Cosmikali Ritual Tattoo

I love this trend of people looking back at how far they’ve come in their journey.

The road is long, not just in tattooing, but in life.
Especially nowadays, we often want immediate results, immediate gratification, immediate progress, immediate satisfaction, and perfection.

But that’s not how life works… expertise comes with countless hours of practice and dedication. Mastery comes with years and years of sacrifice and focus and discipline. Perseverance is key.

I feel that right now in my life I’m at the bottom rung of the next level. I just bought a tattoo shop, I’m 12 years into tattooing, I have my first apprentice. And that’s just professionally. I’m not progressing as well or as in many other areas of my life.

I feel like I’m running after everything. I am a scatterbrain, I’m chaotic, and I see the shortcomings and flaws and imperfections of everything I do… I’m always striving to be better and I feel like I’m always falling short.

But the truth is, you can be a light and a beacon for others even when you’re struggling.

You can seem like you are successful and confident, even when you feel behind and like you are drowning in a big ocean.

Just do your best, just stay humble. Remember that the road is long and that the destination is only death at the end. and beyond that we truly don’t even know.

✣ 𝚌𝚘𝚜𝚖𝚒𝚔𝚊𝚕𝚒 ✣