Picking Blueberries: on a Monday Morning

By Ga Montserrat

Book Overview

I live in a fast-paced world. I wake up, reach for my phone to snooze the alarm and get those extra five minutes of sleep. The alarm goes off once more, and so the day begins. I jump in the shower half asleep, get dressed in autopilot, and try to wink at the person in the mirror. I make coffee, perhaps breakfast too, but only if there's time because I am already running late for work. I leave the house, get in the car and try to make the best out of the commute. I load my senses with the sounds of the street, the smell of freshly brewed coffee, and a podcast episode about the latest trick to defeat procrastination for good. What am I doing? Going to work, I think, to become a productive member of society. I answer myself. But it does not feel good enough. I want to do something more, something new and exciting. I arrive to the office, open the door and greet my colleagues who, I ignore, are going through the same thing. Yet, the walk to my desk feels lonely. Like I am the only one who longs for something else. I turn on my computer, start my timer and look at my to-do list. Oh, how I wish it looked differently! Trying my best to transform my reality, I fabricate a realm in my head, just immersive enough for me to keep my senses somewhat engaged with the task at hand: get shit done, so I keep getting money to enjoy the weekends and occasional trips. In the meantime, I daydream, write emails, attend meetings, click send and wait for the daily laugh with my friends during our coffee break. At least I'm getting paid for this, I tell myself at least three times to get me through the day. I do hundreds of things, and hundreds more occur around me. Yet the day goes by slowly, and I cannot wait to get back home and get to work on building a life I love. But the day is too exhausting. I get home, have dinner and lay on the couch. My energy is drained, and Modern Family is just too good. I convince myself that nothing will happen if my dreams wait another day. My phone rings. Suddenly, my world feels heavier, but my life does not seem so boring anymore. Someone I love departed from this world, and so I face an acquaintance from past lives, a foe of many names: loss, grief, sorrow are just some of the ones I know. He's gone. I don't know what to do to fill the hole that his absence carved into my soul. Picking Blueberries on a Monday Morning is an attempt at making sense and creating hope out of the whirlwind of emotions brought by a hasty life and losing loved ones. This book came out of me, like rain comes out of clouds: inevitably. I hope that reading it does the same for you.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0CLZMG195
• ISBN13: 9798865718062
• Release Date: October 2023
• Publisher: Independently published
• Length: 170 Pages
• Weight: 0.69 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.4" x 6.0"