The Go Outside! Series
Alaska is one of the last wild places on earth. Living here has changed the way I understand time, weather, movement, and presence.
The “Go Outside!” Series was a personal project that started out as a 2025 activity calendar designed to gently prompt people to step outdoors throughout the year. This project is both a design piece and a personal offering. It was made with the heart and care that I feel towards the Alaska Wildness.
WHY
I wanted to create something simple and tangible that would:
Encourage intentional time outside
Reflect the seasonal rhythms of Alaska
Invite people into small, meaningful adventures
Serve as a daily reminder to engage with place
HOW
Each page in the calendar reflected what that month in Alaska looks like and the type of outdoor activities that are accessible at that time.
This grew into something much bigger…
In collaboration with Alaska Waste, I was able to turn what started out as a calendar into something much bigger and more permanent.
What this could become…
When I first made “Go Outside!” it was small and personal. A calendar, some postcards, and a few stickers. It felt like something I needed for myself, and I hoped other people might want it too.
But as I worked on it, I started to realize I don’t actually want it to live in the category of “personal side project.” I want it to feel shared.
One of the moments that shifted this for me was collaborating with Alaska Waste to hand-paint one of their dumpsters. It’s such an ordinary object, but it made the message feel more public and more honest. It wasn’t just a fun calendar anymore, it was sitting in the middle of everyday life.
If I were to grow this, I wouldn’t want to just print more products. I’d want to pair it with experiences. I can imagine seasonal gatherings that align with the calendar. Community walks, small clean-up days, or maybe a solstice event. Maybe partnering with local organizations who are already doing the good, steady work of getting people outside and caring for this place.
I don’t feel interested in building something separate just to say I built it. I’d rather collaborate with businesses and nonprofits that already have the framework and invite this to layer into what they’re doing. The message is simple, but the call to action could be clearer. Not just “go outside,” but maybe “go outside together,” or “go outside and care for it,” or something that gives people a tangible next step.
What excites me most is the idea of this becoming less of a product and more of a practice. Something people participate in. Something that shows up in conversation. Something that feels like it belongs to the community, not to me.
I think that’s when it would really feel alive.
