from the office of landon stefanski

01.06.25 SQUARE ONE

Reflecting on the last year isn’t easy. It’s kind of jarring how much can happen in 365 days. I could write some this and that on my reflection. But you can watch/hear/feel that here. So, what now? I’ve hit the ground running, faster than ever. I’m not counting my eggs before they hatch because not once has that gone well, but, I’m pretty optimistic about the road ahead. Going into working independently on a local level. I’m not sure how everyone just gets a salary job right out of school, but it’s cool. If a door won’t open I’m going through the window. I recently just had the privilege of shooting my best friend’s first gig, and it really hit that, we are doing this and we are doing it on our own. Coming to appreciate what indie really means lol. Anyway, here's what I've been listening to lately-

07.08.24 START

This moment right now is a full circle moment. Thinking about how growing up I would make “newsletters’ in Microsoft Publisher and email them to relatives (probably against their will). Then later in my teens when I made my own website that acted as a blog. Looking back, it was really lame and made with a free site creator. But in the moment, that moment, I was reeling in it. Unstoppable. The freedom I felt I had as I documented my early teens and created an image for myself, an ideal, about working in creative careers. I was met with many walls like not having the tools to create the things I wanted. But I persevered because it was all I could do. Not a single soul looked at the site other than myself and probably my mom like twice. But I was laying the groundwork since an early age. When I was even younger I would make little pretend businesses and make branding for them. But back to my point. This is the full circle moment. As I write on this site, that I made by HAND and not some site maker thing. I’m creating what I want exactly how I want. I’m sharing the thoughts in my head. The ideas. It feels really fulfilling to know I was able to make the things I felt were not possible over a decade ago.