Middle-aged Maverick

Tag: dailyprompt

  • Confronting the Past

    Do you spend more time thinking about the future or the past? Why? Without reading what other people have answered, I am almost certain that many people will have said they think about the future more. Something about not being able to change the past so best to think about the future. I don’t disagree.… →

  • The Greatest Gift: Finding True Confidence

    What is the greatest gift someone could give you? A lot of people have answered ‘time’ for this question. That’s a really good answer. So are some of the other ones I read. Faith, love…all wonderful things. For me, I think confidence is the greatest gift I could receive. Not just the confidence that allows… →

  • The College of Life

    What colleges have you attended? To give specifics about the colleges I’ve attended would be revealing too much about my real identity. I’d like to remain Batman anonymous for as long as I can. But I will say that both schools I attended were not my choice. Initially. Where I went for my undergrad teaching… →

  • Voting My Conscience

    How have your political views changed over time? I don’t think I have political views. I am registered to vote under a particular party and have a pretty good voting track record. But I don’t consider myself political in that I know what I believe to be right and true and I vote accordingly. What… →

  • My Perfect Haven

    You get to build your perfect space for reading and writing. What’s it like? I love this question today because I actually have the perfect space for all the things I like to do! Well, it’s almost perfect. I am currently on the hunt for a comfortable chair and ottoman to put in the room.… →

  • Finding Happiness at Home

    I am truly the most happy any time that I am at home. In the past, I’ve written posts about different aspects of being at home that make me feel the most content and at peace: Daily Prompt Response—Spirituality Daily Prompt Response—Daily Habits Also, I have a whole series of “Things That Are Making Me… →

  • Grocery shopping is boring but steak night is awesome

    List your top 5 grocery store items. The prompt is asking about grocery items. I have to clarify here and say that when I go to the store, it is usually Walmart which is more than just grocery. But every time I got to Walmart, I swear I buy a box of kitty litter. I… →

  • Always On

    Have you ever performed on stage or given a speech? One of my college classes was Public Speaking. I can’t remember if I had to take that for my English concentration or my education major. Either way, I gave a lot of speeches in that class. But not as many as I gave as a… →

  • New Year, New Beginnings: Celebrating January

    What’s your favorite month of the year? Why? I pondered this for a moment because I feel like my immediate reaction would be to say December, you know, because of Christmas. I love the Christmas season. I might consider July because that’s my birthday month and for so many years it meant that I was… →

  • I’m Just Awesome…Eventually

    What’s the first impression you want to give people? I wish people’s first impression of me is that I’m awesome. They don’t ever get that at first though. It takes me warming up a little bit around people for them to figure that out. My new co-workers thought I was too quiet when I first… →