Let’s Chat about it
Wow! This has been a long time coming. Let me start by introducing myself to you all. I’m Sydney, the co-founder and owner of The Ludic Closet and the COZE Mental Health Club. I’m beside myself seeing all this come together.
It was 5th grade, about to walk on stage, and boom - a freak out began. I can’t even describe what I was feeling in that moment. Years went by where I was dreading having that feeling come back to me. It wasn’t until middle school when I felt those feelings arriving more in my day-to-day life. I thought I just worried too much about everything, or stressed about my home life, or worried about high school, and what that would look like as a 6’1” female. It never occurred to me that what I was feeling happens to millions of other people. Anxiety. The anxiety only got worse as I got older. Now that I’m in my 20’s (mid 20’s with a baby on the way) I’ve found my fair share of methods with coping with my anxiety, or that’s what I tell myself at least. It’s when I think I’m getting better when it likes to attack me the most. For instance, instead of enjoying moments like this, creating COZE, I find myself thinking of everything that could go wrong - like no one is reading this at all because no one has purchased our new weighted hoodies that give you access to this sappy blog post.
If you’re here, yay, I’m happy to prove myself wrong every once in a while. If you are familiar with our brand ‘The Ludic Closet’ then you know I’ve designed and created my fair share of daily reminder hoodies, sweat sets, tees and crewnecks. I have put affirmations on just about anything I can get my hands on. My work desk is filled with overlays of affirmation after affirmation. My car has about 10 sticky notes, most spelling out something like “you got this” while others say “you don’t need another coffee". My life is filled with daily reminders as it’s my main form of coping with my daily struggle with anxiety. The idea to create a space where I can access as many daily affirmations as possible on any given day (not just the affirmation on my sleeve) came to me when I was tired of being confined within the space of a garment. I wanted there to be more space, more affirmations, more than just the saying that I could see on my sleeve. The idea to create this space that can offer you any kind of peace is an immediate goal of mine. Although access to this site is directly on your wrist at all times, this is also designed for when you’re not wearing your COZE garment, but instead have access 24/7. I hope you find the daily affirmations you need the most, as we all know those can differ from day to day.
Our small team will update COZE daily, and new blog posts weekly to ensure you always find something you’re needing when you come into this community. I want to say THANK YOU if you have read this far; you alone have helped my dreams of bringing this community together. I hope your new weighted hoodie is weighing down your anxious thoughts just like I designed them to. Your support means the world to me! Please check out the FREE pages I have created for you! My passion is design, and if you know us, you know I doodle a lot…please feel free to put these wherever you need them the most!
I’ll be back to ramble soon!
( In every blog post the writer will also include what he/she is reading in regard to what is helping them within their mental health journey)
Currently Reading: ‘The mountain is You’—By Brianna Wiest
Podcast: The Mindset Mentor
Current favorite affirmation: ‘What is coming is better than what has gone’
XO, Sydney