hey there! i'm sheryl!

I always dreamed of being an artist or a teacher growing up. As a creative child, I continually found myself drawing houses, which ultimately led me to pursue a career in Architecture and Interior Design. After an unexpected financial hardship right before high school graduation, I found myself taking a year off and working two jobs to save money to put myself through college. Within that year's hiatus, I got into graphics and ended up switching my career path to Graphic Design. For the next six years, I struggled my way through design classes, often not feeling as good as my peers, but convinced myself I had to continue because of the time and money I had already invested.

Everyone always tells you that you can be anything you want when you grow up.
I think I ended up taking that advice a bit too literally.

There was no way I could possibly back out now and pursue another career.

Upon college graduation, I spent the next eight years jumping from job to job-but not even in design. I started in an accounting department and then moved through three different admin jobs. I still had high hopes for my design career, and even toyed with freelance design, but always took the safe route of the easier job where I knew someone would hire me. The last admin position I took was never intended to be a “long haul” job. I aimed to work my way out and into the freelance world but instead found myself jumping from various ideas of virtual assisting, MLM’s, a blog (!),

anything to escape the 9-5 world I never felt I was meant to be involved in.

When planning my wedding in 2020 #covidbride, I rediscovered my passion for stationery design. After being laid off from two different contract positions within a year and dreading the job-hunting process again, I mustered the courage to go all in on a stationery business, launching in 2022. I finally felt on top of the world again and on the right path when imposter syndrome settled in. I constantly felt “not good enough". I considered going back to freelancing or finding another job but with mounting mental health issues, I got stuck and things only worsened with time.