"In January 2026 I was a photographer with a plan." The plan involved a newsletter about photography tips.

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What arrived instead was an essay about permission. Then another one. Then I couldn’t stop.

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That was the beginning of Still Becoming: weekly essays on permission, imposter syndrome and the specific, worthwhile work of building a life that actually fits.

 

Where the ideas come from

I live in Scotland, originally from New Zealand. Most mornings I walk with my dog, Rip. Those walks are where most of the ideas come from.

Still Becoming was built in the gaps of a full life. Twenty-minute windows. Early mornings. The occasional Sunday afternoon.

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That’s what everything here is about. You can start now, in the life you actually have, from exactly where you are.

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I'm Jules. I help midlifers pick up their dream. The one they've been carrying at a slightly reduced size for longer than feels comfortable to admit.

 

Still Becoming

Still Becoming is a weekly Substack publication. Free essays, every Wednesday. Became Still Becoming in March 2026. Now read in 32 countries.

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Free to read. Paid subscribers get the essay behind the essay, the full archive and early access to new guides and daily practice.

 

Where to go next

If the essays land and you want to go further, start with Five Days in the Gaps: five free prompts and an audio episode. When you're ready for more, Forty Days of Building in the Gaps is the full course, and 1:1 coaching is there when you need to think something through with someone.

 

The Wide Life

The Wide Life is the umbrella for all of it. Still Becoming. The daily practice. The guides. The coaching.

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The Wide Life is not a destination.  It’s an orientation toward your own experience: the ordinary, specific, already-happening life you’re actually living.

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Still becoming. Always. That’s the whole point.