THE WOMAN AT THE PIANO
TAGGED #THINGSILOVE
There's something about this image that stops me every time.
The woman at the piano?
I choose it specifically for our first article tagged under #ThingsILove
The woman?
She's not playing the piano.
Not yet.
She's standing at the edge of the music, one hand resting on the keys, as if deciding whether to begin.
The green dress pools at her feet like something liquid, something brave.
The chandelier above her holds the light the way old houses hold secrets—generously, and without apology.
And she's alone.
Not lonely.
But alone the way you are when you've finally stopped performing for everyone else and remembered what your own music sounds like.
I chose this for our front cover of Issue 1 because it captures everything I'm feeling right now.
Just before I hit publish on our website to share with the world I was asked:
“Why are you doing this?” My answer?
It's December 2025…and I'm done with my old life.
Not yesterday or tomorrow.
Today.
I want to take a chance on a beautifully delicious version of life, even though I’m not actually sure how to get from here to there- though heavens knows I’ve been trying for a long…..long….time.
Today, and for the last month or so, I've feel like the woman at the piano.
I’ve started to fall back in love with playing.
Let me be really clear on this….
Not performance.
Not metrics.
Not perfection.
Not applause.
Through a series of random events- books, courses, ai intelligence, old faces and new friends, and nothing other than making a conscious choice to “Choose A Life I Love” I’ve given myself permission to play.
Right now, that looks like fantasy stories and AI images, creativity and self-help.
For the month prior I built a web based app, and 2 rough draft versions of an App Store app (V3 is currently in development as I write this magazine).
I’ve created 3 hard hitting research and development books (3 x different copies of the drip) and I’ve laughed and sometimes cried, and untangled myself and put myself back together, and been scattered and whole and everything in between.
And why not?
Today I'm enjoying it.
Tomorrow I might not.
But I no longer care if that happens, because if it does, then. one thing I’ve realised from creating this project- is that all that will happen is I'll pivot.
Choose again.
I’ll give myself grace to fold it and move onto another life I love.
Because that's what this magazine is about.
That's what the woman at the piano represents.
She's not waiting for permission to play.
She's not asking if she's good enough to play.
She's not committing to a 10-year plan.
She's just... there.
Present.
Ready.
About to play to her own tune.
That's what choosing a life you love looks like.
Not the big dramatic moment.
Not the applause.
Not the guarantee it will last forever.
Just a woman in a beautiful room, deciding to begin.
And if it doesn't work out?
If I decide to change?
That's okay too.
It's my life.
Because as our tagline says:
We can choose one or choose none.
But if you have to choose something, you might as well Choose A Life You Love.
So today?
Today I Choose A Life I Love.