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May 7, 2026

Play the ball from where it landed

📓 Tuesday, May 5, 2026 — 7:19 p.m.

Sometimes…

I don’t want to be here.

I’ve said that before.

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I look at my life and think:

I don’t like this.

I don’t like that.

I made bad decisions.

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And then I remember something.

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I can’t restart the game.

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I have to play the ball

from where it landed.

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Accept it.

Don’t sit there complaining forever.

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Ask yourself a question.

Answer it with action.

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Even if the action is small.

Even if you’re tired.

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Because the alternative…

is staying exactly where you are.

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And honestly?

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I’ve done enough of that already.

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Have you ever hit a point where acceptance felt harder than the actual problem?

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Echoes of the Garage is my running record of rebuilding—structure, soul, and stubborn hope. I’m writing, illustrating, and hustling in LA, turning the everyday into story. If you’re learning to carry weight without losing yourself, you’re home here. Read more on the About page.

About Me

I’m Roberto Sanchez — illustrator, writer, and delivery driver in Los Angeles.

By day, I sell plastic bags out of a van across South Central.

By night, I draw, write, and build my life brick by brick.

I graduated from Cal State Long Beach in 2022 with a BFA in Illustration, but art has never been just school to me. It’s survival, reflection, and expression. My illustrations come slow — patience is part of the work.

I live and create out of a converted garage.

That small room became Echoes of the Garage — the place where I put words, drawings, and the pieces of a life I’m rebuilding one step at a time.

Here you’ll find journal entries, Hood Chronicles, and visual experiments that try to capture the absurd, the painful, and the human in everyday life.

This is where I put it all: drawings, words, and fragments of a life in motion.

This site is where I put it all: drawings, words, and fragments of a life in motion.

Play the ball from where it landed

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