Your memories are one of the most valuable things you own.

Please do whatever you can to preserve them, whether that be living a more exciting life, drawing a comic diary, or just writing a standard journal. Please do whatever you can to keep your memories in shape.

Some questions and answers below the cut:

But I can’t draw / I don’t have time

When I began, one of the major things helping me begin was the idea that it doesn’t matter how well drawn a comic is. They can be drawn in just a few minutes, if you have to. It just needs to be put on paper, and then you can store it and move on to the next. A result of that much practice is that now my comics look better, but those first few comics still hold their memories as well as today’s.

But My life isn’t interesting enough

That was literally the subject of my first comic, on January 1, 2015:

Obviously I was wrong. I discovered how many interesting things we do that are forgotten each day, and just learning to look for them has made life more enjoyable.

What if I forget to draw one or fall behind?

I’m in the habit of writing down what happens each day. Every little interesting thing gets its place on a makeshift calendar in my notebook. Later, I look back at that day and use the list to reflect on it and choose one.

It’s possible going back to a memory after a few weeks and revisiting it also helps build stronger memories.





If you decide to try it out yourself, and if you ever have any questions or need advice, I’d be more than willing to unload every bit of advice I can offer.

Thanks for reading!