About

I’m Megan O'Neill. I'm a Content Designer, writer, illustrator, animator, and letterpress printmaker in Jersey City, NJ—and I recently completed my master’s in Happiness Studies.

My work in Happiness Studies sent me down a rabbit hole, learning about the connection between wellbeing and some of the things I love most: words and creativity. This is a place for me to share my learnings and musings on these topics.

What does Creating Yourself mean?

Creating yourself is intended to be read two ways:

The first is about becoming. It’s the idea that you have the power to create your identity and your reality through what you think, say, and do—the power to create your actual self.

The second is about making things on your own. Now that AI can basically create anything for you, I’ve grown increasingly curious about the impact AI usage has on our sense of ownership, accomplishment, and wellbeing, versus actually creating things on our own.

Everything you find here will be related in some way to these ideas of "creating yourself."

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