Fingers in symphony

Daily writing prompt

What’s the biggest risk you’d like to take — but haven’t been able to?

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The risk of living unbothered.

I always feel burdened by the expectations of literal strangers, my family ( and they are the most chill people I am blessed to belong to) and every person to have lived on this earth.

Why do I care so much? I don’t know. I guess it is what everybody does- care about other people’s opinions, feel burdened to live a certain way because the cost of rebellion is too high.

Not because of people’s opinions, but of failure. Because when you go against the norm and fail- you only have yourself to blame and only you for comfort- or so you tell yourself.

So, you pretend to live out the norm- safely ensconced in the collective conscience of drudgery.

You start associating risks with failures.

You train yourself to avoid risks, rebellion and failures.

You learn to live inside the norm- your only reality and loathe any risk that threatens to disrupt it.

You learn to write as per the norm too- an impersonal, algo loving structure built for success.

What will you do?