Welcome to Let's Get Personal

about all things style & beyond

I published a post here 9 months ago which, if you’re reading this now, has promptly been deleted. As we all know, a lot happens in 9 months - literal life happens. But apparently, it’s also the exact amount of time it takes for me to get out of my own head.

At the time, I created a Substack called Open-Ended as a way to bridge the gap between my many interests, which oftentimes I either failed to do on instagram or simply didn’t do because not only do I care about the judgement of others, but I am also my own worst critic.

Let me give you a piece of advice that may come off as hypocritical: no one cares about what you do, and the ones who do either matter the most or matter the least. As I write this, I’m trying to condition myself into adopting that mindset because somewhere deep inside, I know it to be true.

If we personally know each other and you’re cheering me on for putting a part of myself online - you're amazing, and thank you for being in my life. And if you don’t know me, that sentiment means even more, because you have no reason to be my cheerleader, yet here you are, just being a nice person.

However, I’m well aware that there will always be a group of people (crazily enough, this often includes people you actually know) who are watching to see you fail, making snide remarks about what you post, and who will never openly support you - even if a part of them admires you. I almost always let this group win because, as cliché as it is, I’m yet another person for whom the negativity is always louder.

But here’s the thing…these people don’t matter. Especially because, 99% of the time, they’re just voices in my own head. Trust me, no one is harsher on me than me. And chances are, you might be the same. (In a nutshell, I’m saying: if you want to do something, stop letting yourself hold you back.)

So here I am, 9 months later, attempting to be a new and improved version of myself with tougher armour. But along with me, what I meant for this space has also evolved.

It was going to be about fashion, but also food and essentially just anything - which, at the rate I’m going with this current post, may still be the case lol. (If you’re new to Substack: yes, people say lol here. This is the casual sister of your serious reading. Let’s not get too stuck on the rules, even though I love myself some grammar.)

But as exciting and chaotic as that version sounds - this is not it. This is very much a Substack on personal style, fashion, and all the thoughts that come with it.

Can I promise that I’ll never add an occasional thought piece here and there? Absolutely not.

Will it sometimes include food recs? Most definitely.

So, is it still open-ended? Yes.

But also… not really.

Instead, Let’s Get Personal. That’s so much more fun anyway.