A week in the life, in photos.

Instagram Stories: Behind The Scenes

Psst: No audio version this week since this is longer than my usual weekly essays and has a visual component.

Every Tuesday afternoon, I sit down at my laptop and I draft the week’s Substack post. I alternate between personal essays and Desk Tours. This week is an essay week.

Often I get to an Essay Tuesday and I’ve spent the last two weeks thinking about a specific idea or feeling. Sometimes I get there and can’t get myself to write about whatever it is at all. The idea isn’t ready, maybe, or I’m simply not brave enough to touch it quite yet. That’s kind of where I am this week. Whatever it is I want or need to say isn’t fully formed yet. So I’ll wait. Instead, I thought I’d try something a little different. A peek into my life via my camera roll. A week in photos. God knows I take enough of them, even if my camera roll looks arguably more boring than it used to.

A few weeks ago, someone messaged me and said (very kindly) that they missed my fashion content, the years when I was posti…