Do I Have To? May 6, 2026

Gary Hunter
May 6
1 min read

Remember the grind?

every day forced awake

to dress and roundtrip to

the office, then fulfil

all those other needs

before falling asleep exhausted

Did we have a choice?

kind of like ants marching

out of the nest at dawn –

at least they didn’t have

to change clothes,

earning a bit more sleep

well, we finally reached

retirement and now when faced

with things that need doing,

a new question arises

Do I have to?

and finding so many

mind-boggling options

for answers, we usually

fall for the default,

the simplest, easiest

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