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    Fragile Tether in the First Snowfall

    November 20, 2024

    I called someone earlier tonight and it seemed to help. But, I guess it was only temporary. Lots of thoughts racing through my mind right now and no one I can go to. One fragile tether holding me down, and does it even matter? I’m thinking about taking a walk tonight. The first snowfall of the year seems peaceful, right? I’m feeling really lonely right now, but doubt there is anybody out there worth reaching out. He still brings me a little comfort, but does it make any sense? When I was in high school, I told a friend about…

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    Make America Flee Again?

    November 10, 2024

    It’s been a couple of days since the election. If you haven’t heard already, Trump won the presidential election in the U.S. I won’t get into politics too much. I wanted to discuss tonight what I’m seeing in reaction to the election results. I just went onto Facebook wherein I saw multiple people talking about either leaving the United States, having left and never coming back, or a variation of the like. I saw a lot of this the first time Trump was elected, back in 2016. Don’t get me wrong. The first time that Trump was elected into office,…

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    Choosing Growth

    November 1, 2024

    Let’s Talk Cancel culture is everywhere. It’s like this automatic reaction: someone does or says something out of line, and boom—they’re instantly judged, shunned, or even cast out. This can happen so fast, especially with social media fanning the flames. But here’s the question that keeps bugging me: are we just creating this culture of fear where everyone’s too scared to make a mistake? Is this actually helping anyone? Instead of cutting people off at the knees, what if we just… didn’t? What if, instead, we gave them a chance to learn, to really understand why their words or actions…

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    Daily Prompt

    Lazy Day Freedom

    October 17, 2024

    This is an interesting writing prompt. Do lazy days make me feel more rested or unproductive? Ultimately, both. But that doesn’t detract from how much I enjoy my lazy days. Today was not one of those days. I had to drive into town to go to a doctors appointment. I’m currently on my way home, and have a phone interview at 3:00 pm which I will probably answer while still driving back home. The job is a work-from-home job, so I’m super excited to start it. It isn’t in AI, instead I’ll be doing phone surveys with farmers. Anyway, back…

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    Voting

    October 8, 2024

    What’s a topic or issue about which you’ve changed your mind? Voting. I used to be an avid voter. But since the election where Trump won, I’ve been disillusioned with voting. I’m still undecided on whether or not I will vote. I just feel that there is so much working against the voter that devalues the vote. The two-party system as well as the electoral college need to be fixed. I know that not voting won’t change anything. But I don’t think voting in the traditional sense. I think there needs to be a big change to the voting system…

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    Art comes in all forms

    October 7, 2024

    Who are your favorite artists? Recently, I read a blog post about Van Gogh. It would be impossible for me to find the blog post in the sea of blog posts, but it was interesting to learn how he never experienced fame while alive. Well, not so much interesting as it was sad to learn. An artist I’ve always loved has been Lady Gaga. I know she’s somewhat controversial, but I could pick worse. Stevie Nicks has been coming up into my awareness a lot lately. Like the universe has been wanting me to listen to her music. I decided…

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    Putzing Around

    October 6, 2024

    What is your favorite hobby or pastime? I’ve responded to this prompt in the past. I enjoy playing video games in my free time. I also tend to putz around a lot in my free time. For example, what I’m doing right now I would consider this to be putzing around. Just like yesterday, I’m having a difficult time waking up this morning. I even had a Starbucks Double Shot. I’m sitting here yawning and watching Good Morning America. I saw the news segment, about the mudslides after hurricane Helene. It’s hard to see all of those people suffering. Now…

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    Late Night

    October 6, 2024

    I have a feeling I’m going to have difficulties sleeping tonight. I think I’m going to try my sleeping pill because I feel like I have too much energy. I’m typing this on my iPad again, but this time I’m using a Bluetooth keyboard. I wish I had a desk to work at. When I worked on desktops all the time, the thought of a laptop seemed nice. But, not that I can’t sit still because of RLS, a desk seems nice. It’s difficult to have a laptop in one’s lap all of the time. What I would like to…

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    Autumn Sunset

    October 5, 2024

    Overall, today was a pretty good day. Aside from the fact that we forgot to pay the rent. We’ll have to pay it on Monday. I was hoping to get more work done today, but I got a couple of hours in which I think is pretty good for a Saturday, especially for a Saturday like today. It was in the mid-70s and only partly cloudy. It was gorgeous out. There aren’t going to be many more of these days. As I’m typing this out, the sun is setting and I’m listening to my liked playlist on Spotify. There’s a…

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    Rebuild

    October 5, 2024

    What would you do if you lost all your possessions? If I lost all of my possessions, I would be very upset for a while. But eventually I would start working toward rebuilding. I’m typing this on my iPad so excuse me if it’s not too long. It’s a gorgeous day outside. I’m outside with friends today. They’re having a cookout. I feel fortunate to be able to enjoy the nice weather. I think the burgers are done. I scarfed one down. I was really hungry. I’m going to keep this post short.