Afterlight is a weekly reflection on mindful walking, creative autonomy, and rebuilding identity — one day at a time.
Afterlight is the light that remains after the sun has set. It is what stays when noise fades. It is what you build when you stop performing and start paying attention.
Weekly email. Essays on walking, creativity, autonomy. Field notes from Northern Portugal. Honest documentation of building a new life.
A public creative commitment: 100 consecutive days.Writing, walking, observing.Documenting the transition from employee to creator.Publishing daily notes.Not a productivity stunt. Not optimization.A discipline of attention.
Alex is a Portuguese creator documenting the transition from structured employment to a self-directed creative life. Based in Northern Portugal, he explores walking as a thinking practice and attention as a form of devotion.