACES TELLING ME THAT THE WORDS I WROTE AND THE STUFF I CREATED MADE THEM WANT TO STICK AROUND. THE MESSAGE I UNAPOLOGETICALLY PREACHED OVER AND OVER AGAIN MADE THEM FEEL OK WITH EXISTING. THAT’S SO FUCKING SURREAL. THIS WHOLE THING MAY BE HARD AND STRESSFUL, BUT ITS ALSO SO FULFILLING AND HELPS ME SO MUCH MORE THAN IT HELPS ANYONE ELSE. THE REOCCURRING THEME IN EVERYTHING I’VE TRIED TO DO WAS JUST GOOD. BE GOOD. TRY TO DO GOOD. EVERYONE AROUND US KNOWS HOW LONG THE PAST YEAR HAS BEEN, TRYING TO MAKE SENSE OF IT ALL. I FINALLY MADE SENSE OF IT ALL. I POURED OUR HEART AND SOUL IN TO EVERYTHING SINCE DAY ONE. THIS IS ONLY POSSIBLE BECAUSE OF THE GOOD PEOPLE THAT KEPT ME GOING.  

 

HUGE THANKS TO ANDREW, AMELIA, IZZY, LILY, AND JOE FOR MAKING THIS WHOLE THING A LOT LIGHTER FOR ME. THANKS FOR HELPING WAY MORE THAN YOU HAD TO DO. I’M DREADING DOING THE NEXT ONE WITHOUT YOU GUYS HAHA.