Journey

Journey To A Career In Creativity: Phase #2

24 February 2026 · 2 min read

Hello, and welcome.

If you’ve found your way here, thank you. It means more than you probably realise.

Over the last 52 weeks — at 53 years old — I made a decision that quietly changed everything (well not so quietly but that’s for another day).

I committed to changing career.

Not casually. Not “seeing how it goes.”
But fully — intentionally — week by week — toward becoming a full-time art educator and facilitator.

And I did it.

What I haven’t done over that same period is document it properly.

I haven’t consistently shared the thinking, the doubts, the small wins, the finished pieces, the sketches, the process, or the lessons learned.

That changes today.

I wanted a space that feels more like a studio journal than a social media feed.

Somewhere I can:

This newsletter links together:

All parts of the same creative ecosystem.

This is where it comes together.

Today I begin a 100-day commitment (the annual global 100 day project initiative starts today).

Each day I will:

Sometimes that will be a finished piece.
Sometimes a sketch.
Sometimes a lesson learned from teaching.
Sometimes something unfinished but honest.

The goal isn’t perfection.

It’s visibility.
Consistency.
Momentum.

And perhaps — community.

Changing direction at 53 has been humbling.

It’s required:

Becoming a full-time art educator isn’t just a job shift. It’s a shift in how I see myself.

And I suspect I’m not the only one navigating reinvention.

If you’re:

You’re in the right place.

Over the coming weeks, I’ll share:

No inflated promises.
Just real process.

If this resonates, subscribe.

If you’re already here — thank you.

Day 1 starts now.

— Damian