Hi, I’m Carrie Connell, a Creative Branding & Advertising student at SCAD currently on a gap year. My work and this space are both rooted in storytelling, observation, and the idea that growth doesn’t always follow a fixed path.

For a long time, I planned everything down to the smallest detail, but choosing to reroute shifted how I see identity, culture, and the way we make meaning through experience. This blog lives at that intersection, where personal narrative becomes something visual, reflective, and shared.

Here, I document the moments in between, the pivots, the uncertainty, and the people who are redefining what it looks like to move through your twenties with intention. It’s a space for stories that don’t follow a straight line, but still lead somewhere meaningful.