Daily story, January 6, 2025

Now that everyone hates me I can do what I like. Nothing to lose. I can lie and cheat and steal and they’ll all shrug their shoulders and say it’s just what they expected. But they won’t. I’m going to be good and kind and wise in weird, quiet ways. It won’t change their minds and it won’t make me the bigger person. But I’ll enjoy watching them twist their little heads trying to work out why those things I do are terrible.