What’s a book you think deserves a sequel?

If I had to pick one book that deserves a sequel, it’d be my autobiography.

Minor problem. I haven’t written the first one yet.

The first book would mostly be me trying to survive while the universe keeps throwing random garbage at me like it’s running some kind of twisted game show.

Chapter 1: Trusting people. Mistake.

Chapter 2: Trusting people again because apparently I’m a slow learner.

Chapter 3: Back pain.

Chapter 4: Work.

Chapter 5: More work.

Chapter 6: “This meeting could have been an email.”

It’d be a real page-turner.

The sequel, though? That’s the one I’d actually want to read.

By then I’m hoping I’ve finally stopped caring about 95% of the stupid stuff that wastes everyone’s time. I don’t need more drama. I don’t need more fake people. I definitely don’t need another person telling me I should “network.” I’m Gen X. We were raised to avoid people whenever possible. The internet was supposed to make that easier, and somehow everyone became more annoying.

The sequel would have more mountains. More road trips. More dogs. More geocaching. More sitting on the porch doing absolutely nothing while everyone else is filming themselves doing absolutely nothing for social media.

I’d spend less time trying to explain myself to people who already made up their minds twenty years ago.

I’d build dumb little projects for my website because I think they’re cool. If three other people on Earth enjoy them, that’s a bonus.

The soundtrack would be nothing but punk rock, because if I have to hear one more corporate motivational speaker tell me to “live, laugh, lead,” I’m going to develop an eye twitch.

People always expect sequels to be bigger.

I don’t.

I just want the sequel where life finally chills out a little. Fewer idiots. Cooler weather. A place in Colorado. Dogs asleep nearby. My phone face down because whatever notification just came in can probably wait. If it’s important, they’ll call. If they text “Hey,” they’re getting ignored until next Tuesday.

That sounds like a pretty solid sequel to me.

Besides, after everything I’ve already lived through, I’ve earned at least one chapter where absolutely nothing happens.

Those are usually the best ones anyway.