Congratulations!
You’ve made it through the whole month and posted every day… almost.
Here is one last prompt for everyone.
Now that you’ve made it through the whole month and posted every day like a good little blogger…
What prize are you hoping to win?
If there is one thing everyone can talk about, it is food.
Food is a huge part of our society and cultures around the world. It could be in the breaking of the bread or the preparation of the desert, but food in itself means something to everyone.
Get your foodie self on today and talk about your favourite food-related things. Family traditions, holiday foods, or your favourite Chinese take-away place.
Talk about it all and make your readers drool.
I love Melbourne. It is unlike any city I have ever been to. There are so many different people, places, and things to see. And the food.
My God, the food.
Even if you don’t live in or near a huge city like Melbourne, that doesn’t mean the place you live isn’t special.
Today, tell your readers about what makes your city special. Are there any special places you like to go? Things you love to do? Is there anything your town is famous for? The place I grew up had a haunted farm on its outskirts.
Take some time and talk about your city.
I know a lot of people (including myself) who hesitate to apply the term “expert” to themselves. It might just be a low ego thing, and then again, it might just be a fear of idiot coming up with random things to challenge the ‘expert’ label.
Either way, I don’t want that label to intimidate you today. I want to know:
What are you an expert on?
Maybe it’s an awesome lemon meringue pie or maybe you’re awesome balancing the books. No matter what it is, today is your day to shine and talk about what you know.
In keeping with the idea that it is good to think about the positive things at least every once in a while, today’s prompt is about positive things again.
Today you get to do a little time travel, in a way of thinking.
Think back to the person you were ten years ago. The situation you were in. The people you were around. The place you lived. Everything.
Then think about your life now and do a little comparing.
List ten reasons your life is better than it was ten years ago.
Ten things, people, events, reasons, whatever you want. Anything that makes your life better than it was ten years ago is fair game for your list. Try not to get into what is probably a temptation and listing ways your life is worse. This is about the positive!
Sometimes we get so caught up in getting work done and paying bills that we lose sight of the things that are truly important. We forget about the things we wanted to do when we were children and couldn’t wait until we were adults to do.
Today I would like you to list out twenty-five things you want to do before you die. Anything your heart desires is ripe for the blogging, but it helps if you list things you are genuinely going to try to do before your time here is done.
You don’t have to list twenty-five, but I think pretty much everyone can if you sit down and think about it for a while.
A few things I want to do are:
Go ice skating
Take a world trip with my husband
Publish at least one book (traditional publishing)
Go to a poetry slam
No one ever told me when I was younger that I would be in debt up to my eyeballs for going to university and having an emergency room visit. (US medical system, I loathe you.) I am lucky to be earning enough to cover my bills (after a year of struggling), but there is no way I would be able to support myself otherwise without my husband.
These days, most of us have to pinch our pennies into copper wire if we want to get anywhere in life. You only have to take one look at Australians who want to buy a new home to see that.
Which begs the question:
How do you save money?
Where are you pinching pennies, clipping coupons, and otherwise stretching your paycheque like a piece of well chewed chewing gum?
I love this question! It is amazing what kind of things people carry around with them – especially women. Guys are free to blog about this as well, but carrying a wallet only can limit what you talk about. Feel free to talk about your briefcase or laptop bag if that is indeed the case.
I have had plenty of bags over the years which have contained the usual things – license and money – as well as some unusual – funky pens, pepper spray, band aids, super glue…
Then again, maybe carrying around pepper spray isn’t as unusual as it may have once been. I’ve heard about people carrying all kinds of things in their bags. I even watched a special report about how most women carry so many identity things that they are practically begging for identity theft.
So what’s in your bag? Spill the contents and blog about it!
Fiddlesticks. Goodness gracious! I don’t give a diddly squat. Frackers crackers.
Ah, non-curse curses. You have to love them. They are the words and phrases you use in times you wish you could swear, but swearing isn’t ‘polite’ so you come up with something that means the same thing in your mind but sounds better out loud. Maybe you don’t want to swear in front of your kids or your parents, so you come up with a substitute that’s as close to satisfying as the real thing as you can get.
What are your favourite non-curses? Did you make them up or were they passed down to you from someone in your family?
The ones I listed above are a mix of ones I made up in the heat of the moment and ones I learned from my family members.
Oh, this is another one I know I am going to like. Be sure to leave a link to your responses in the comment area so I can check them out.
The internet is a huge place with literally something for everyone – even if you have to hunt a bit to find what you want. Many of us know plenty of little gem websites and we don’t even realize it.
So why not share?
What are your favourite web haunts around the internet? Where do you go, what do you read, and what keeps you coming back?
Do you like web comics? Forums? Videos?
Tell your readers about it.
Here are a few of mine:
Literary Mary (forum)
Questionable Content (web comic)
Foamy (animated video series)
Watching Dr. Who (blog)
We all have them – the little things we know we should not do but often do unconsciously. Sometimes they are things we should do but don’t, like not flossing every time we brush our teeth.
I am talking about bad habits.
Mine include biting my nails occasionally, forgetting to floss, tossing clothes on the floor instead of folding them and putting them away, over eating… Yeah, I have plenty of them, and I am sure you have a few as well. What are they? Don’t be afraid to get down into the nitty gritty habits you have or even the weird habits you might have that don’t serve a particular purpose, like folding your shirts one way or another.
What are your bad habits?
If you want some good examples, Ms. Zoot occasionally talks about her habits.
You remember it. You know you do. Even if you would rather not…
Your first kiss.
Today is the day you spill the good, the bad, or the just plain ugly details about your first kiss.
My first kiss was lovely. It was the first day my now husband and I met physically. I was tired from the many, many hours spent on planes and we laid down to have a cuddle and a nap.
He said, “Hey, JM.”
I looked up at him. He put his finger under my chin and kissed me.
Aww. Romantic, isn’t it?
Alternatively, if you have not had your first kiss yet, tell everyone a little bit about how you would like it to be. You never know, maybe one of your readers will be interested. Hehe.
Hello once again! Welcome to day eighteen of NaBloPoMo.
It is hard to believe we are already half way done with November. Time seems to fly so fast sometimes.
When you have a blog, it is so easy to get caught up in complaining about pretty much everything. It is nice to have a place to get things out of your mind and out there. There is nothing quite like having a good, long rant.
However, sometimes we need to take stock of the good things we have in our lives so we don’t turn entirely bitter and whiney.
What are the blessings you have in your life? What are the little things that get you through the tough days? What are the things that might not be special to others but are very special to you?
Oh, this should be a fun one!
Sometimes it can seem like life is just one person after another giving you advice on this or that – whether you want it or not. Whether well meant or not, sometimes you have to swim through the flood of advice to find what actually works for you.
Your prompt for today:
What is the best advice you have ever received? What is the worst?
Give us all the details – who the advice came from, when, why, and what made it the best or worst advice you have ever received.
Be sure to leave links to your responses in the comments. I am looking forward to reading these.
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If this prompt doesn’t exactly inspire you, don’t forget to check out the other NaBloPoMo prompts.
Every now and then we all need a break, a little self-indulgence, or just a little recognition for what we do. Sometimes we all just want a little something to get us by.
Today you get to think about yourself and what you would like. (Don’t you just love the prompts where I make you think of yourself? Hehe.)
If someone, anyone, could give you a gift right now that would make you truly happy, what would it be? Would a single rose make your day or would you need something like a new car to really make your day a better day to be living?
It can be anything, so do not worry about what other people think of your choice. What do you want most right now, in this moment?
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