One Year of Red Nail Energy 💅🏼

Hi my loves,

I’ve been sitting with how to put this into words, and to be honest… I’m still not sure I have them. But what I do know is that one year ago, I hit record on something that came from a place of deep pain, deep longing, and even deeper hope.

Red Nail Energy wasn’t born out of confidence. It was born out of a moment where everything felt like it had fallen apart. I didn’t recognize my life. I felt lost. And I remember thinking, “If I can’t see the light at the end of the tunnel, I’ll start banging on the walls until I make a little light for myself.”
It didn't really feel like I had another choice.

Maybe you can relate, maybe you've been in a season of banging on the walls of your life trying to let a little light in, too.

That’s what this last year has been for me.
A slow, steady chipping away at everything I thought I had to be.
An unraveling.
A remembering.

This space has become a love note to the girl I used to be, and a soft landing for the woman I’m still becoming. A reminder that we don’t have to be chosen to be powerful. That softness isn’t weakness. That it’s okay if the plan changes.
That it’s okay if we change, too.

So if you’re here, if you’ve listened, shared, messaged, cried, laughed, or nodded along, I just want to say thank you.
Thank you for making this real.
Thank you for letting me be messy.
Thank you for showing up, over and over again.

I don’t know what’s next.
But I know I’m not afraid of it anymore.

Here’s to choosing yourself. Again and again.

With love,
Macaile