the done list | august 2025

30 second reflection

I think last month was about coming home to an old love, collage. It's something I loved growing up, and starting to do it again feels right.

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(Note: it really did take me thirty seconds to think and write just those two sentences. For curiosity's sake I'm going to keep the 30 second format for a while, just to see what happens.)

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the highlights

1. be brave and give a damn — both the written piece, and the print. These are reminders for myself, and maybe you, to keep showing up for our communities, for ourselves.

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published content

• ​2025/34​
• ​2025/33​
• ​2025/32​
• ​energy charting​
• ​three mini-retrospectives​
• ​2025/31​
• ​be brave and give a damn​
• ​now update - aug 2025​
• ​what more is there to say?​
• ​release list: be brave and give a damn​
• ​2025/30​

new shop listings

• ​View From the Fifth Floor Office — zine​
• ​BE BRAVE AND GIVE A DAMN — letterpress print product​
• ​YOU WILL NEVER FEEL LIKE IT — sticker product​

encouragement

This is your reminder that no one knows what they’re doing all the time. It’s okay to show up clueless and learn while you’re doing the damn thing. Your brain is a learning machine at its core, even if you think it’s not, it’s taking in new information and figuring shit out. Keep showing up to learn, and you will.

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~ Sarah Joy

indie app developer + artist * poet

www.sarahjoycalpo.art

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