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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


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


A Bit of Sunday Syndrome and More Random Thoughts
I have to go to the office on-site tomorrow. It's causing me a bit of stress because it's for a big project that I haven't been able to...

Marichit Garcia
Jan 29, 20232 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


In Perpetual Process
Good thing I've more or less learned to trust my process. It's not a thing that actually ends but goes on and on. When you reach a new...

Marichit Garcia
Aug 2, 20222 min read


What Happened???
Well, a lot. Including coming upon a crucial turning point that got me a little closer to having a life that is more or less whole or...

Marichit Garcia
Jul 28, 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


Restart
In the first week of February, I got very, very sick. It wasn't Covid. Since my last post, the dayjob work had become extremely...

Marichit Garcia
Feb 26, 20225 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


First Time Again
All weekend art markets were put on hold for almost two years since the pandemic started. Today I join one as quarantine continues to...

Marichit Garcia
Dec 12, 20212 min read


How Did 2021 Go?
As far as I am concerned, 2021 was as tough as if not tougher than 2020. The situations were different but the anxiety and stress were at...

Marichit Garcia
Dec 4, 20214 min read


Empty
I just got through another harrowing deadline. Spent Monday to Thursday with hardly any sleep to complete a sideline report that did not...

Marichit Garcia
May 28, 20211 min read


Tired, Broke, Unhappy
I am keeping my fingers crossed that the "broke" part will be resolved very, very soon. I've sent out requests for two paychecks. One...

Marichit Garcia
May 22, 20212 min read