Arkid

The Unexpected Gift

Mia had always been a creature of habit. She woke up at 6:00 a.m., jogged for 30 minutes, had her coffee by 7:00, and was out the door by 8:00 a.m. for her 9-to-5 job at a marketing firm. Days rolled into weeks, and weeks into months, each one blending into the other in a blur of deadlines, meetings, and to-do lists. She didn’t mind the routine—it gave her a sense of stability and control. But lately, she had begun to feel like something was missing. Her work had become monotonous, and her social life was almost nonexistent.