PROMPT: Putting Off

Posted on October 12, 2025 by B Gourley

What have you been putting off doing? Why?

I’m putting off death for as long as I can remain healthy (by and large.) Because I like living.

PROMPT: Grown Up

Posted on October 11, 2025 by B Gourley

When was the first time you really felt like a grown up (if ever)?

The first time I went drove to another state and stayed in a hotel on my own (late teens, obviously after getting a driver’s license — but a year or more before graduating high school.)

PROMPT: Million Dollars

Posted on October 10, 2025 by B Gourley

Daily writing prompt

If you had a million dollars to give away, who would you give it to?

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THE POOR.

PROMPT: Guaranteed

Posted on October 9, 2025 by B Gourley

What’s something you would attempt if you were guaranteed not to fail.

Cast a magic spell? Everything I know of in this world comes with no such guarantee — at least anything worth one’s time. It’d be better to spend one’s time learning to thrive under uncertainty.

PROMPT: Lost All Possessions

Posted on October 5, 2025 by B Gourley

What would you do if you lost all your possessions?

I’d like to think that I’d keep on keeping on, and I try to cultivate the mindset to do so, but –having never experienced it — I can’t honestly say.

PROMPT: Out of Place

Posted on October 3, 2025 by B Gourley

Tell us about a time when you felt out of place.

Only when I’m among people.

PROMPT: Without a Computer

Posted on October 2, 2025 by B Gourley

Your life without a computer:
what does it look like?

I imagine like it does when I go on long hikes, and have no access to computer or internet. i.e. Mostly blissful with the occasional bleak thought that the world might be ending without one’s awareness.