The reminder I spent years trying to silence
My alarm went off yesterday morning, and I hated it the way I always do. Not the sound, but the fact it went off. Something external deciding when my day
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The Bus Drives Every Day
The bus takes you somewhere your old identity doesn't work. The hardest part isn't the new city. It's belonging nowhere while you rebuild.
Less Noise
I didn't want my kid growing up seeing me stare at a rectangle more often than I looked at him. What surprised me wasn't peace or productivity. It was how quickly the world regained texture.
Every Red Light
For years I checked my phone at every red light. No reason. The reach wasn't about the screen. It was about the half-second of stillness before it.
The Currency You Can't Earn Back
One year I played Football Manager for fifteen hundred hours. Two full months handed to a world that couldn't judge me or ask where my life was heading.