Hit 500 doodles today, but #482 is the one that made me stop

I've been doing one little sketch every day since January, nothing fancy, just whatever crosses my mind during lunch breaks. Today I hit 500 total and when I flipped back through my notebook, doodle #482 was just a squiggly line and a coffee stain that I titled "Thursday." It made me realize how most of my best ones are the ones I didn't stress over, the ones I spent maybe 90 seconds on while waiting for my food to heat up. That one said more about my day than any of the 20 minute detailed ones ever did. Has anyone else looked back at their old doodles and found a random one that just hits different? What number were you on when you noticed that?

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scott.miles16d ago

Heard about this from my buddy Dave who kept a sketchbook for years. He found one random doodle of a bent paperclip from week two that captured his whole stressful job situation better than any of his polished pieces. That dumb little sketch became his phone wallpaper for like six months.