Ending the Routine

“I always wonder why birds choose to stay in the same place when they can fly anywhere on the earth, then I ask myself the same question.”

― Harun Yahya

8:00 a.m

          In the morning you wake up to the sound of your alarm clock, get dress, prepare and head for school. You wait on the same bench for the bus every day, travelling the same route praying the traffic's not heavy. Then you alight the bus and transfer to the train, buying your ticket from someone who is obvious that he doesn't enjoy he's job. If you arrive early or exactly on time before the train arrive you're lucky but if you got left behind, you better find a good way of killing 30 minutes of your time.

10:00 a.m

          At school there's a lot of time to have fun with your friends. The stories and the laughter you share with them and living in that moment is something to look forward every day. You roll your eyes to your teachers and sigh to your stupid classmates.

5:00 p.m

          After a long day you travel back home- tired and sleepy. You've memorize every doors to enter, turns to take and steps to climb. You become numb to everything around you because you're used to it. This long ride home makes you imagine everything you want to be and have. In every small detail you think of things you know deep inside is impossible to happen, but you do it anyway.

7:00 p.m

          At home, of course, the usual- you watch TV, procrastinate in front of the computer then go to bed. There are times when you can't sleep. You have everything that you need but you still think of having a better life- a life more exciting, a life where every day brings you to new places and a life where you are not stuck in a routine. So before you sleep you tell yourself that tomorrow you'll do better and make a change for yourself. 

          The next day you failed yourself. For that not to happen again you wrote in your journal "Tomorrow I'll do better and make a change for myself." You forgot to check your journal the next day, the next week and the next month. For a year nothing has change. You blame time and money because they're rarely available. Then you blame yourself for not really trying. You are sick of your usual boring life but you don't even try to change it.

          You know to yourself that you want to live life fully but you find it hard. When? Now you have all the time and energy but not enough money. How about when you're working? You have the money and energy but how about time? When you grow older? You'll have all the money and time but no energy. Life is short. you better start working on it.