Title: " Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life "
Main Characters:
• Mike: A 28-year-old IT employee
• Gif: Mike's coworker, 30 years old
• Manager: The one who often assigns tasks to Mike
Setting: IT office, Mike's desk
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(Mike is sitting at his desk, quietly working on his computer)
Gif: (walking over to Mike) Mike! Let's go for lunch!
Mike: (without looking up from the screen) Sorry, Gif. I’ve got too much work to do.
Gif: (sitting down next to him) It's not about the work, Mike. You need to make time for yourself. If you keep working all day, your life won’t go anywhere.
Mike: (pauses) I know… but sometimes I feel like if I don’t do it, someone else will do it for me, or the work won’t get done at all.
Gif: (looking at the screen) You know, Mike... your time is limited. The world doesn’t wait for anyone. You don’t have to live according to other people’s expectations.
Mike: (frowning) Live according to other people's expectations?
Gif: (smiling) Yes. You don’t have to follow the world’s rules that say you must work yourself to the bone. You can choose how to make your life meaningful.
(The phone rings, Mike picks it up)
Manager: (from the phone) Mike! The report needs to be done by this afternoon!
Mike: (answers the phone) Got it... (puts down the phone)
Gif: (looking at Mike) Mike, working hard is good, but don’t forget to find happiness in life too. It won’t be worth it if you spend your whole life doing things that don’t bring you meaning.
Mike: (looking at his computer screen) I don’t know where to start...
Gif: (smiling) Start today, Mike. Don’t wait for time to pass by and regret not doing things that matter.
Mike: (pauses, thinking) You’re right… I’ll think about it.
(Mike looks out the window, reflecting on what Gif said)