About Ajiri Aki
Bonjour & Bienvenue!
This is a place for you to get inspired and learn how to inject more beauty and joy, or joie as the french say, into your life. Beautiful spaces, places, objects and experiences matter because as John Keats said, “a thing of beauty is a joy forever. ”
Notes on Joie is where you learn…
to surround yourself with objects in your home that bring you joy and even better if they have a story
to always use “the good china,” which is also a metaphor for beautiful things and experiences, and to not to wait for a special occasion
to care about where you buy the food you eat and drink as much the taste
that fellowship is life and that connections and conversations with people are vital for joy
that sometimes doing nothing is everything
that what brings you pleasure should never make you feel guilty
that self-care in various forms truly is self-preservation
About Ajiri Aki
As a Nigerian-American (+ a quarter Jamaican) who has been living in Paris for 13 years now, learning to find joie de vivre every day has become my North Star. It fuels my decisions and inspired me to launch my lifestyle brand Madame de la Maison, write a book, and often leave my apartment in search of a cafe to lusciously chill. I am excited for this newsletter and look forward to connecting with you here.