📓 Tuesday, April 21, 2026 — 7:22 p.m.
I’m working on loosening up my drawing.
I’ve been inconsistent.
Some of my excuses are valid.
But valid doesn’t mean useful.
It doesn’t help me execute the goal.
So I focus on the goal:
Get good enough to get paid.
I have a degree that says I’m an artist.
Reality says I’m not.
Not yet.
Today I practiced fast.
No overthinking.
Just using my eye.
This morning, my alarm went off.
I thought about taking the day off.
Instead…
I chose to move forward.
I have obvious weaknesses.
Perspective.
Planes of the face.
Flow of the figure.
Memory.
I can capture what I see.
The rest takes time.
Before, I would’ve beaten myself up.
Now I don’t.
I just put the time in.
Some days I’m exhausted.
Working the bag business all day.
Passing out in the chair.
My mind says:
“That’s a good excuse.”
Reality says:
“It doesn’t matter.”
Even if it’s true…
it doesn’t move me forward.
So I adjust.
I work with my life.
Not wait for life to bend around me.
💬 Reader question
What’s one “valid” excuse you keep using… that isn’t actually helping you move forward?
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If this felt real… I write moments like this.
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