Viking Princess Susie
What I stand for
These are not rules I follow. They are the compass I return to — when I'm lost, when I'm loud, when I'm quiet, and when I'm starting over.
A letter to you
Before We Begin
Ididn't come here to perform a perfect life. I came here because I've spent too long waiting until things were tidier, quieter, more figured-out before I showed up. I'm done waiting.
Viking Princess Susie is the name I gave to the part of me that builds things — slowly, intentionally, with her hands in the dirt and her eyes on something worth making. She's not fearless. She's just decided that the table is worth building anyway.
This page exists so you know what you're walking into. Not a highlights reel. Not a brand with a pitch. Just a person, with values she's still learning to live by, who believes the ordinary is extraordinary if you pay attention to it.
Welcome to the table.
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Pillar One
Life Is Designed, Not Discovered
I believe we are the architects of our own tables — that an intentional life doesn't happen to you, it happens because of you. Authenticity isn't found; it's chosen, again and again, even when it's inconvenient or unfinished.
"Done beats perfect. Showing up beats waiting to be ready."
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Pillar Four
Your Body Is Your Own
I will never tell you what your body should look like. I believe in autonomy — in the radical, quiet act of deciding for yourself what your body is for and who it belongs to. No one earns a place at this table by being smaller. You are already enough.
"The table is for everyone. There are no entry requirements."
The Six Pillars
What I believe
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Pillar Two
The Ordinary Deserves Reverence
A cup of coffee at the right window. The light at 4pm in October. Tuesday. I believe romanticizing your life isn't delusional — it's revolutionary. Beauty is not reserved for grand moments. It lives in the ones you choose to notice.
"The ordinary is extraordinary, if you pay attention to it."
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Pillar Five
Fierce Allyship Is Quiet Work
Compassion without action is comfort. I believe in showing up for people who aren't in the room — not because it's trendy, but because a table that not everyone can sit at is just a wall. Allyship is not a moment. It's a practice.
"Warm at the table. That means everyone at the table."
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Pillar Three
Art Is How We Survive Ourselves
Photography — and every act of making — is how I process what I cannot say in words. Art is not decoration. It is medicine. I believe in making things not because they are good, but because the making heals something that language cannot reach.
"Pick up the camera. Make the thing. Let it be imperfect and true."
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Pillar Six
Wonder Is a Spiritual Practice
I keep a tarot deck and a Norse compass on the same shelf. I believe spirituality is more question than answer — that curiosity about the unseen is sacred, and that you don't have to have it figured out to let it guide you. Ask the questions. Follow the thread.
"The Vegvisir finds your way, even through storms you didn't see coming."
The Short Version
I believe intentional living is the most courageous thing you can do.
I believe the beautiful and the broken belong in the same sentence.
I believe your body is already worthyof every seat at every table.
I believe art is how we stay human when everything else is noise.
I believe wonder is not naïve — it is an act of resistance.
I believe the fight is worth it, and so are you.
Warm at the table. Fierce in the fight.
You're here. That matters.
Come Build With Me
I'm still building my table. Some weeks I miss a plank. Some weeks I add three. But I'm building it in public, with you, because I think that's the only honest way to do it.
If any of this landed in your chest — you're in the right place.
— Susie ᛭