📓 Thursday, May 14, 2026 — 4:51 p.m.
💬 Question
What’s something about yourself that you used to hate… but now you’re starting to understand differently?
Today, I decided to deal with depression differently.
Stay home.
Write.
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As a kid, I never remember thinking:
“I hate this about myself.”
“I hate that about myself.”
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I just existed.
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Even as an asthmatic kid…
I remember enjoying life.
Doing what I wanted to do.
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But growing up…
I slowly started complaining about myself.
My decisions.
My life.
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And eventually…
I think I started hating my own existence.
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Now?
I think I’m starting to love it.
Starting today.
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Not because my life is amazing.
Far from it.
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I live in a garage.
I’m in my forties.
To a lot of people…
that makes you a failure.
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But in my eyes…
I’ve been trying to rebuild my life after bad decisions.
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And I think I finally realized my biggest mistake.
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I kept judging old decisions…
with knowledge I only gained later.
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That slowly destroyed my confidence.
Made my world smaller and smaller.
Like I kept shrinking the box I allowed myself to exist in.
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But I’m human.
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I try.
I cry.
I get depressed.
I make mistakes.
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And lately…
I’m learning to tell myself:
“It’s okay.”
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Because honestly…
I’m happy I exist.
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One day I’ll be gone from this earth.
Gone from this avatar named Roberto Sanchez.
And where do we go after that?
Who knows.
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So maybe the point is:
Enjoy the ride while you’re here.
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You are loved.
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💬 Reader question
Have you ever realized you were being harder on yourself than you would ever be on someone else?
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If this felt real… I write moments like this.
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