I’ve been wanting to work puzzle pieces into one of these letters for some time now. They just seemed like they would be fun to draw and color ‘cause I like drawing small, ordinary things.
Plus, I love puzzles.
And the whole concept of puzzles and puzzle pieces seemed to go well with the prompt of this letter: For Anyone Who Feels Behind in Life.
As someone who’s struggled on and off with this feeling of being way behind all my friends my same age (and even the majority of the ones younger than me), I know that trying to figure out what you want to do next with your life can feel a bit like staring at a pile of puzzle pieces, unsure of which ones fit where. Or what the end result is going to look like.
But I’ve learned that it isn’t a bad thing to hit the pause button on life, even if it means I’m not accomplishing some of the major life milestones my friends are currently achieving. I’ll get to them when I personally need to get to them.
It’s good to take a break and heal. And it’s good to pause and make sure I’m building the life I want to build for myself, not the life I thought I had to build. Because, as the past two years have taught me, I am entirely allowed to create the life that I want.
I just need to take the time to figure out which puzzle pieces complete my puzzle.
I have no doubt I’ll figure it all out eventually. And, for anyone else who also feels behind in life, I have no doubt you’ll figure it all out eventually, too.
화이팅!
Favorite Panel: This red box pouring out puzzle pieces. I don’t know why. I just like the look of it. And I think I might enjoy drawing boxes because I keep working them into these things…
This week’s letter can be found here
Olivia Forero 