What a whirlwind of the past several days. Biggest lesson learned: compassion for myself. This exercise has created a lot of internal turmoil, most of it self-induced, because I have a crippling pattern of aspiring to do something great, then failing ahead of time by not honoring my commitments. Then I feel even more self-loathing for being a shitty friend / accountability buddy to myself. But I’m in the process of learning to let that bullshit story go, and for participating in this for the pure fun of it rather than needlessly worrying about creating an end-result that is mind-blowing / #instaworthy. Shoutout to @matthew_baranauskas for an impromptu pep-talk and insightful perspective from an artistic mind. This day’s prompt is #precious. I’ve been missing my parents hardcore these days and aside from Gollum of #LotR as the first thing to come into my mind for this prompt, I thought of my family and #throwback vibes of when I was a little munchkin. So here we go, paying tribute to my fam and the nice memories we shared when I was young. #inktober2018 #inktober2018day9 #precious https://www.instagram.com/p/Bou0TY1Hob5/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=6umduit6axr1