Hello Reader 👋

.It’s amazing how quickly the mind clears up the moment you step outside your routine. How fast new thoughts bloom when you’re no longer buried in your daily autopilot. It’s almost comforting—like a whisper saying, “Hey, you’re still in there.”

Sometimes we forget how creative we can be. How our brain can still spark up without the endless tabs and tasks and to-dos. But then, all it takes is a change of scenery—or altitude.

I’m writing these words 10,000 meters above the Indian Ocean, somewhere between Amsterdam and Indonesia. My 1-year-old is asleep between my wife and I, and the AC in this plane is so brutally cold I feel like a ribeye forgotten in a butcher’s freezer. If I land with a sore throat, you know why 😅

I thought I’d watch a movie. But I forgot my headphones. And I refuse—refuse!—to use those tinny plane earpieces. It’s 2025 and we still haven’t figured that out? Dialogue sounds like underwater mumbling through a tin can. So… I’ll watch A Complete Unknown another time, in a better setting.

For now, I’ll read.

I’ve been revisiting The Psychology of Money and finishing Why Buddhism Is True. Over the past year, reading has come back into my life in a big way. I used to love books, but somewhere along the way I told myself I didn’t have the time.

But let’s be honest—we always have time. We just have to make it.

I stopped watching shows in bed, and started reading again instead. Kindle. Paperbacks. Audiobooks. Long-form articles. Podcasts while driving. Suddenly, a door opened. And behind it: a world of ideas. Of curiosity. Of learning.

(Also—3AM. And they just handed me a brownie and a plastic cup of water. Random, but I’ll take it.)

Before I wrap this up, I want to tell you something:

I love writing these intro words.
Every single week, this has become my little therapy session. A journal. A check-in. An unfiltered glimpse into this rollercoaster of building a business and a life at the same time.

Truth is—I don’t have a lot of friends. Never really did. I’ve got three real ones. And outside of them, I rarely talk about the chaos, the doubts, the highs and lows that come with this whole Animator Now journey.

My brain? It’s a damn Luna Park 🎢

And sometimes, when I take a breath and look at everything done—and everything still ahead—I get scared. Like deep, soul-level scared.

What if I fail?
What if no one cares?
What if Animator Now was never enough to begin with?
But there’s only one way to find out, right?

Thanks for being here, always.

Now, a quick heads-up: this week’s Animation Sunday is a super short one—just these intro words. Between the jet lag, the baby not adapting to the new rhythm, and me getting tourista from something I ate… the week just flew by. I simply didn’t have the time or the energy to sit down and write a full summer edition.

Next week will be better. I promise :)
If you’re in Bali—let’s grab a beer 🍻

Farewell, my friend

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