Nix/86 - Diary Comic - Days 87-93

I'm eager to get more to the present time, so I'm speeding up the posting by putting up a week at a time. This week we will finally get to 2026! So much has changed, so much has stayed the same.

31 Dec 2025 - 0 Steps - Day 87

NEW YEAR'S EVE
Mocktails and cocktails the Stranger Things finale Made it to midnight
Bye-Bye 25 - Hello 2026
We did our yearly out the bad, and light up the good. Writing our wishes and desires for 2026 on slips of paper which ignited the night's cozy fire.

1 Jan 2026 - 10 Steps - Day 88

A new year - 2026 - 10 Steps - Less/More

A new year. We start it with Miga's 6th Birthday. I start it with standing. With eating a giant stack of pancakes and cowboy caviar dip. With reading and chill in front of a cozy fire. With exploring what I want more and less of in the new year. STRETCH.

A drawing of an apple pecan spice pancake with the top chewed off.

Pancakes

2 Jan 2026 - 8 Steps - Day 89

The page is flesh colored with a small black spiral and a large yellow spiral.

Day 2 of drawing 30 days with the GUT crew. Today's exercise was spirals - which i've definitely had in these pages before. I'm looking forward to 30 days of creative abandon.

3 Jan 2026 - 0 Steps - Day 90

The background of the page is golden with squiggly lines in red and pink covering the page from top to bottom. THE SPIRIT IS STILL GROOVING! is written in large letters in the center of the page.

4 Jan 2026 - 4 Steps - Day 91

Waiting patiently for the next phase. One small step at a time. One small enhancement at a time.

The background of the page is covered in pink blobs outlined in purple ballpoint pen. It looks like there are two eyeballs close together towards the bottom of the page, and one solitary eyeball at the middle right.

5 Jan 2026 - 16 Steps - Day 92

The background of the page is covered in black wavy horizontal lines drawn with a ballpoint pen.

The official start of my year. Dead week is over and it is go time. Trying a new schedule - getting it all done in the morning. I have 8 projects for the new year - finally get myself publishing projects into the world. I feel motivated for the first time in months - it's awesome.

6 Jan 2026 - 4 Steps - Day 93

The background of the page is covered in slight different shades of green with the numbers 1 - 100 written out in ballpoint pen twice. Once in smaller letters right side up, and once in large letters upside down. They alternate direction going down the page.

I'm up to almost 100 minutes of biking. Increasing slowly but steadily. It feels amazing to move again. I am feeling hopeful. The walking has it's ups and downs but i'm at least able to do it more consistently. I definitely feel like the stronger my legs get from biking the easier the walking will be.