PROMPT: Mystery

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What’s a mystery from your own life that you’ve never solved?

What should I do?

Does anything matter? If so, how so? If not… just, why?

In short, are all the noble lies we tell more noble than lie?

PROMPT: Moment

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What’s a moment you wish you could freeze and live in forever?

This sounds to me like a recipe for how to turn a great moment into Hell. Nothing special survives its moment. I’m with the Buddhists on impermanence — i.e. Everything is impermanent, (and the desire for things to be what they are not is the root of all suffering.)

PROMPT: Camping

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Have you ever been camping?

Many times. Of course, one could argue that living in a house is just camping in a sturdy tent with a lot of gadgets.

PROMPT: Productive

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When do you feel most productive?

Generally, I feel most productive when I’m in the act of producing something, but I have had some measure of success in tricking myself into feeling productive when I’m actually goofing off at high intensity.

PROMPT: Emojis

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What are your favorite emojis?
Faceless turd emoji.

I use my own system of criticism that inverts the usual scale, meaning that getting a zero (turds) is quite good (and increasingly rare,) and — unlike stars — if you ever reach a five-turd rating you are truly the worst. It saves time in conveying my thoughts on all sorts of things.

Try to live your life:

No poop emoji.

PROMPT: Risk

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When is the last time you took a risk? How did it work out?

When is the last time you took a risk? Getting out of bed. (Every action or enacted decision generates some risk.)

How did it work out? I’m still alive, but the day is still young.

PROMPT: Stranger

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Describe a random encounter with a stranger that stuck out positively to you.

I once hitched a ride and was not murdered. [I hope it goes without saying that neither did I murder the person who gave me a ride. If it does not, I did not.]

PROMPT: 10 Years

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Where do you see yourself in 10 years?

Ask me in ten years.

Funny thing about time, I won’t be able to see myself in ten years for ten years.

It’s a river I’ve never run before. How could I possibly know where it goes?

PROMPT: Morning Rituals

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What are your morning rituals? What does the first hour of your day look like?

Well, I poop… How much detail are you looking for here?

PROMPT: Named

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If you could have something named after you, what would it be?

A random rock in the riverbed.