October’s monthly micro

Once a month I post a micro story (a story that is 1,000 words or less). Enjoy!

I’ve wasted two years being what I’m not. All that money down the drain. It made sense at the time: just follow the conventional wisdom.

Do what’s “safe”.

Do what “makes sense”.

So I went for it, gritted through it, sweated for it. Yet now, two years later, I couldn’t do it. I needed out. The next day, I walked into the office with a timid air. I asked the ladies at the front for the paperwork. I didn’t even have the courage to tell them upfront. But I filled it out, filed it in, and was free from that major.