One year ago, I officially launched AbbyMeister.com. This blog has been not only a hobby and a creative outlet for me over the past year, but also a solace from the storms of life. The first six months of the blog’s public existence was a difficult time for me personally, filled with anxiety about the future as I job-hunted, finished my last semester of college, moved to Washington, DC, and worked to turn a summer fellowship into a full-time job.
During this transient period, the blog served as a space of my own to cultivate as I saw fit. It was a sliver of the internet where I could dream up an idea, execute it, and see the return on my efforts. The satisfaction I derived from this passion project got me through long days of job applications, uncertainty about what the coming months would hold, and lots of life changes.
