Thanks for your comics, Clay, they’ve kept me company and sanity in dark places. Holding to the hope it can be possible to find happiness outside the boundaries imposed by society is tough, but a necessary reminder.
I feel this in my soul… I’m not where I thought I would be as I approach the end of my 20s. I feel like I’m so far behind that sometimes it would be easier to jump across the grand canyon than it would be to catch up. Worse, I’m often comparing myself to someone I could have been if X, Y, or Z had gone differently. Comparison can be cruel and unforgiving. However, I’m grateful to have a husband who loves and supports me and will gently remind me to stop comparing myself to the person I -should- be or the person I -could- have been. Sure, that woman and I have things in common; family, cultural turning points, deaths of loved ones. However, that woman is not me and I will never be that woman. Sure, I’m miles away from where I want to be, but at least I’m facing the right direction and moving forward slowly but steadily. I can do this. I can get there. I wish it were a little easier too though.
Thanks for your comics, Clay, they’ve kept me company and sanity in dark places. Holding to the hope it can be possible to find happiness outside the boundaries imposed by society is tough, but a necessary reminder.
I feel this in my soul… I’m not where I thought I would be as I approach the end of my 20s. I feel like I’m so far behind that sometimes it would be easier to jump across the grand canyon than it would be to catch up. Worse, I’m often comparing myself to someone I could have been if X, Y, or Z had gone differently. Comparison can be cruel and unforgiving. However, I’m grateful to have a husband who loves and supports me and will gently remind me to stop comparing myself to the person I -should- be or the person I -could- have been. Sure, that woman and I have things in common; family, cultural turning points, deaths of loved ones. However, that woman is not me and I will never be that woman. Sure, I’m miles away from where I want to be, but at least I’m facing the right direction and moving forward slowly but steadily. I can do this. I can get there. I wish it were a little easier too though.
Came back to read your comics after a while… Still resonates as deeply.
Hope you’re doing okay!
Some part of my brain read the penultimate dialogue as “make your own crappy life”.
Which isn’t that terrible of an option. There are many a crappy life, this one just happens to be yours.