The Daily Grind

Mitchell Barch
DST 3880W / Fall 2018 / Section 1
1 min readSep 20, 2018

Age seems to throw more and more complexity into routines as we grow

When you are younger, routines are simple

Now you have a 40 hour week

D R I V I N G

You have many places to be

“makes more coffee”

Have you gone to the store? Have you made it to the gym? Did you call those people?

You think you finally have it figured out but then… something urgent happens

Now it is late, maybe 11pm… Did you get the mail?

You make your way outside, the air is light and cool, for a minute you’re only focused on the running water coming from a nearby creek. The muffled music from a nearby house. The moons soft light guides you.

You fall asleep and do it all over again.

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