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ADHD, Bipolar, and the Reality of a Financial Mess
I wish I could say my financial struggles are just “a bit of overspending” or “a late bill here and there.” But the truth is harsher: I...
Marichit Garcia
Sep 13 min read


Thoughts While Taking Care of my Dad at a Public Hospital
Private versus public. Rich versus poor. Privileged versus the disadvantaged. Somehow in the course of my strange and dysfunctional life...
Marichit Garcia
Aug 243 min read


Black Sheep
Photo by Jonathan Mabey on Unsplash I am up and out of bed. I congratulate myself. Usually I would still be there, nursing a cooling mug...
Marichit Garcia
Aug 164 min read


Knocked Down Dead for a Week Then Resurrected
I am writing this with my brand-new keyboard which is more of an emotional necessity than a functional one. I am also writing this in the...
Marichit Garcia
Aug 124 min read


Monster Season Back Too Soon
The monster has returned. It wears the face of obligation, the skin of expectation, the breath of never-enough. It knocks on the door...
Marichit Garcia
Jul 261 min read


Drowning
Sunday. The sacred sigh of the week. And yet here I am, not wrapped in dream-rich reverie or trailing ink into something that might...
Marichit Garcia
Jul 202 min read


Midyear Muddle
Photo by Michael Wave on Unsplash I had hoped for it to be a midyear restart, recalibration, refresh, revolution. But as I type this I...
Marichit Garcia
Jul 183 min read


Reclaiming the Impossible
This evening, I lit an incense stick as a signal of my small rebellion—a flicker in the face of a never-ending storm. I have started an...
Marichit Garcia
Jun 132 min read


A Forced Stop
Photo by Nick Fewings on Unsplash I thought I could push through. Friday morning, I woke up feeling off. My skin felt too warm, I had...
Marichit Garcia
Mar 174 min read


Living in a Sinkhole Household
Photo by Maxim Tolchinskiy on Unsplash The term "sinkhole household" perfectly captures the feeling. It’s not a regular house or a home....
Marichit Garcia
Mar 113 min read


From Barely Surviving the Weekend to a Monday That Almost Broke Me Again
I barely made it through the weekend, but I did. It wasn’t perfect, but there were moments. I had a moment at the therapist's when I...
Marichit Garcia
Mar 102 min read


The Slow Return: Navigating the Push and Pull of Daily Life
Photo by Angel Luciano on Unsplash There’s a kind of heaviness that sits with you when you return from a trip. It’s more than the weight...
Marichit Garcia
Feb 272 min read


The Relief of the First Mistake
Photo by Etienne Girardet on Unsplash There’s a strange kind of peace that comes with finally making your first real mistake. Not the...
Marichit Garcia
Feb 82 min read


Sunday Tug-of-War
Sundays have always felt like a coin toss between rest and productivity. One side whispers that it’s the day of rest—a chance to recharge...
Marichit Garcia
Jan 193 min read


The Old Year in New Year's Clothing
A favorite snapshot from last month's trip to South Korea. I should have restarted work today, but I didn't. I couldn't. My brain was...
Marichit Garcia
Jan 22 min read


Daily Thirty, #00011, Taking Time
The past two weeks my #anxiety and #depression have significantly dropped. And while the #ADHD symptoms remain, I am better able to...

Marichit Garcia
Sep 15, 20242 min read


Daily Thirty, #00010, Light at the End of a Tunnel
Two weeks back at work. I am on a kind of good streak mentally, it seems. The depression and anxiety are in the low levels, which gives...
Marichit Garcia
Sep 14, 20242 min read


Daily Thirty, #00009
I am back at work today. I made myself literally "ease" in. Took the time to catch up. Took a lot of deep breaths. It wasn't bad. Despite...

Marichit Garcia
Sep 2, 20242 min read


Daily Thirty, #00007
Daily Thirty is 30 minutes every day of giving myself space just to sit down and write anything. It's for calming, therapy, grounding....
Marichit Garcia
Aug 30, 20242 min read


Daily Thirty, #00006
Daily Thirty is 30 minutes every day of giving myself space just to sit down and write anything. It's for calming, therapy, grounding....
Marichit Garcia
Aug 29, 20243 min read