One Worry At A Time

A comic about managing overwhelm

Connie Sun

Oct 02, 2025

Panel 1 of a 4-panel comic strip illustrating a metaphor of climbing one staircase at a time and managing one's worries, one at a time. Titled "One Worry At A Time," by Connie Sun, cartoonconnie, 2025.

Panel 2 of a 4-panel comic strip illustrating a metaphor of climbing one staircase at a time and managing one's worries, one at a time. Titled "One Worry At A Time," by Connie Sun, cartoonconnie, 2025.

Panel 3 of a 4-panel comic strip illustrating a metaphor of climbing one staircase at a time and managing one's worries, one at a time. Titled "One Worry At A Time," by Connie Sun, cartoonconnie, 2025.

Panel 4 of a 4-panel comic strip illustrating a metaphor of climbing one staircase at a time and managing one's worries, one at a time. Titled "One Worry At A Time," by Connie Sun, cartoonconnie, 2025.

This is all I could manage this week. It will have to be enough.

September was a difficult month with personal setbacks, but I’m taking it step-by-step — which is all I can do. The good news is that I’m making steady progress in other areas. I think the important lesson for me is to not give up.

If life were easier, it would probably be less interesting :)

Thanks for reading and supporting me and my elephant.

Art description: 4-panel comic strip illustrating a metaphor of climbing one staircase at a time and managing one's worries, one at a time. Illustrations feature a cartoon girl with a bun talking to an elephant companion. She is facing reality checks and mental overwhelm. Finding herself at the bottom of one staircase, she realizes that she can't climb more than one staircase at a time. She can only take it step-by-step. Titled "One Worry At A Time," by Connie Sun, cartoonconnie, 2025.

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