Hi, I’m Sammy!

I was just your average office worker whose unchecked mental health issues came to a head when my brother died and then my young child got really sick.

I had to find ways to build myself back up from the wreck I became and ended up better than before.

I’ll use this space to gather my thoughts and tell my story of how I got here, my past and present mental health struggles, what has worked for me (or didn’t), and share my progress of rediscovering my creative side which I lost after entering the workforce.

Current Creativity Goals for 2026:

1. Launch “A Cynic’s Guide to Mindfulness (and being less of a miserable prick) blog and post my first entry no later than my 35th birthday (cut it close but achieved); and
2. Publish a children’s story written and illustrated entirely by me before the end of the year (story and sketches done, in digital colouring phase).