1. Set your intention for the journey ahead. This is going to push you to the breaking point
2. Make sure your EZ Link card is topped up
When yours declines:
When the person in front of you declines:
3. Walk onto the platform and witness the sea of morning commuters
4. Suck it up and join the hoard
5. The board announces that the next train will arrive in 4 minutes
6. No but seriously, 4 minutes
7. More commuters arrive and crowd the platform
8. After what seems like an eternity, the train finally approaches and you watch in horror as what was once an orderly queue turns into a stampede
9. You begrudgingly allow yourself to be swept through the train doors
10. And stand awkwardly as aunties snap up all the free seats
11. The doors close and you stand motionless, silently judging and hating everyone around you
12. This is your stop! Quick, fight your way to the door!
13. Emerge triumphant. You’ve made it!
14. But know that you’ve got to do it all again tomorrow
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