Sam Cox, known as Mr. Doodle, doodled every square inch of his house in Tenterden, Kent in this remarkable timelapse video.
The video is a little more than two minutes long, but the actual doodling process took place over two years.
Every doodle was done by hand.
The animation was created using 1,857 photographs, taken between September 2020 and September 2022. The entire house is real, every inch is doodled, and the doodles were all hand-drawn for the animation. No CGI was used in the making of this video.
It’s astounding.
Doodling is definitely not my thing, but this is an excellent example of something I write about extensively in my book “Someday Is Today” and practice in my daily life:
Small, incremental progress, pursued relentlessly over time, can produce significant, life-changing, sometimes unbelievable results.
Baby steps can be surprisingly impactful.
Instant gratification would be ideal, of course. Overnight success sounds lovely. But it’s almost always unrealistic, and when desired, often leads to a lifetime of unrealized dreams, wasted time, and regret.
The good news is that incremental progress isn’t hard. Making small changes or taking tiny steps forward is within the capacity of most people.
And consistency is something that everyone can manage. You presumably brush your teeth every day, so you’ve already proven your ability to be consistent on a daily basis. You need only to extend that consistency to other things.
Incremental progress really is something that everyone can do.
The stumbling block for many people is the lack of patience required for these small changes to eventually pay off and the lack of faith that it will someday happen. Instead, they quickly become frustrated and quit, leading to a life of unfulfilled goals and unrealized dreams.
Let Mr. Doodle serve as proof that small, incremental progress, pursued relentlessly over time, can produce significant, life-changing, sometimes astounding results.
