Daily Writing Prompt: What are you becoming?
June 18, 2026 — 2:57 p.m.
Just finished eating a four-piece leg and thigh meal from Pollo Loco.
Been feeling drained lately.
Sitting here on the side of a street next to a school in South Central.
Cool breeze from the shade.
Bass booming a beat from a passing car.
The sky is somewhere between gray and blue.
A bit of a dirty sky waiting for some rain to cleanse itself.
Last night, while walking and thinking about questions I’ve been having, I started asking:
Why am I always so helpless?
A man who has been trying to get footing in the terrain of life.
What is wrong with me?
I started coming to the conclusion:
Nothing is wrong with you.
You care so much that you are blinded to some of your own forward progress.
It’s not enough.
I am not enough.
I am not where I want to be.
Always the same bullshit.
Then another thought came.
I am becoming okay.
Just okay.
Yes, just okay.
Okay has helped me finish school.
Create a money bucket system.
Blah blah.
But most importantly, I’m trying to resolve issues one at a time.
I am managing my life like a to-do list.
But not a to-do list booming like a gavel waiting to finish me.
Instead:
It’s okay if I do my best and my best is not good enough.
Tomorrow, I’ll give it everything I have.
I’ll be okay.
I am trying.
No longer just a passenger.
Maybe I won’t be good enough.
But I will continue to try.
Thank you for the allowance I get to open my eyes every morning.
💬 Reader Question
What do you think you’re becoming?
And has that answer changed over time?
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