

I rise at 4am to the ping of a cash register, reminding me what life is about.
I shower then shave. I cleanse my face with soap and water and moisturise twice. I stretch out my hip flexors and glutes. I do twenty push-ups with each arm. I meditate for three minutes then scroll through LinkedIn for ten.
I make breakfast: avocado on toasted rye.
I check in with the stocks (up) and my prototype's web server (down). I pull up the latest Bloomberg news reports on my iPhone 14 Pro Max and read the headlines. A story about the entertainment sector catches my eye; there's money to be made here.
I pour myself a black coffee and sit down at my Oak Hairpin desk. It's only 5:15am. The sun hasn't even risen. It fears me.
The germ of a project begins to infect my mind.
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