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Marichit Garcia
- Sep 4
- 1 min
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
- 2 min
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
- 1 min
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
- 3 min
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, 2022
- 3 min
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, 2022
- 2 min
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, 2022
- 2 min
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, 2022
- 3 min
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, 2022
- 2 min
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, 2022
- 3 min
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, 2022
- 3 min
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, 2022
- 3 min
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, 2021
- 2 min
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, 2021
- 3 min
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, 2021
- 2 min
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, 2021
- 2 min
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, 2021
- 2 min
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, 2021
- 4 min
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, 2021
- 0 min
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, 2021
- 1 min
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...