Why I’m Building The Pink Archive
For most of my life, I approached my future the way a lot of people in my generation were taught to.
Work hard.
Pick something practical.
Build the resume.
Get the degree.
Do the internships.
Network.
Optimize ourselves.
Delay what you actually want until you’ve earned the right to do it. The promise was simple: if you did all of those things correctly, jobs and stability would follow. So, I did.
I studied Information Systems.
I played Division I volleyball.
I did the internships.
I built the credentials.
I did things not because I enjoyed them, but because they checked boxes.
And for a long time, I thought that’s what success was supposed to look like. But somewhere along the way, something stopped making sense. My generation is arguably one of the most educated, credentialed, and competitive generations in history. We were told exactly what to do, and many of us did it. But increasingly, the reward feels uncertain. “Safe jobs” no longer exist. People dedicate their entire lives to a business and can be laid off without a second glance. Entire industries are being reshaped by automation and AI. Entry-level opportunities are shrinking. The ladder people told us to climb seems to be disappearing while we’re still on it.
And that’s when I started asking a different question.
Not:
“What looks good on a resume?”
But:
“What actually makes me feel alive?”
Because if there is no guaranteed safe path anyway, then maybe the better question is how to build a career and life worth living. I’m not interested in optimizing my life. For me, that answer kept pointing back to creating.
Back to art.
Back to storytelling.
Back to ideas.
Back to building things.
Because these are the things that give me energy rather than take it.
I’ve never fit neatly into a single category: artist, athlete, tech student, or entrepreneur. Each one describes part of me, but none of them fully capture all of me. My art is influenced by technology. My athletic background influences how I approach creative work. The most interesting ideas in my life always happened when disciplines collide. I felt pressure to choose one identity, but now I’m more interested in building something that allows all of them to exist at the same time.
That’s what The Pink Archive is.
It’s not just an art brand, and I’m not trying to be an influencer.
Think of it as a “creative lab”- a place where ideas are explored through whatever medium makes the most sense. Some become paintings, stories, collaborations, or things that don’t fit neatly into a category at all.
The medium isn’t chosen first, but the idea is.
The we figure out the best way to bring it to life. Because I believe the future belongs to people who can connect disciplines rather than stay confined within them.
People who can create.
I don’t have everything figured out. In fact, you’re watching me develop this in real time. But if I’m going to spend years building something, I’d rather build something that feels genuinely mine than spend those years chasing someone else’s definition of success.
So, that’s what I’m doing.
The Pink Archive is the result.
An experiment.
A studio.
An idea lab.
A growing collection of projects, stories, collaborations, and creations.
And this is only the beginning.
