This is the 38th in a series of 365 Flash Fiction stories I’m writing. You can find out more about the challenge here.
Meaning, by Jonathan L. Lawrence, 8th January 2012
Word count: 925
Theme: technology, listlessness, future, hope, meaning, striving, determination
The story:
It wasn’t a glorious childhood, but nor was it a Dickensian tale of woe, abuse, and suffering, but it wasn’t glorious. It was kind of bland, you know? Just like five billion others out there. I guess that’s why I did it.
It was never planned, not early on anyway.
I was like everyone else, I woke up in the morning, showered, brushed my teeth, had breakfast, had coffee, then drive into the office. It was a nine-five job, only it never worked out that way. That said, when I was honest with myself, I didn’t actually know what my job was. It was one of those meaningless jobs, I attended meetings, spouted sage-like nonsense and plans, listened to other people make sage-like nonsense and plans. Then we’d make actions, and go bug other people. Invariably it would all be very exciting, and buzz words would fly around, names would be dropped, and ultimately nothing would happen.
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