My daily doodles have been two things:

1. A routine meditation via doodles + daily journal
2. An exploration in building consistency

My doodles over coffee spills started as something I did during work-from-home conference calls back in 2011. I always kept one of those paper desktop calendars. I guess I’m messy with my ever-slightly-too-full cups of coffee.

I started posting them to Tumblr for fun. People seemed to like them.

I didn’t have a routine or consistent posting system or anything. I just shared them periodically as they happened.

Through the years, I kept going.

Sometimes, I’d add dates. Sometimes not.

I always stuck with pencil-only. Nothing complicated.

In 2021, the younger of my two daughters was going through some stuff. Suicide lifeline, police visits to our house, child protective services… you name it. It was a rough patch.