01/17/2026
2016 me.
Apparently I didn’t take many photos back then (wild), but I did love a good meme, some things truly never change. I’ve included some of the good ones in this carousel (most are still quite relevant).
Freshly 23. Fresh face. A few (many 😅) pounds lighter. Newly moved to Toronto with big dreams of becoming an on-air personality. Working an entry-level job at Corus, paying rent I could barely afford, living in a bachelor apartment in Liberty Village, and feeling more free, hopeful, and untouchable than I ever had before. No one could tell me anything.
Toronto was the city I’d dreamed of since I was a teen, and my intuition led me here, away from Ottawa, into uncertainty, independence, and possibility. That version of me had no idea that the decisions she was making would eventually lead her to pick up a divination deck… and later build Nubian Divinity… and become the version of me you see today.
I don’t usually hop on trends, but this one gave me a pause I didn’t know I needed. Looking back at the dreams I carried then, and realizing how proud she’d be of who I am now.
Time, please slow down, but I’m hopeful to meet who I’ll be in 2036 ✨
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