PROMPT: Nervous

Daily writing prompt
What makes you nervous?

Chemical interactions in (and between) my nervous, enteric nervous, and endocrine systems make me nervous.

PROMPT: Unwind

Daily writing prompt
How do you unwind after a demanding day?

I’ve heard it said that it’s kind to rewind, but everyone who’s said that is quite old.

But I just lie on my back and contemplate the ceiling.

PROMPT: Social Media

Daily writing prompt
How do you use social media?

I don’t use social media. It uses me, or — more precisely — it uses my information and attempts to use my attention — as it does of us all. Perhaps it was a symbiote but it’s becoming ever more parasitic.

PROMPT: First Thing

Daily writing prompt
Jot down the first thing that comes to your mind.

How does one mambo to the banana patch?

PROMPT: Stranger

Daily writing prompt
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: Decision

Daily writing prompt
Describe a decision you made in the past that helped you learn or grow.

Every decision to travel anywhere has paid a dividend.

PROMPT: Never Want to Visit

Daily writing prompt
What place in the world do you never want to visit? Why?

The molten core. Because it’s not a dry heat.

PROMPT: Positive Thing

Daily writing prompt
Describe a positive thing a family member has done for you.

Not slapped me in my stupid face when I said or did something idiotic. (Or is that a “negative thing,” since it involved inaction, rather than action.) Anyhow, it always feels like a rather positive thing to me.

PROMPT: Favorite Restaurant

Daily writing prompt
What is your favorite restaurant?

I can’t tell you, precisely, but I know it has one location, is authentically itself, and is what some might describe as a dive. Interestingly, you can find it anywhere in the world if you know where to look.

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?