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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


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


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


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


The Rollercoaster of Leadership
Photo by Brooke Lark, Unsplash In my dayjob I am a team leader. In the past three years I have gone from being a one-woman team into a...
Marichit Garcia
Jan 243 min read


When the Body Demands a Pause
I woke up on Monday with the unmistakable heaviness that the onset of a sickness brings—the kind that doesn’t just tug at your body but...
Marichit Garcia
Jan 223 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


Claiming My Mornings: The First 30 Minutes
My current life is an adulting nightmare. I work 8–10 hours on weekdays in an advertising agency and I perform a critical role. I am on...

Marichit Garcia
Jan 28, 20243 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


This is Monday
I forgot to take my meds. I actually forgot to take them for the past 4 days or so because I was feeling quite well. And now the Thing...

Marichit Garcia
May 8, 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


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


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


Rare Escape
Before I could sabotage myself I went to the cafe this afternoon to get away from the house. I also happen to have just enough extra...

Marichit Garcia
Jan 22, 20231 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


Once in a Long While...
...I get to enjoy more than the usual. I went a bit over budget last weekend, but I have no regrets. I went to my favorite optical shop...

Marichit Garcia
Dec 15, 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


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


Another Late Morning
I have been trying to fix my body clock (unsuccessfully) for the past weeks. While I have mostly been able to keep insomnia away (thanks...

Marichit Garcia
Dec 9, 20214 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 8, 20212 min read