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Marichit Garcia
Sep 4, 20231 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
May 7, 20232 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
Mar 29, 20231 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
Feb 19, 20233 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
Dec 15, 20223 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
Aug 4, 20222 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
Mar 10, 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
Jan 23, 20223 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 20, 20222 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 17, 20223 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 15, 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 4, 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
Dec 20, 20212 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 19, 20213 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 13, 20212 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 12, 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 8, 20212 min read
Let’s Do This (For Real)
By this I mean writing everyday. I lost my journaling mojo sometime in the past months. Heck, I may have lost it sometime last year after...


Marichit Garcia
Dec 4, 20214 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
Oct 2, 20210 min read
A sleight of hand and suddenly it’s October
September went by quite fast. I had been busy, for sure, but still. September wasn’t too hard on the outside but it wasn’t easy on the...


Marichit Garcia
Sep 21, 20211 min read
The Way into the Deep Forest
The way into the deep forest Is sometimes a cracked rib, A heart torn by broken bone, Like letting out the seams Of a summer dress that's...