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Small Acts of Defiance
Or making art while sitting through a series of long meetings on a Friday afternoon.

Marichit Garcia
Jan 22, 20241 min read


Too few spoons today
I am borrowing the spoon analogy to represent my energy level from those who endure through chronic fatigue syndrome. Since I got caught...

Marichit Garcia
Jan 21, 20242 min read


Blogging as Therapy
This is why and how I plan to blog from now on. I will write for myself, for my mental health, and for anyone who needs to read what I...

Marichit Garcia
Jan 16, 20242 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


Time, Energy, Space
Recent reflections and reviews of my routines (as part of my therapy) revealed that my most precious currencies are my time, energy, and...

Marichit Garcia
Sep 2, 20231 min read


I have been unwell.
Hence I have been mostly off this site. But I am now in the middle of a two-week leave and I am working on recovering my life enough to...

Marichit Garcia
Sep 2, 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


In that limbo space between exhaustion and sleep
I just had a three-day weekend during which I worked. There was a situation at work that led to my working too many extra hours. I am...

Marichit Garcia
Apr 23, 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


(Re)starting my daily sketchbook habit
To make it easy I am starting small.

Marichit Garcia
Mar 23, 20231 min read


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

Marichit Garcia
Feb 19, 20233 min read


A Break Day
Sort of. Because I'm still popping in for a couple of Teams meetings for work but -- and this is a big deal -- I don't mind. My work...

Marichit Garcia
Feb 15, 20232 min read


It's my Birthday!
And I am on Birthday Leave! I slept in for a couple more hours. But got up before 9AM so I get a full day of birthday. Dressed up in less...

Marichit Garcia
Feb 14, 20233 min read


The Thin Wall
I finally had the time, money, and energy to visit my doctor a couple of days ago. It was a super late follow-up consult since February...

Marichit Garcia
Jan 22, 20232 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


A Long Stretch of Nothing and then a Burst
It was only yesterday that I was finally able to actually take a look at all the stuff that makes the website work. I discovered a lot of...

Marichit Garcia
Dec 13, 20222 min read


The Long and Short of it
I have always been pressured to write nice longish blog posts and when I can't then I don't write at all. Which is an easy path to not...

Marichit Garcia
Nov 12, 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


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