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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


Waiting for the Meds to Kick In
I actually wanted to read but I realized I'm more tired than I think. I wanted to write by hand in my journal but I am too tired to set...
Marichit Garcia
Aug 123 min read


Feeling Medieval
Ah, middle age! The mixtape of life where Side B starts playing, and you finally realize it’s got the better songs. It’s equal parts...
Marichit Garcia
Jul 141 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


Finding Work-Life Harmony: Reflections on My Last Day in Japan
At Kenrokuen in Kanazawa I'm sitting in my quiet room at The Royal Park Hotel in Shiodome. I savor these last few hours with a soy latte...
Marichit Garcia
Feb 255 min read


One step forward
And about three steps back on this recovery road. My sister has the perfect example from her own life challenges: before she can get to...

Marichit Garcia
Sep 4, 20231 min read


Re-mapping Routines
This applies to both work and home. For work, it's mainly about moving on from not too pleasant brief encounters. For home, it's about...

Marichit Garcia
May 7, 20232 min read


It All Adds Up
So I pushed myself to restart doing a page a day in my sketchbook. I made it a small sketchbook to help myself a bit. Day job work has...

Marichit Garcia
Mar 29, 20231 min read


A Life on a Tightrope
One wrong move, one miscalculation of balance, and I fall and I perish. This entry will be a lament. But maybe I will find a bright spot...

Marichit Garcia
Feb 19, 20233 min read


About Nature
I grew up not knowing the names of trees and flowers. Nature was an optional knowledge and visual background within the environment where...

Marichit Garcia
Dec 15, 20223 min read


To Make Decisions and Make Them Happen
I had come to a decision yesterday about my work and I now need to do the next steps to make the decision happen. No, I'm not leaving....

Marichit Garcia
Aug 4, 20222 min read


February was a Tough Month
As you already know, I was sick for a week at the beginning of it. Then my paycheck was cut in half because I didn’t have any paid leaves...

Marichit Garcia
Mar 10, 20222 min read


First Weekend: Time Traveling and Tangled Thoughts
The first week of the dayjob has worn me out so badly that I fell asleep right after dinner on Friday night and slept right through into...

Marichit Garcia
Jan 23, 20223 min read


Day 4. This is hard.
The transition to a full-time work routine has been tough. No art has been made. No anything outside of the work. At the end of the day I...

Marichit Garcia
Jan 20, 20222 min read


First Day, Full Moon
So it is my first day at a full-time job after eleven years. I had tried to cram two years’ worth of backlog tasks in the last two weeks....

Marichit Garcia
Jan 17, 20223 min read


A Year of Transformation & Re-enchantment
My days will soon make a significant shift as I slip back into full-time employment starting Monday. Going back into employment was the...

Marichit Garcia
Jan 15, 20223 min read


Begin Again, and Again
That whole week between the 25th of December and the new year had been a blur. I had to work, with a deadline on the 31st. It was sheer...

Marichit Garcia
Jan 4, 20223 min read


The Beginning of an End
I have a lot of particularly strong thoughts and feelings today. My current way and days of life are perhaps coming to a kind of end and,...

Marichit Garcia
Dec 20, 20212 min read


Last Few Weeks
I remain in expectation of a full-time dayjob offer. It was supposed to come just this past week but I assume things have gotten hectic...

Marichit Garcia
Dec 19, 20213 min read


Take the Time. Take the Path.
Yesterday’s art market turned out well. I already earned back the fees for 2.5 out of 3 days. So the next two selling days this weekend...

Marichit Garcia
Dec 13, 20212 min read