Assignment 21: Joshua Pe

At this very moment, somewhere in the universe, a man is living a mundane life. He's sleeping right now, taking in the fleeting hours of another Sunday night. His alarm will beep a couple times at 6:00 AM, and he'll hit the snooze once, maybe twice. Once he decides that he'd rather have electricity than sleep, he'll drag himself out of bed for another day of drudgery. Another Monday. Another 9 to 5. He’ll shower, wash his face, and shave. Then he’ll eat breakfast, shredded wheat and coffee, and then get dressed.

The man will drive to work, stopping and starting, moving half a mile an hour in the morning rush. He’ll take the stairs instead of the elevator; it’ll get his heart beating for once. Once at work, the man will sit in his cubicle, typing, clicking, crunching numbers, and taking phone calls. He’ll get on his lunch break and try something new—his one moment of different. Then he’ll go back to work, continuing to mindlessly sit his life away. He’ll think of what he could be doing, but he’ll never act on it.

The man will go home after work. He’ll eat dinner, watch the television, get unwounded, and go back to sleep. He’ll do the same thing over again Tuesday, then Wednesday, then Thursday, and then Friday, until the weekend. Then he’ll waste his weekend away until Monday again.