Creative Direction for
@withalma Q1 campaign āA Year From Todayā
A lot of my life was stolen by depression. Too anxious to go out, too wound up in all the ways I hated myself to learn what I could love. The first time I went to therapy, it felt like after years of living cold, scared, alone in the wilderness, Iād been handed a knife and flint. Finally, I had tools. I could catch a glimpse of a future where I wasnāt fighting for basic survival everyday.
For this campaign, I wanted to emphasize the aesthetics of this very straightforward type of quotidian optimism. Build a window into lifeās simplest pleasures like feeling proud of yourself, closeness with the people you love, a sense of clarity for where to go next. Almost unbelievably basic desires that can somehow feel so completely out of reach. Inspired by a counseling approach called motivational interviewing, I centered the campaign on a question: āImagine yourself a year from today. Therapy worked. Whatās different about your life?ā I love this question. When youāre cornered by anxiety, it feels so hard to imagine that tomorrow could feel any different from today. That change is within your reach if you take a first step towards it. Our wonderful cast stars in these vignettes of their years from today.
Thank you so much to the team at
@withalma for your collaboration and trust. And thank you so so so much to everyone who brought this together on such a crazy fast timeline, especially
@jimmynyeango and
@theolesourd the absolute dream video team. You are legends!! Obsessed with you!! And my producer and partner in beautiful crime,
@rachaelyaeger @human.nyc . Literally couldnāt have done this without you. Full credits in the comments because thereās so many of yāall! <3