how i accidentally started a website while avoiding my to-do list

I tend to overthink… but also act way too quickly.
I get distracted walking to the bathroom, forget why I unlocked my phone, and regularly spiral between creative obsession and forgetting to eat.

So naturally… I built a website.

Because apparently, raising five kids and being a full-time working mom wasn’t enough purpose for my brain — it wanted a project. Or twenty.

It all started when we decided to homeschool our five-year-old for preschool. I dove in headfirst (because of course I did) and started creating my own printables — not because I wanted to be That Mom™, but because I couldn’t find anything that actually worked for us.

At first, I made them just for us. Then I made more. Then I started writing a children’s book inspired by that same kid. Then I somehow pivoted into a rom-com. Then I finally opened up the trauma book I’ve been quietly stewing on for years. And somewhere in between those wildly different creative tangents…

I realized I was trying to make sense of me.

This site — Sprouting Shelf — is the accidental-but-necessary result of all of that. It’s where I’m storing what I’ve made, what I’ve learned, and what I’m still fumbling through.
It’s messy. It’s meaningful. And maybe — hopefully — it’s a little bit hopeful too.

If you’re a little lost, a little overloaded, or a little too good at starting things before knowing what you’re doing…
welcome. You’re exactly where you need to be.