Adam Fenner's Blog, page 27

Totem worship

Daily writing promptList 30 things that make you happy.View all responses

Happiness in a thing,
Internal projection,
Flawed totem worship

Replaceable trinket
Unremarkable value
Noncommittal relations

Grave explorations
Destinations final
No carryon allowed

Happy relationships
Delightful experiences
Joyful opportunities

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Habit of joy

Daily writing promptDescribe one habit that brings you joy.View all responses

Joyful habit, or…
Habit of joy, maybe

Find happiness in
Small places, try

New perspective
Appreciation for

Small things are
Daily gifts, only

See through a
Lens of gratitude

There is a balance between being critical and being blissfully ignorant. If we allow it we can both recognize our flaws, and forgive ourselves for them. Not ignore the need to improve, but no reason to be ugly with ourselves.

Similar thought on “Joy” which is a bit of an extreme word, but no reason not to be grateful for waking up in a warm bed, in a safe home, with a cup of coffee. That is something to be thankful for. But only if you allow yourself to see it that way. Maybe it isn’t good enough, but that is a matter of perspective, not material reality.

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Curious about

Daily writing promptWhat are you curious about?View all responses

Curious about things,
Stuff you know, yeah

Curious about stuff,
Real things, imagined

All things are imagined,
Sort of, René Descartes

Maybe a bit of everything,
Maybe there is nothing

Curious philosophers offer
More questions, less answers

Curious for entertainment
No reason to overcomplicate

Is there a rabbit hole of knowledge. Sometimes the abyss stares back, and that is ok. Doesn’t mean you need to lose sleep over it.

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Altruistic advertising

Daily writing promptWrite about a random act of kindness you’ve done for someone.View all responses

Random action, kind opportunity
Quiet moment, forgotten faces

Advertising diminishes, detracts
Covert, overt, intentions revealed

Purposeful kindness, offering
Powerful impression, altruism

Leave it to a WordPress prompt to find a way to turn a good action selfish. As I said yesterday, it is a reflection on who we are. WordPress is playing the game.

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Wasteland

Daily writing promptHow would you describe yourself to someone who can’t see you?View all responses

Daily prompt, wasteland
Deserted creative source

Wellspring of repetition
Selfish, inward focus

Pandering, thoughtless
Nestled vanity, culture

Better paths to follow
Opportunities ahead

These selfish, inward looking prompts are annoying to say the least. Other things to focus on. More than anything, It bothers me that this is what people want, they would rather write about themselves than other topics. It is less a criticism of WordPress than a criticism of ourselves. But that is what we are, not something we were turned into. Groups like WordPress simply exploit and enhance those features.

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Traditional burden

Daily writing promptWhat traditions have you not kept that your parents had?View all responses

Heavy weight
Traditional burden
Ancestral guilt

Grandma’s cookies
Grandpa’s holiday
Family gathering

Diabetic history
Working vacation
Travel distances

Changing world
Traditions evolve
Children’s lesson

It is easy to opine on all the reasons a tradition from 30-40 years ago was easier to maintain. Families dispersing across greater geography and cost of living being a major issue. That isn’t constructive, honestly. Traditions are a way to share lessons and engage with one another, I’m sure we can find a way to do that today, even if it is differently.

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Atypical progress

Daily writing promptWas today typical?View all responses

Typical days
Typical start
Typical coffee
Typical sunrise

Small goals
Small steps
Small hopes
Small progress

Big plans
Big moves
Big moments
Big opportunity

Daily focus
Daily action
Daily movement
Daily achievement

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Talk is cheap

Daily writing promptHow would you describe yourself to someone?View all responses

Talk is cheap
Baseless currency
Without exchange
Worthless fiat

Words are wind
Empty gusts
Weak bellowing
Blathering gale

Put in the work
Show your value
Create opportunity
Prove your worth

Not going to lie, aside from first dates and job interviews, none of which are appealing. Who is asking you to describe yourself? It is a bit weird you know.

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I’ve seen this movie

Daily writing promptIf you could bring back one dinosaur, which one would it be?View all responses

Malcolm, Grant, Sadler
Teachers of wisdom
Teachers of caution

Stop to think about
What you should
What you could

I’ve seen this movie
Beautiful disaster
Ecological marvel

Creature’s featured
For a quick bite
Terrifying lizards

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Far far away

Daily writing promptIf you won two free plane tickets, where would you go?View all responses

Fly us away
Places unknown

Far far away
Away from home

Only two tickets
Sorry kids, byyeee

Babysitter needed
I’m sorry how much?

Do you barter?
Some plane tickets?

Staycation it is
What is on Netflix?

I’d love to travel, be spontaneous, but you know. Responsibilities.

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