sketchbook 04.08.25

i've been updating the website and going through my current bits just to get my ducks in a line. this bit, like all of my LongTerm Bits, gets a lot done early and then fizzles. this is me committing to them though. no matter what, they'll eventually get done. i'm in a stable enough point in life where i can continue doing things for a while and they don't need to be fast, i can do it at my own pace. if it takes me 3 years to draw and fill a little notebook, that's cool for me. it measures how busy i am or how not busy i am in life, or what i'm prioritizing or where i'm going. i'll get it done eventually.

this is a thought i had about 6 months ago, but writing it here: i'm thinking of giving it away when i'm done. there's a lot of cool memories in there and i've spent a lot of time making them. even if someone doesn't know what they are, they can see the effort and story that it takes to fill that book. i want to give it to someone who i think would appreciate that. i'll probably have this blog written on the last page so that they can read this process (however little entries).

i'll write a post at the end that says to give it on to someone else when the time feels right. i'm giving this book away because i think whoever i give it away to will understand the gesture and the meaning to the level that i mean it (deeply). and then they can give it to someone else and tell them the same story. and the worn leather will get more worn until the book disappears.

i hope that it'll disappear from my knowledge. i hope that one day i won't know where the book is and i can imagine all the people who have a line. if you're reading this and don't know who i am, tell me how you got the book, we're connected somehow. or there's a good story of how it was left.

the last thing i would love to get, but may never happen, would be for the book to come back to my radar. after years away from my friend groups or people that i know, it ends up in the hands of someone who knows me. they can reach out and i would love to hear how they got it.

if i know that my little book is out there, that's way cooler than keeping it for myself. (i still have so many pages to go. it's like a little less than half the book so my fingers are not crossed that this is going to finish soon)