Adam Fenner's Blog, page 26

Goal set

Daily writing promptHow do you plan your goals?View all responses

Forward objective
Backward planning

Goal setting
Goal defined

Big plans
Small pieces

Dream future
Today’s actions

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Emergency planning

Daily writing promptCreate an emergency preparedness plan.View all responses

Earthquake
Tornado
Hurricane
Sunspots
Political unrest
Global pandemic
Aliens
Zombies
Russians
Giant monsters
Hippies

Food
Water
Ammo
Toilet paper
Radios
Books
Clothes
Board games
First aid kit
Generator
Fuel

And now
We wait

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Undone

Daily writing promptWhat is a word you feel that too many people use?View all responses

We think
We feel
We want
We need

We don’t

Do

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Peaceful conquest

Daily writing promptWhat brings you peace?View all responses

Peaceful state, state of mind
Given gift, conquered territory

Defense against, internal threat
Inside job, closest allies betrayal

Greatest enemy, focused attack
Conquer yourself, peaceful result

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Handy work

Daily writing promptWhat profession do you admire most and why?View all responses

Cracked dry hands
Summer heat exhausts

Blue collar character
Hard days work ahead

Accepted challenges
Projects anticipated

Communities built
By capable hands

There is a lot to be said about the smart capable people who get educated and who are generally well compensated for their skills. There is also something to be said for the hard working people who put in the physical work every day to build real things in our communities.

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Wares and wears

Daily writing promptIf you were going to open up a shop, what would you sell?View all responses

A shop of wares, wears, but where?
Location, location, location, hmm.

Cheap trinkets, or luxury goods?
Snacks or a meal, overpriced wings.

Objects of value, lifelong branding
Forgettable goods, fungible trash

A restaurant, feed my community
Or a mill, craft and build together

Design software, Valley bro cash
Or handmade, something to touch

Build a business, offer employment
Benefits, community, fair wages

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Back pain

Daily writing promptWhat is the most important thing to carry with you all the time?View all responses

Before I go
Tap the pockets
One last check

Wallet
Keys
Phone

Check
Check
Check

Childrens’ confidence
Wife’s faith
Family responsibility

Check
Check
Check

Boss’s expectations
Staff’s questions
Official burdens

Check
Check
Check

Grocery list
Environmental damage
Political instability

Check
Umm
Check

Global tensions
Changing climate
Economy slipping

Umm
Check
Umm

Overwhelming anxiety
Back pain
General malaise

Umm
Umm
Shoot

I’m going to need
Bigger pockets
For sure

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Galactic pathway

Daily writing promptWhat change, big or small, would you like your blog to make in the world?View all responses

A world of change
Constant rotation
Upon wobbly axis

Oblong rotation
Solar trajectory
Galactic pathway

Expanding universe
Unfathomable scale
Infinite possibility

Tiny home planet
Flawed peoples
Humble poetry

I’ve been regularly blogging for nearly a year now, the poetry started closer to November, but regardless. There should probably be more intention in what I do. But I think that will come later, I’m still too much of a novice to expect anything beyond a bit of daily practice. Exercise in preparation for some unknown in the future. Maybe spread a bit of positivity along the way. For those who are interested.

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Substitute life

Daily writing promptDescribe your life in an alternate universe.View all responses

Alternate universe
Substitute life
Exchange opportunities
Reimagine everything

More than enough
Not ready to give up
Too much to do
Adequate possibilities

It is fun to imagine alternate possibilities, a nice escape. But there is a lot of life left to be lived here. There is a bias toward believing that our lives are not of our own design. There is heavy influence from the outside world, but we still have the ability to influence the outcome.

I’m in the camp, unpleasant as it may be often times that there is balance to self reflection, identifying where we could do better, make improvements, without falling into a trap of self deprecating despair. Learn from your mistakes, forgive yourself, and get back to making your life better. No one else will do it for you, and you can’t rely on the multiverse to handle it.

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Kids meal

Daily writing promptWhat’s the most money you’ve ever spent on a meal? Was it worth it?View all responses

Table for five
Kids menus, yes

Ok, yes crayons
Corndogs, sure

It is noisy, yes
No, soda, ok

Hey, you listen
Headphone out

An appetizer, yes
I guess two, sure

You don’t have
Chocolate milk?

It isn’t very busy
This should be…

Where did the
Waiter get off to

Oh, nice finally
Silverware please

The corndog, umm
Oh shoot, I’m sorry

Ugh, it is late
Ice cream, please?

No, not tonight
But, please, please

Check please
Of course, right here

Is this with tip?
No, oh wow, what?

I think we all know this one, at least the folks with kids. Not that restaurants have all gotten more expensive. I’ve had fine dining cost less than a night out with the kids.

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