📓 May 21, 2026 — 8:04 a.m.
Coffee just finished brewing.
I’m sitting near the ottoman thinking about advice.
There’s so much advice people give you throughout life that it’s hard to narrow it down to one thing.
But if I had to choose…
it would probably come from an old boss I had from 2009 to 2012.
He passed away about a year ago.
He was one of those people that made you question your own excuses.
Older Salvadorian man.
Very intelligent.
Could build a computer from scratch.
Learned English on his own.
Built his own 3D printer back when almost nobody was messing with that stuff yet.
Created his own cheese by importing bacteria from Asia.
Had a construction business.
Made his own chorizo.
One of those guys that just kept figuring things out.
I remember one day he asked me if I had ever thought about business.
I told him no.
Because I wasn’t like him.
I didn’t think I was smart enough.
Then he told me:
“Vos tienes piernas, manos y cerebro.
Si alguien lo hizo, también lo puedes hacer tú.
No más es cosa de intentar.”
You have legs, hands, and a brain.
If somebody else did it, you can do it too.
You just have to try.
Back then I thought he sounded ridiculous.
But over time…
that sentence stayed with me.
I started applying it little by little.
To school.
To my health.
To saving money.
To art.
To life.
I was a terrible student.
Overweight.
Always doubting myself.
Always ruminating.
Always feeling behind.
Wanting to become an artist while simultaneously being afraid to actually try.
But slowly…
things started changing.
Not perfectly.
Not dramatically.
But enough to notice movement.
I lost weight.
Saved money.
Removed debt.
Started writing more.
Started drawing again.
Started trying again.
And maybe that’s the real point.
Not perfection.
Not becoming some untouchable version of yourself overnight.
Just movement.
Maybe not perfection…
but my way.
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