Duel of systems

Failure

Unbeknownst to me, four endless days passed until the cycle repeated itself and a new Monday emerged. Each day, I struggled to fulfill the missions imposed by the inscrutable system, while my body gradually transformed. My musculature became fuzzy and sore, punished by the endless exercises I had to perform: a hundred squats, a hundred push-ups, a hundred sit-ups.... The constant increase of the physical load exhausted me mercilessly. I began to question the validity of these daily activities, feeling that they made no sense at all.

At six o'clock in the morning, before the sun timidly peeked over the horizon, I had to get ready to run an office as the CEO of a company. Often, I would arrive exhausted after hours of reading and heated discussions with the other employees, who were waiting for my crucial decisions. Although I had become accustomed to this overwhelming responsibility, I had not yet received my first salary. I was in constant debt to Lucia, who had invested so much in me