Shut up and keep your head down.
Stop trying and just do the minimum because that's all you'll ever be allowed to do.
And sometimes not even that that.
Stop caring. Stop talking. Stop trying.
Deep breath. Let it go.
Bury yourself in Hamilton and Bowie and BB-8's playlist and do the tasks and nothing more.
No suggestions. No improvements. No ideas.
Get it done and go.
Take a walk. You can make it. Take another walk. Back to the headphones.
Go home and do your good work there,
find your reasons there,
find things to be proud of there,
find your peace there.
Just stop.
And they wonder why a costume or an adventure or a run becomes such a big deal,
such an obsession.
It's all you have. It's all there is.
So stop.
