And now here I am, sitting with packed boxes —
my move to Rome is just around the corner. It’s a new beginning. A deliberately chosen change of scenery.

 

Not just a physical one, but also an emotional step into a new phase of my life. One where I question a lot, nothing feels fixed, and I’m searching.

 

Searching for what? Good question.

Maybe for myself. Maybe for gelato. Probably for both.

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I spent many years working in the creative industry as a graphic designer and art director — today, I’m a concept developer. Over the past years, storytelling
in advertising has evolved not only visually but increasingly linguistically and emotionally — just like me. For me, storytelling has always been more than
a discipline — it’s my way of making sense of the world. Writing isn’t a new skill, but a new form of expression for an old sense of observation, because sometimes images alone aren’t enough. I write the way I live: intuitively, honestly, sometimes loud, often gentle.

 

What I will write: an ongoing blog straight from Rome. Personal, close, funny, and honest. I’ll take you along on my journey — not as a cheesy “escape to paradise” story, but as a real confrontation with questions like:

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What remains when you let go of everything familiar?
How does it feel to still not be “settled” as a twenty something?

 

I know what I don’t want anymore — but I’m not quite sure what I’m really looking for yet. Maybe a new everyday life, maybe myself, maybe just a good pasta and a reason to stay.

 

I want to share this time. Honestly, unfiltered, but also with humor. Like an ongoing postcard — from Rome.

Un bacione Maaike

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