ways to get through a work week

plan the work for the week
plan the after-work for the week
write down to-do lists for monday morning, knowing it will be impossible to complete but still hopeful

ways to start a day

(morning routines) bleary good mornings to parents, bleary coffee, wolfing down food and medicine
walk to the station, despite the result of being drenched in perspiration
music, a book
smile at the same people walking to the station you always meet walking to work
see old places in new angles, lines thrown by the sun and shadows, curving lines as you walk, people convening for breakfast and gathering

ways to survive the morning train

courtesy
an understanding that everyone feels the same way
music
a book to forget where you are
still, not lose your sense of amazement when the train reaches eunos, and the impossible happens when people adeptly squeeze themselves into...non-existent space