Welcome to Overstressed & Overdressed
Some of you might know me by this name from my Instagram that I started back in 2019– a place for me to share about fashion and beauty and explore creativity while dealing with the mundane (& sometimes soul-crushing) life of a young professional going into debt to complete grad school while also starting a career in the complicated and usually depressing field of international affairs and human rights.
Some of you (most of you) may know me from TikTok– mainly perfume moodboards, wish lists, and daily outfit checks. A platform that I dove headfirst into much later than most, but have enjoyed the ability to escape into nonetheless.
And some of you may know me in real life– whether that be family, friends, colleagues, or former classmates.
Some know more of me than others, but only ever what I chose to share and to show.
Three different “platforms” of my visible life that I’ve worked hard to keep compartmentalized, separate. I’ve tactfully avoided sharing too much my whole life. I can count on my fingers the number of people who know me from all angles. Maybe it’s my Scorpio sun that has led me to feel the need to strategize sharing information about myself – seeing it as one never ending game that I can’t figure out how to win. There must be a reason why reading Machiavelli in school resonated so much, why I excel in strategy and deception games, and why Mastermind by Taylor Swift is one of my most listened to songs.
Perhaps it’s my Libra rising that makes me feel the need to shift my identity on each platform, each social setting, each group of friends. Or maybe it’s the fact that I was raised by a Virgo mother– a master of compartmentalization, organization, and strategy.
More likely it’s a mix of mental illness, the fallout of growing up as a “gifted child”, imposter syndrome, and a deep fear of being perceived but that’s far too depressing so I’ll continue to blame it on astrology, while truthfully I’m not even sure that I really believe in astrology.
My goal for this 4th “platform” is to finally merge the different aspects of my life in one place. This is a space for me to get personal and unfiltered, share without the parameters of a “niche,” and do what I’m best at– overthink.
I’ll be diving deeper into fashion, beauty, life, navigating my twenties, and everything in between. If any of this resonates with you, or even if it doesn’t, feel free to join me.