Wake up in the morning. Get out of bed. Take a shower. Get dressed. Eat a healthy breakfast. Talk to your parents daily. Support their beliefs even when they disregard your own. Head to school.
Arrive at school. Talk to your friends. Head to class. Take notes. Turn in your homework. Listen to the teacher. Lie about your own way of thinking so that your opinion will matter to the professor. Leave class when dismissed.
Head to lunch. Communicate with your friends once more. Fight with said friends over something stupid. Hate yourself. Head to remaining classes.
Begin extracurricular activities. Keep your creativity flowing. Create work you are proud of. Show work to others. Change your creation so that it may fit the needs of the consumer. Realize that you no longer own what you create.
Head to work. Listen to your boss. Do as they say. Be demeaned by customers. Loathe self. Repeat the mantra "the customer is always right". Do you get the gist yet?
Head home. Start working on assignments for school. Try to write about something you are passionate about. Read what you just wrote. Realize that no one will care about your view point. Delete essay and rewrite it five times. Stay up until midnight critiquing said essay. Commence your scheduled panic attack.
Realize that you are a small speck in the grand scheme of the ever expanding void known as the universe. Give up all hope. Give up on life. Hit the wall. Hit yourself. Cry yourself to sleep.
Wake up in the middle of the night. Stumble out of bed and take your medicine. Go outside for a stroll. Take in the cool night air. Walk in the fading moonlight. Cry as you stare at the stars. Call the one friend you actually trust. Talk with said friend for about an hour and cry to them. Hear them give you advice about what to do next. Say you understand, but fail to actually listen to them. Hang up the phone.
Call out to whatever entity may or may not be causing the globe to spin. Realize that the world is really not as bad as it may often seem. Head back to bed. Talk to pets for an hour or so. Look outside the window. See the sun rising. Hear your house mates start to wake up. Slink back to your own bed. Close your eyes and try to go to bed.
Hear the blaring drone of your alarm clock. Slam the button on said clock. Repeat all steps until this point everyday.
So...the cycle continues. One day at a time. Slowly but surely you will become numb to it. Your thoughts are yours and yours alone. Keep them to yourself. Listen to what the authority tells you and say the following:
"Please sir, may I have some more!"
Do not be surprised when your societal wardens say no.
