café

I’ll never get tired of mentioning how much I enjoy the fact that a really good day doesn’t have to offer all that much to be one. A calm morning in a café, a delicious dinner, and some time with loved ones in between is really all I need to consider my time well spent.

On an unrelated note: the second panel might be one of my favorites I’ve ever drawn. I love everything about it, especially how perfectly it captures my excitement for the XO noodles at Batu. They’re genuinely some of the most delicious things I’ve ever eaten.

A big part of building a life you enjoy is challenging yourself from time to time. Most things worth doing aren’t easy. They might be for other people, but everyone has their own hang-ups. Mine is going out in public and doing stuff on my own. I’ve gotten a lot better at that in recent years, but I’m still not where I want to be.

And you know what? I embrace it as a project I get the opportunity to work on. Isn’t it great to have a life full of projects you’re allowed to keep working on? Yes. Yes, it is.

Especially because I’m kind of double-dipping in the upside sauce: once because I get to feel great right after challenging myself, like I did after that afternoon in a café, and then again when I’ve challenged myself for long enough to suddenly become someone for whom it feels easy to spend time alone in a café.

What a privilege!

Speaking of life being great: This is how my Saturdays look like. What’s not to love?!

I miss my little Boldu buddy.