Routine

typewriter scene from The Shining

Routine is the great leveler. Sure you’ve met people who lead seemingly unstructured existences in which they’re buffeted by the winds of chance and fashion. You’ve undoubtedly been told to let go by someone who's critical of your determination. However maturation inevitably creates the need to perform and survive  For instance most jobs go from 9-5. A more precarious freelance existence ultimately requires work. Creativity, goes the old saw, is 1% inspiration and 99% perspiration The insouciant type who was the monkey on your back may hide it under a devil-may-care veneer, but most people secretly end up living leading lives of quiet or not so quiet desperation--locked in the prison of what they are.

read "Double Reverse Midas Touch" by Francis Levy, The East Hampton Star