MY 2026 CHARACTER ARC
December 16, 2025
I think today is the first time in my life where nothing about what I want feels abstract anymore.
I’ve always written my goals down. Sometimes they were sharp and specific. Other times they were broad, almost lofty — dreams more than plans. But this time is different. This time, I can see exactly what I want in my sights. Not metaphorically. Literally. And realizing that has unlocked a kind of ferocity in me I haven’t felt before.
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That feeling keeps getting reinforced every time I listen back to a new song I made called “MAIN CHARACTER SYNDROME.” It samples a quote from Giorno Giovanna — a fictional character, yes, but one defined by unshakable conviction.
When I hear it, it doesn’t feel like posturing. It feels like a mirror. A moment where something internal finally lined up with action.
I’ve got a dream burning in my heart, and I’m seeing it through no matter what.
-Giorno Giovanna, from JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure Part 5
When I look back at my character arc from around 2017 until now, I can see the lesson clearly. I’ve been learning how to be ruthlessly selfish — not in a harmful way, but in a truthful one.
I’ve been unlearning conflict avoidance. For a long time, because I love peace, my instinct was to work around things that didn’t sit right with me. To figure out how to operate in a way where friction didn’t exist in my world, even if that meant suppressing how I really felt.
That approach kept things calm, but it also kept things unresolved.
Now I understand that peace without conviction is just self-delay.
So I’m moving differently. When something doesn’t sit right with me now, I don’t internalize it and adapt around it. I address it. Face front. No overthinking. No softening the truth for comfort. And if something or someone is standing in the way of what I’m convicted about, I’m not rerouting or slowing down. I’m trucking straight through. Jerome Bettis style.
This isn’t about bringing people along or rallying anyone up. I’m not waiting for consensus. I’m moving with intention. If you want to join, you’re welcome — but nothing is getting slowed down anymore. Nothing is happening by accident. Everything is by design.
That’s the mindset I’m entering 2026 with.
And with that said, I’ll leave this here:
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