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Two men pull off at a scenic overlook to check out the view. One shares his failure to find any real results from his 60 day meditation challenge. 
 
On the last day, when he finally admitted to himself that it wasn’t working, he started to mourn all the hours he’d spent. As he entered the inevitable emotional spiral, he pictured a “game over” screen on a chunky arcade machine. 
 
Something about that laughably pitiful consolation helped him view this personal tragedy through a sardonic lens and ultimately dodge the doom vortex. 
 
 
Highway 1 Lookout
Big Sur, CA
2021