- [x] Set timer for 20 minutes - [x] Start writing As today was the last day of his life, Mini looks again at his bank account statement: $42.51. What is the proper punctuation for such an account? An exclamation point, a period, a question mark, a comma, a colon. All sounded reasonable in the right circumstances. Today was an exclamation point day: $42.51! Why was he bothering to look today? What should a bank account say on the last day of the owner's life? He was hoping for zero. And how sure can one be about when the last day will occur? He was hoping for today or tomorrow, but, who _really_ knows? Mini woke up _every_ day thinking one thought, "today _could_ be the last day of my life." He wanted to live that way as well. There were certain tradeoffs for that type of life. One was, it was hard to buy too many groceries, but eating breakfast out was expensive. And, if your goals didn't fully align, you might find yourself with _less than_ zero on the bank account, which meant that your last possible day might have to get spent on work. If you go before you retire, it's a little bit _likely_, the math was something like four or five-sevenths, that your last day alive will be spent at work, so he didn't feel too bad about that. But, it's also hard to get hired for a bunch of money if you don't promise to show up _tomorrow_. It was the first really cold morning of the fall, with temperatures of 24 degrees. That made it even harder for him than usual to take his feet out of his sleeping bag. The car made a great tent in the fall, when the bugs were rare, the night was cold, and the bears were hungry. The downside to the car, was that the living quarters roof was even lower than a tent, so doing anything but laying in a sleeping bag was extra hard. You had to fully transition from chrysalis to butterfly in one full move. But, the instant coffee wasn't going to make itself. So, Mini scooted the bag as far as possible to the edge, opened the side door, threw his shoes out, and in one motion, removed his legs from the sleeping bag and put his feet into his shoes. So, now he was standing, looking at the mountains with his feet in his shoes and his legs naked. The next difficult transition was putting pants on. But, one thing at a time: first, coffee.