• Running Shoes, Pickles, and a Kia

    What are your favorite brands and why? I’m a little late with my response today and I will admit to reading other people’s answers before I wrote this, which I really don’t like to do. But I think we’re all on a very similar page today with this one. Favorite brands are kind of arbitrary.…

  • Did I Just Get Insulted?

    You know what I love so much about writing? Simply by using certain words in the perfect combination, you can cut someone down in the most beautiful, non-threatening, yet soul-crushing kind of way. It’s subtle, and powerful all at the same time. I’ve been listening to the Hamilton soundtrack lately. Well, at least yesterday I…

  • Words to Live By

    Do you have a quote you live your life by or think of often? I think the last time this question came up, I did a nice little exploration of my favorite quote, “Don’t analyze it, just enjoy it.” That was from the 80s sitcom, “Life Goes On” and it’s what Patti LuPone said to…

  • Productivity is Overrated

    When do you feel most productive? Productivity and the motivation to be productive really comes at random times for me. The weekends used to be the most productive time for me. When I was an educator, I powered through and got lesson plans written and papers graded. Since leaving that world, weekends have been about…

  • LOL!

    What are your favorite emojis? I feel attacked by this question! I’m 42 years old, I barely use emojis! I still write, LOL and am disturbed and annoyed that Apple has made “lol” autocorrect to lowercase letters when I try to use it as a complete sentence and put a capital L at the front.…

  • For Your Consideration

    What topics do you like to discuss? I feel like the prompt creators read so many of our posts and comments about the repetitive nature of the prompts this week and thought to themselves, “So you don’t like our prompts about taking risks, huh? Well, what do you want to discuss?!” Touché prompt writers, touché.…

  • I’m Tired and Itchy…Don’t Mess With Me

    When is the last time you took a risk? How did it work out? Didn’t we literally just talk about this yesterday?! I object to writing about it again. Instead, I will simply say that today I’m taking a risk by representing my department at a career fair for kids in the local school system.…

  • Abandon Hope All Ye Who Enter Here

    What place in the world do you never want to visit? Why? The middle of the ocean…or Australia. Especially Australia. I will go to the beach any day and enjoy the heck out of jumping and splashing in the waves. I’m a good swimmer and know what to do to get out of a rip…

  • 10 Years?!

    Where do you see yourself in 10 years? The thing about myself in 10 years is that I have no idea what that’s going to look like. About four years ago, my life was a certain way. If I had been asked this question then, I am certain that what my life is like now…

  • Everyday Things for Everyday Happiness

    What are 5 everyday things that bring you happiness? This prompt sounds familiar yet again, however, my life has been continually changing and getting better so I’m pretty certain that my 5 things today aren’t all the same as the ones I wrote about whenever this prompt first surfaced. I think this time, if I…