By Alyah - Invidious

By Alyah
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Hey, I’m Alyah! A multihyphenate renaissance girlie—artist, designer, and creative director—and this is my Designer Diaries, where I’m sharing my journey behind the scenes of leaving corporate tech, starting my first business in my 20’s, and creating my dream life along the way.

After 6 years of designing and barely getting by, I finally decided to allow myself to explore and get curious about creating for me again and collabing with creators and brands who get the vibe 🦋

This reflection space matters to me, somewhere to show the good and bad, and I know having a safe space like this matters to a lot of us. We don’t owe perfection to the internet but we owe honesty, compassion, and a bit of dreamy whimsy to ourselves.

I love chatting about all things lifestyle, travel, education, wellness, sustainability :)

Business Inquiries ➡️
contact@byalyah.com

Client Application 📝
www.byalyah.com/lets-chat

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23:52

January Diary New Year Chit Chat, Snow Storm 🙂‍↔️

By Alyah

Shared 1 day ago

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15:11

My first $5k month as a designer 🥳 navigating brand partnerships & boundaries irl

By Alyah

Shared 1 week ago

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36:18

Treating myself after nearing $5k | My first haul as a freelance designer 🦋

By Alyah

Shared 1 week ago

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11:26

Supporting the arts matters more than celebrity opinions

By Alyah

Shared 3 weeks ago

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18:00

We need to give ourselves (and our community)more credit

By Alyah

Shared 4 weeks ago

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43:11

trusting the process when you don't have all the answers

By Alyah

Shared 1 month ago

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23:20

I'm glad I was laid off: Take What You Need, Leave the Rest ♡

By Alyah

Shared 1 month ago

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46:20

slow cozy GRWM like we're catching up | new makeup and designer diaries

By Alyah

Shared 1 month ago

217 views

21:11

Manifesting my dream life as a multi-hyphenate girlie

By Alyah

Shared 1 month ago

56 views

14:27

Morning Musings: coffee, ex's, and my favorite Uniqlo design collabs

By Alyah

Shared 1 month ago

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22:18

When You're Ending the Year Dusty But Still Optimistic

By Alyah

Shared 1 month ago

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1:32:34

On Creativity, Scarcity, and Safety: a little bit of everything with Alyah

By Alyah and Katie Westerlind

Shared 3 months ago

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25:46

How To Manifest Through Tests (It Actually Gets To Be Easy)

By Alyah

Shared 4 months ago

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9:40

Inside My Web Design Workflow for High-End Clients (the process with Robyn)

By Alyah

Shared 5 months ago

271 views

16:12

How I Got My First $250 On Substack (you just have to show up)

By Alyah

Shared 5 months ago

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29:15

From Laid Off to Profitable: My Creative Entrepreneur Journey (Q3 Reflections)

By Alyah

Shared 6 months ago

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49:36

7 lessons from my first year in business as a designer in my 20s

By Alyah

Shared 7 months ago

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22:30

Mid Year Reset - What I learned when my life got Simpler

By Alyah

Shared 8 months ago

65 views

18:58

Spend the weekend with me in DC! EU Day, Local Art, Boba, Dupont, Rockcreek, Old Town ALX

By Alyah

Shared 9 months ago

55 views

9:18

What its *really* like building a business in your 20s - Designer Diaries

By Alyah

Shared 11 months ago

177 views

14:49

The Experience That Sells Your Business - Why You Need a Strategic Brand Identity To Grow Your ROI

By Alyah

Shared 11 months ago

128 views

25:18

Success on My Terms (After Leaving Corporate)

By Alyah

Shared 11 months ago

269 views

41:21

Designer March Recap 🌸 Creator Events, Wealth Journey, Scarcity Healing

By Alyah

Shared 11 months ago

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49:35

Paint with me 🌼 Processing grief, No longer proving myself as an artist, My small business journey

By Alyah

Shared 1 year ago

209 views

24:04

Creating my first lead magnet with Canva → Flodesk template redesign

By Alyah

Shared 1 year ago

192 views

17:29

Feeling Good About Work | My Easy Trick for Less Stress with Slow Productivity 📚

By Alyah

Shared 1 year ago

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22:04

Knowing your worth ✨ Being seen and heard | Showing up authentically | My favorite books right now 💕

By Alyah

Shared 1 year ago

86 views

27:43

I Lost My Dream Job - Here's How I Started Over 🦋

By Alyah

Shared 1 year ago

385 views

14:08

Ex-Corporate Designer in Tech | Moving out of luxury DC apartment | Spilling my Bespoke Matcha tea 🍵

By Alyah

Shared 1 year ago

662 views