Heeeey! So, if you’ve been poking around the website lately, you’ve probably noticed things look a little bit different (and if you’re here to stalk me because you’re obsessed with my ex, kindly fuck off, and get a hobby. I’ve heard crocheting is nice).

So what’s up with the website? Well, she needed a little update. Now, she’s cleaner, easier to navigate, and cuter (I think?). It feels a bit more like me, or at least this version of me, in this year of our lord (Cassian), 2026. I hope you like it, and thank you for being patient while I try to figure things out around here. My brand has always been tied heavily to my identity, and since my life has been in such intense flux the past few years, so too has my writing, branding, and content schedule. I’ve been an absolute mess and I’m so grateful to all of you who are still here with me despite all of it. My niche has really changed since I first started writing, because I’m not living abroad right now. And who am I in this space when I’m not trying to fit neatly into a travel category? I actually really like the boundaries of a niche and need it because my brain is easily overwhelmed by too many options because as we’ve established, I am a squirrel. PUT ME BACK IN A BOX, PLEASE. But I’m not sure which box?

It seems that in 2026, I’m in a chaotic power suit era. I’m a millennial woman independently raising an incredible child, voluntarily celibate (I have not met a single man who I’m willing to let near my lady garden because wtf is going on with that trout, CHAD), obsessively outlining fantasy and romance novels, talking about womanhood via pop culture, falling down BTS rabbit holes at 1 a.m., reading and re-reading Emily Henry novels, planning travel to places I haven’t been yet, and overanalyzing my own brain and why I love the things I love. How does one turn that into a cohesive brand? I’m honestly asking because yall are smarter than me and I have no idea what I’m doing.

Right now, I’m trying to figure it out by making content nonstop on substack and figuring out what I like and what you guys like. If there’s something you want to see more of, please tell me. I will make it happen. Anyway, here’s what I’ve been up to on substack. If you haven’t subscribed yet, do it. It’s a weekly newsletter, plus a podcast, videos, essays, etc. It’s lifestyle + honeybadger.

Somehow…all of those things belong together. I have no fucking idea how…but they do.

When I started You’re Gonna Be Great, I imagined it would simply be a newsletter about travel stuff, then it became about rebuilding my life after it turned into a temporary dumpster fire. It still is both of those things, but it’s also about who I’ve always been: a raccoon with a mortgage. I’ve realized rebuilding isn’t just about therapy, it’s also about curiosity and creating the person I want to be, which includes nestling into the parts of myself that still bring me joy. Or something. Plus, I’ve been thinking a lot about womanhood in all its complexity: the stories we consume, the communities we build, the ways our desires quietly reshape culture long before institutions notice. It’s why you’ve seen essays about BTS, romance novels, media, and modern femininity alongside updates about writing books, parenting, and life. Also, side note: Oliver is now 17 years-old, and basically made of dust and rage, so expect an essay or ten about caring for a partially deaf, partially blind spawn of satan.

I’m still building all of this in real time. I don’t have a five-year brand strategy or a color-coded content calendar that explains why one week I’m writing about ADHD, the next I’m deep-diving into BTS and cultural anthropology, and then somehow I’m crying over an Emily Henry quote while outlining a fantasy novel and booking a trip to somewhere with good pastries or amazing face laser technology. Maybe the common thread isn’t travel or books or pop culture, maybe it’s curiosity, or becoming. Maybe it’s just trying to build a life that feels honest and paying attention to the weird, wonderful things that make being a woman, a writer, and a person worth talking about. So if that sounds like your kind of corner of the internet, stick around. Subscribe. Come be a raccoon alongside me. I can’t promise I’ve figured any of this out yet, but I can promise I’ll be honest as I try to.