Daily writing prompt

How do you want to retire?

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I’m already retired, but I wish it could have been with a bit more financial freedom, a bit more wiggle room, instead of looking forward to the end of the month each month. I guess we’re doing OK, in a relative way, but I look around at what other retirees are doing, and realize there’s no way we could do much of anything similar, or at least with such regularity and ease.

A bit of unsolicited advice to all who are still working: enjoy this life along the way, but have a financial plan for when your working days are over– so you can facilitate other hobbies and activities and be happily (and more selectively) occupied and engaged.

Or not… some days it’s looking like the future isn’t all that bright for any of us, so live while you can, and take care of each other.

Daily writing prompt

What’s the oldest thing you own that you still use daily?

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Maybe this laptop, or my car– an 11-year-old Camry I’ve had since 2017.

I’ve inhabited this body for 71 years– does that count?

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Daily writing prompt

Describe one of your favorite moments.

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Any time we had a snow day. There have been many others, but for some reason this bubbled to the surface first.

Daily writing prompt

What notable things happened today?

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Since it’s only 5:40 AM, not much has happened yet. I woke up, got out of bed, didn’t drag a comb across my head… poured some cold brew, and now am writing in here.

If you’re asking what happened on this day, June 13, in history, Miranda rights were established in 1966; the Germans started launching the V-1 bomb into London in 1944; Meriwether Lewis reached the Great Falls of the MIssouri River in 1805; Lafayette arrived in 1777 to assist George Washington with the war effort; Thurgood Marshal was nominated to the Supreme Court in 1967; and Pioneer 10 crossed the orbit of Neptune in 1983.

Daily writing prompt

What are you passionate about?

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Being alive; trying to understand human nature, i.e. why we seem to have a penchant for making life miserable for people we decide we don’t care about, why we can’t just get along, why we elect “leaders” like many we currently have here in America.

Trying to get my head around flight- as in air travel; looking up, looking around, coffee, music, hitting a decent tee shot, cracking an egg without breaking the damned yolk.

Daily writing prompt

What is your favorite season of year? Why?

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It used to be Fall, for some reason. I think it was because of the colors, the smell of burning leaves, and relief from the heat of Summer. But it’s been Spring for a while now. Winter, with its bleakness and cold, is behind us, and we look forward to a stretch of moderating temps, lengthening daylight hours, and that sense of renewal and rebirth.

Daily writing prompt

What’s the one luxury you can’t live without?

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Decent, comfortable– and often a bit more expensive– footwear. That’s about as close as I come to something luxurious.

Daily writing prompt

What are the most important things needed to live a good life?

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Besides being born into a stable society where life isn’t a survival contest from the get-go, someone who loves you, a sense of purpose, and a mix of humility, compassion, and curiosity.

Daily writing prompt

If you had to change your name, what would your new name be?

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Most of these daily prompts… prompt an honest treatment of the question at hand, but I’m having trouble with this one. I realize it’s just a fun exercise, but I guess I’m trying to imagine a scenario where I would be forced to change my name, and all I can come up with is that it sounds like something within the realm of possibility for the current presidential administration. And this just pisses me off.

My name has been my name my entire life. I have no idea what I would change it to, nor would I have a desire to do so.

Daily writing prompt

Describe your dream chocolate bar.

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Ooh… dark chocolate, a bit of sweetness, maybe some almonds in the mix, all put together in a decently sized bar.