A 9 to 5 has always been my worst nightmare but a 6:30am to 12:30am I swear is gonna be the death of me. It’s not the long hours part that gets me. I’m all down for hard work, expanding opportunity through education and experience, as well as working towards the sun on the edge of the horizon. But routine without change is like dancing with the devil seven days a week in the hopes of expediting the return of Christ. It’s monotonous, hopeless and exhausting.
I’ve always hated routine, which sucks because I remember reading somewhere that human existence is around 70% routine, or some other ridiculously high number. On certain days a fact like that is more depressing than others. On Mondays for instance when I get up make tea and rush to spend from 8am-6pm on campus, 70% is haunting and it feels as though my alarm clock startles me at 6:30 only to mock my “human existence.” Come Thursday night routine does not present itself as poorly. I sleep in till at least 11:30 and awake with a renewed appreciation for the world and the wonders of living in New York City.
My recent efforts to battle it out with the consuming nature of routine include more Internet searches on entertainment and a pact with a friend to “go to one interesting thing each week and/or explore something new and preferably free.” A positive addition to my routine might keep the rest of the week a little less depressing and my relationship with my alarm clock a little more faithful.
Had I started my research earlier, I would’ve know in advance that tonight I can learn how to create my very own “sex education comic” at BlueStockings. Further possibilities include: attend a classy night out over at Aretsky’s Patroon for Fried Chicken Night (I’m a little weary of paying $25 to eat fried chicken with a linen napkin, might settle for popeyes), head over to the American Museum of Natural History’s music show, SonicVision and get myself right to the sounds of the Flaming Lips, Boards of Canada and Radiohead or laugh my ass off in the east village watching The Best of Harvard Sailing Team. What a night!
Again, I think you can go a lot farther with links. In this you link to the really obvious - the events you're thinking of going to. But what if earlier in the piece you'd linked to some great essay abotu routine, or something like that. Remember, what does working on the Internet offer that other kinds of writing doesn't. Links, multi media, etc. Take advantage of that. Also, imagine what a picture might have done. For next time!
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