More Than Getting By
Five More Minutes
S1 E1 · 1 min 27 sec
Exhausted by the demands of adulthood, a young man spends his long-awaited day off sleeping through the life he once enjoyed. As memories of childhood resurface, he finds himself longing for the simpler days when his mother's voice calling him home was the last thing he wanted to hear.
Season 1
Transcript
Every morning, the alarm rings and we get up for work, get dressed, leave the house, make the same journey, still wishing we could sleep a little longer. Before we've even reached our desks, we're already thinking about going home. We eat without looking away from a screen, then sleep just long enough to find the strength to do it all again. Another morning. We promise ourselves we'll make time later. Even a call from home can wait. Work follows us home. Everything else waits a little longer. [birds chirping] We don't stop loving our families or the things we used to enjoy. We just keep saving them for a less exhausting day. [keyboard clicking] Then one afternoon, we leave early and wonder what to do with the time, until a ball rolls our way. At first, we only mean to kick it back. Then we're playing, laughing, forgetting to check the time. Something we once did every afternoon now feels like a luxury. For once, we aren't watching the minutes pass, waiting for the day to be over. Remember being called home for dinner? Back then, we always wanted five more minutes. Now, five minutes hearing that familiar voice would mean so much. I'm coming home tomorrow, Mom.
