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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


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


Octopus Award and other things
I won a recognition award at the office townhall yesterday. It was the Octopus Award. Because I was the person who was involved in almost...
Marichit Garcia
Aug 23 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


Birthday Eve
Tonight, on the eve of my birthday, I sit at the crossroads of looking back and looking forward—one foot still tangled in the weight of...
Marichit Garcia
Feb 132 min read


A Little Bit of Magic
There’s something deeply human about the need to impose order on chaos. When life begins to fray at the edges—when work becomes a knot of...
Marichit Garcia
Feb 112 min read


Slowly Winning Over the Defaults
Lately, something has been shifting. It’s subtle, like the way dawn creeps in before you’re fully awake—hazy at first, then unmistakable....
Marichit Garcia
Feb 22 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, #00013
Might be coming down with something. The cough started a couple of days ago, and it felt different from the usual allergic cough I get...
Marichit Garcia
Oct 23, 20242 min read


Saturday Afternoon
When did you start having real conflict with your mother? I have always had difficulty reconciling many of her beliefs, behaviors, words,...

Marichit Garcia
Oct 19, 20242 min read


Friday Night
I dread the weekend a little. For one thing, I have a little bit of work to do. It's not required, and there is no hard deadline (yet),...
Marichit Garcia
Oct 19, 20241 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