life, annotated

life, annotated

Notes on Routine

sameness is not dull; repetition is not unimaginative

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Ankita
Jul 09, 2025
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  1. For more than a year, I’ve had the same breakfast. Three half-fried eggs, two toasts, and a cup of coffee. Sat at my desk all day to write. Put on an episode from the same show I’ve now seen four times. Played with my cat when she burst with energy, reached for a second cup of coffee come midday, watched the herons arrive in the evening on the gulmohar …

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