About Me​

In 2021, during the Covid pandemic, I lost my job.

At the time, it felt frightening and uncertain. I had no clear plan for what would happen next, so I packed my bags and flew to Egypt.

That trip changed everything.

In Egypt, I discovered freediving and took my first Molchanovs Level 1 course. Being in the ocean made me feel a kind of freedom that I had never experienced before. I remember thinking that this was how I wanted to live, even though I had absolutely no idea how to make it possible. I was just like, I am gonna try to find a way to make money online.

I began looking for freelance work online and very quickly (luckily) found my first jobs in graphic design and social media management. That allowed me to support myself while continuing to travel and freedive.

Freediving gradually became much more than a sport. It brought me face-to-face with whales, dolphins, sharks, sea lions and many other animals I once only dreamed of seeing. It also became the foundation of the stories I create and the work I do today.

Consistency is probably one of my strongest qualities, but I do not believe consistency means blindly continuing everything forever. Sometimes the most important decision is not to keep going. It is to understand when something no longer supports the life you are trying to build.

Tattooing is one example.

I originally started tattooing in 2024 because I genuinely love art and drawing. I loved transforming my underwater encounters and marine-life illustrations into art on somebody’s skin. Over time, it became more than a hobby. I began taking clients, earning money and carrying real responsibility for the work I created.

But once I experienced the reality of doing it professionally, I also understood what the job required from me.

A large tattoo could mean working for eight to ten hours in one day. The work was physically demanding on my eyes, neck and back, and every appointment tied my income directly to a specific place and a specific number of working hours. I realized that even though I could earn money from tattooing, it was not the kind of work or lifestyle I wanted to build long term.

So I chose to stop.

Not because tattooing had failed, and not because I was unable to make money from it, but because I had become clear about how much of my time, energy and physical health it would require.

My time is limited, and I would rather invest it in building my own platforms, creative work and personal brand—things that have the potential to continue growing beyond the individual hours I put into them.

Letting go of something after seriously trying it is not failure. Sometimes trying something is exactly how you discover that it is not the right path for you.