Is your Latest Pinterest Board Changing your Life?
Written By : Hannah Corbett
When is it time for a change? The first day of fall has always felt anonymous to me. There’s no big countdown like New Year’s Eve, no champagne clinking at midnight, no fireworks in the sky to mark it. It just…happens. One morning you walk outside and the air is different—cooler, sharper. The leaves have quietly shifted from green to brown. People are suddenly talking about apple picking, pumpkin patches, and swapping out iced coffees for hot lattes. Before you know it, the holidays are creeping in, and summer is officially, undeniably over.
That quiet shift makes me wonder: when is it time for a change?
Some changes come naturally with the season. Maybe it’s as small as a haircut, or as subtle as rearranging the furniture in your apartment to make the space feel fresh. Sometimes it’s a new fall coat, a candle that smells like cedar, or finally tackling the closet you’ve been avoiding all summer. But other times, the itch for change feels bigger. A new job. A new apartment. A new city, maybe even a new state. Those kinds of changes don’t arrive as neatly as a pumpkin spice latte menu at your favorite café. They demand thought, courage, and a little bit of dreaming.
And for me, dreaming always starts on Pinterest.
Last year I wrote an article called Can Pinterest Really Change Your Life? and even after a full year, my answer is still yes. Pinterest is more than pretty images to scroll through—it’s a tool. It’s a quiet but powerful way of preparing yourself for the life you want. A haircut doesn’t feel as scary once I’ve pinned a dozen reference photos. A campaign photoshoot feels less overwhelming when I have an inspiration board to pull from. Even vacations start there—I’ll pin restaurants, outfits, and mood boards long before I even book a flight.
Pinterest makes change feel approachable. It gives it form. And in a world where change often feels unpredictable, that’s comforting.
This past year, I’ve gone through a handful of changes—new jobs, new routines, new creative projects. Every single time, Pinterest was there as my soft place to land, reminding me of the things I’m drawn to, the aesthetics that excite me, and the kind of life I want to be building. Even something as simple as pinning Christmas décor ideas becomes more than just a mood board—it becomes a ritual, a way of easing myself into the shift of seasons.
Because maybe that’s the real lesson: change doesn’t always have to be dramatic. It doesn’t always need a moving truck or a resignation letter. Sometimes it starts with a pin. Sometimes it’s as small as lighting a new candle, or changing your morning routine, or trying a new nail color.
But then again, sometimes those small changes are the sparks that lead to bigger ones. The Pinterest board labeled NYC Apartment that you casually add to over time? One day it turns into a lease signing. The “Career Inspo” board? Suddenly you’re interviewing for a job that looks like those pins. It’s a slow, steady kind of magic.
So, when is it time for a change? Maybe the answer isn’t as clear-cut as a season shifting overnight. Maybe it’s when you feel that familiar restlessness—the same way you feel the crispness of fall in the air before the leaves have even changed. And when you do, maybe the first step isn’t to pack up your life, but simply to start a board, start collecting, start dreaming.
Because once you’ve seen the vision of the life you want—even in the form of digital pins—it becomes a little easier to step into it.