Stop Waiting

If I’m being honest, in rebuilding my website I lost the original copy I had written to introduce each work. For the most part, it didn’t matter as I was able to remember the shorter descriptions. But for this one I had written something more extensive, and I don’t remember all the details. This is one of my earlier stories, when I was first getting back into drawing comics at the end of 2022 and it meant a lot to me at the time.

Here’s my best guess at what I was feeling then: I have been drawing on and off since I was a child. Even though I enjoyed it, there’d be periods of time when I’d stop, after I had become self-conscious and judged and thought what I was making wasn’t very good. But I always returned. And since this last return, probably around 2018, I have stayed the course, continuing to practice and study and enjoy making art. I have always loved reading comics and even made some when I was young, but I never thought I could do more with it, take it seriously. So I made this comic in the hopes of motivating others to stop waiting to do the things you’ve wanted to do but didn’t for whatever reason—the fear of being judged, the fear of failure, whatever else. Stop waiting to do the right thing; stop waiting to be kind; stop waiting for the perfect time to pursue something—it most likely doesn’t exist. There are always reasons not to do something. What matters most is that we do that which brings meaning into our lives and the lives of others; so if there’s something you’ve been putting off—stop waiting!