diff --git a/features/cv-page/forms/useResumeDataForm.ts b/features/cv-page/forms/useResumeDataForm.ts
index 1802fddf..01c3fd06 100644
--- a/features/cv-page/forms/useResumeDataForm.ts
+++ b/features/cv-page/forms/useResumeDataForm.ts
@@ -1,12 +1,18 @@
 import { useFormState } from 'aetherspace/forms/useFormState'
-import { ResumeData } from 'cv-page/schemas/ResumeData'
+import { GetResumeDataByUserSlugDataBridge } from '../schemas/GetResumeDataByUserSlugDataBridge'
+import { DeepPartial } from 'aetherspace/types/typeHelpers'
+
+/* --- Types ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
+
+type InitialFormData = DeepPartial<(typeof GetResumeDataByUserSlugDataBridge)['RES']>
 
 /* --- useResumeDataForm() --------------------------------------------------------------------- */
 
-const useResumeDataForm = (initialValues) => {
+const useResumeDataForm = (initialValues: InitialFormData) => {
   const formState = useFormState({
-    stateSchema: ResumeData,
+    stateSchema: GetResumeDataByUserSlugDataBridge.responseSchema,
     initialValues,
+    applyDefaults: true,
   })
   return formState
 }
diff --git a/features/cv-page/screens/UpdateResumeScreen.tsx b/features/cv-page/screens/UpdateResumeScreen.tsx
index 50e98289..d04b1955 100644
--- a/features/cv-page/screens/UpdateResumeScreen.tsx
+++ b/features/cv-page/screens/UpdateResumeScreen.tsx
@@ -1,11 +1,12 @@
 import React from 'react'
 import { useAetherRoute } from 'aetherspace/navigation'
 import { z, AetherProps, createDataBridge } from 'aetherspace/schemas'
-import { GetResumeDataByUserSlugDataBridge } from '..//schemas/GetResumeDataByUserSlugDataBridge.ts'
+import { GetResumeDataByUserSlugDataBridge } from '../schemas/GetResumeDataByUserSlugDataBridge.ts'
 import { View } from 'aetherspace/primitives'
 import { H1, P } from 'aetherspace/html-elements'
 import useResumeDataForm from '../forms/useResumeDataForm.ts'
 import { dummyResumeData } from '../mocks/resumeData.mock.ts'
+import { isEmpty } from 'aetherspace/utils/commonUtils/commonUtils.ts'
 
 /* --- Schemas & Types ------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
 
@@ -42,9 +43,18 @@ export const UpdateResumeScreen = (props: TUpdateResumeScreenProps) => {
 
   // -- Effects --
 
-  React.useEffect(() => {
-    formState.handleChange('slug', 'codinsonnn')
-  }, [])
+  // React.useEffect(() => {
+  //   formState.handleChange('slug', 'codinsonnn')
+  // }, [])
+
+  // React.useEffect(() => {
+  //   formState.validate()
+  // }, [formState.getValue('slug')])
+
+  // React.useEffect(() => {
+  //   const { errors } = formState
+  //   console.log('ResumeScreen', { formState })
+  // }, [formState.hasErrors('awards')])
 
   // -- Guards --
 
@@ -56,6 +66,14 @@ export const UpdateResumeScreen = (props: TUpdateResumeScreenProps) => {
     )
   }
 
+  if (!isEmpty(formState.errors)) {
+    return (
+      <View tw="w-full h-full items-center justify-center">
+        <H1 tw="text-red-500">Form error: {JSON.stringify(formState.errors, null, 4)}</H1>
+      </View>
+    )
+  }
+
   // -- Render --
 
   return (
diff --git a/packages/@aetherspace/forms/useFormState.ts b/packages/@aetherspace/forms/useFormState.ts
index 4986c0fd..509f575f 100644
--- a/packages/@aetherspace/forms/useFormState.ts
+++ b/packages/@aetherspace/forms/useFormState.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 /* eslint-disable @typescript-eslint/ban-types */
 import { useState, useMemo, useEffect } from 'react'
+// Types
+import { DeepPartial, HintedKeys } from '../types'
 // Schemas
 import { z } from '../schemas'
 // Utils
@@ -18,29 +20,53 @@ export type AetherFormInputBaseProps<T> = {
 }
 
 export type AetherFormState<T = Record<string, any>, K extends keyof T = keyof T> = {
-  errors: Record<K, string[]>
+  /** -i- The current values of the form */
   values: T
+  /** -i- A map of all errors in the form */
+  errors: Record<K, string[]>
+  /** -i- Whether the form is valid or not */
   isValid: boolean
+  /** -i- Whether the form has been changed from its default state */
   isUnsaved: boolean
+  /** -i- Whether the form is currently the default state */
   isDefaultState: boolean
+  /** -i- Sets the form state to the provided values */
   setValues: (values: T) => void
+  /** -i- Sets a single value in the form state */
   handleChange: (key: K, value: T[K]) => void
+  /** -i- Returns a handler that sets a single value in the form state */
+  getChangeHandler: (key: K) => (value: T[K]) => void
+  /** -i- Validates the form state, sets errors if not, and returns whether it is valid or not */
   validate: (showErrors?: boolean) => boolean
+  /** -i- Updates the form errors */
   updateErrors: (errors: Record<K, string[]>) => void
+  /** -i- Resets the form state to its default values */
   resetForm: () => void
+  /** -i- Spreadable function that returns the props to add to an input to hook it up to the form state */
   getInputProps: (key: K) => AetherFormInputBaseProps<T[K]>
-  transformValues: (values: T) => Record<K | (string & {}), unknown>
+  /** -i- Transform the values of the form (simply returns it if no transformer was provided) */
+  transformValues: (values: T) => Record<K | HintedKeys, unknown>
+  /** -i- Returns a single value from the form state */
   getValue: (key: K) => T[K]
+  /** -i- Returns the errors for a single value from the form state */
   getErrors: (key: K) => string[]
+  /** -i- Returns whether a single value from the form state has errors */
   hasErrors: (key: K) => boolean
 }
 
 export type AetherFormStateOptions<S extends z.ZodRawShape, T extends z.infer<z.ZodObject<S>>> = {
+  /** -i- Schema to validate the state with *and* provide types from */
   stateSchema: z.ZodObject<S>
-  initialValues?: Record<keyof T | (string & {}), unknown>
+  /** -i- Initial values to set the form state to, should be a partial of the possible formState */
+  initialValues?: DeepPartial<Record<keyof T | HintedKeys, unknown>>
+  /** -i- Will trigger revalidation once a field loses focus */
   validateOnBlur?: boolean
+  /** -i- Will trigger revalidation once a field changes */
   validateOnChange?: boolean
-  transformValues?: (values: T) => Record<keyof T | (string & {}), unknown>
+  /** -i- Applies state schema defaults to the form state on every change */
+  applyDefaults?: boolean
+  /** -i- If provided, will transform the values before returning them when calling formState.transformValues() */
+  transformValues?: (values: T) => Record<keyof T | HintedKeys, unknown>
 }
 
 /** --- useFormState() ------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
@@ -48,16 +74,22 @@ export type AetherFormStateOptions<S extends z.ZodRawShape, T extends z.infer<z.
 export const useFormState = <S extends z.ZodRawShape, T extends z.infer<z.ZodObject<S>>>(
   options: AetherFormStateOptions<S, T>
 ): AetherFormState<T> => {
-  // Options
-  const { stateSchema, initialValues, validateOnBlur, validateOnChange } = options
-  const defaultValues = useMemo(() => stateSchema.applyDefaults(initialValues ?? {}) as T, [])
-
   // Types
   type K = keyof T
 
+  // Options
+  const { stateSchema, initialValues, validateOnBlur, validateOnChange } = options // prettier-ignore
+
+  // Defaults
+  const defaultValues = useMemo(() => {
+    if (options.applyDefaults) return initialValues as T
+    return stateSchema.applyDefaults(initialValues ?? {}) as T
+  }, [])
+
   // State
   const [values, setValues] = useState<T>(defaultValues)
   const [errors, updateErrors] = useState<Record<K, string[]>>({} as Record<K, string[]>)
+  const valuesToReturn = options.applyDefaults ? stateSchema.applyDefaults(values) : values
 
   // -- Memos --
 
@@ -75,16 +107,25 @@ export const useFormState = <S extends z.ZodRawShape, T extends z.infer<z.ZodObj
 
   const hasErrors = (key: K) => !isEmpty(errors[key])
 
-  const transformValues = () => (options.transformValues?.(values) ?? (values as Record<K | (string & {}), unknown>)) // prettier-ignore
+  const transformValues = () => {
+    const transformedValues = options.transformValues?.(valuesToReturn)
+    return transformedValues ?? (valuesToReturn as Record<K | (string & {}), unknown>)
+  }
 
   // -- Validation --
 
   const validate = (showErrors = true) => {
-    const validationResult = stateSchema.safeParse(values) // @ts-ignore
+    const validationResult = stateSchema.safeParse(valuesToReturn) // @ts-ignore
     const validationError = validationResult.error as z.ZodError | undefined
     if (validationError && showErrors) {
-      const formErrors = validationError.flatten().fieldErrors as Record<K, string[]>
-      updateErrors(formErrors)
+      const flattenedErrors = validationError.flatten()
+      const formErrors = flattenedErrors.fieldErrors as Record<K, string[]>
+      const formErrorKeys = Object.keys(formErrors) as K[]
+      const updatedErrors = formErrorKeys.reduce((acc, key) => {
+        const dedupedErrors = Array.from(new Set(formErrors[key]))
+        return { ...acc, [key]: dedupedErrors }
+      }, {} as Record<K, string[]>) // prettier-ignore
+      updateErrors(updatedErrors)
     }
     return validationResult.success
   }
@@ -95,6 +136,8 @@ export const useFormState = <S extends z.ZodRawShape, T extends z.infer<z.ZodObj
     setValues((currentValues) => ({ ...currentValues, [key]: value }))
   }
 
+  const getChangeHandler = (key: K) => (value: T[K]) => handleChange(key, value)
+
   // -- Input Props --
 
   const getInputProps = (key: K) => ({
@@ -120,13 +163,14 @@ export const useFormState = <S extends z.ZodRawShape, T extends z.infer<z.ZodObj
   // -- Return --
 
   return {
-    values,
+    values: valuesToReturn,
     errors,
     isDefaultState,
     isValid,
     isUnsaved,
     setValues,
     handleChange,
+    getChangeHandler,
     validate,
     updateErrors,
     resetForm,
diff --git a/packages/@aetherspace/types/typeHelpers.ts b/packages/@aetherspace/types/typeHelpers.ts
index 1621c4ab..34a73a6d 100644
--- a/packages/@aetherspace/types/typeHelpers.ts
+++ b/packages/@aetherspace/types/typeHelpers.ts
@@ -5,4 +5,14 @@ export type Unpromisify<T> = T extends Promise<infer R> ? R : T
 
 export type HintedKeys = string & {} // eslint-disable-line @typescript-eslint/ban-types
 
+export type DeepPartial<T> = {
+  [P in keyof T]?: T[P] extends Array<infer U>
+    ? Array<DeepPartial<U>>
+    : T[P] extends ReadonlyArray<infer U>
+    ? ReadonlyArray<DeepPartial<U>>
+    : T[P] extends object
+    ? DeepPartial<T[P]>
+    : T[P]
+}
+
 export type any$Todo = any