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Brief Blog About Blogging

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Good Morning, World!!! If you read my blog regularly you have probably noticed that I have been doing daily prompts. I made a goal for this year to blog more and I feel like if I do daily prompts five days a week on weekdays then this will help with the goal. I will still be doing my Weekly Plans post on Sunday mornings and my Weekly Check-In post on Saturday evening. I know I have said and written something similar many times and I hope that I can actually accomplish this. I know blogging daily is not going to be maintainable in the long run but I hope if I do it for a good month then maybe I will have a good grasp on blogging at a more sustainable pace that better suits me. I just want to get into the habit of blogging regularly.

I do not have much more to write about or discuss in this particular blog post. I do want to thank you the reader for reading my blog. It is greatly appreciated from my end of things that you the reader, read my blog. If it was not for you the reader, reading my blog, I would not be continuing to write my blog. Again, thank you from the bottom of my heart for reading my blog. Peace Out, World!!!

Daily Prompt; What Gives You Direction in Life?

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What gives you direction in life?
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Many people and things give me direction in life. In fact my family gives me inspiration even though they are quite dysfunctional some of the time. Well the majority of the time my family is dysfunctional. My friends also give me direction in my life. Friends and family have helped a great deal with giving me direction in my life.

Another thing that helps give me direction in my life is my meditation practice as well my new faith in Buddhism or at least what I am learning about Buddhism. I am grateful for learning about Buddhism.

Of course my recovery and my cat help me give direction in my life.

Daily Prompt; How Do You Plan Your Goals?

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How do you plan your goals?
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For me planning my goals is something I continuously evaluate and reevaluate as sometimes your goals need to change. Also, goals can be accomplished and for me when this happens, I tend to add another goal or two. I also use SMART goals. SMART goals are Specific Measurable Attainable Relevant Time-based. So for me goals are forever changing as well as being accomplished if done correctly.

Daily Prompt; What’s Your Favorite Month Of The Year? Why?

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What’s your favorite month of the year? Why?
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If I have to pick a favorite month of the year, I would say it would be January. The reason, I say January is because it is a reminder for me and many others that you can start over. I know you don’t have to start over in January but it is a good reminder on what you want to focus on for your life. I reevaluate multiple times a year on how I want my life to be. Sometimes I completely change my goals while other times I barely tweak my goals.

Daily Prompt; On What Subject(s) Are You An Authority?

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On what subject(s) are you an authority?
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I really do not have the “authority” on any subject but myself. Then again that is debatable at times. I do know that I am knowledgeable in certain subjects but I am surely not an authority in any subject except for myself. That is all I have to say all this subject.

Daily Prompt; How Are You Feeling Right Now?

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How are you feeling right now?
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Right now I am feeling anger, fear and some anxiety. The reason for these emotions is due to some PTSD symptoms. I am not a big fan of these emotions especially due to stupid PTSD symptoms. I just wish that PTSD would not interfere with my life and my emotions. I also have a difficult time expressing anger, fear and anxiety especially anger. I was not allowed to express most emotions growing up especially anger. Now, I am slowly learning how to express my emotions in an appropriate way for society.

Daily Prompt; What Brings You Peace?

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What brings you peace?
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I have many things that bring peace. Some of what brings have always given me peace while other things I have had to practice to bring me peace. The one thing that has brought me peace since I could remember is water as well as nature. I grew up in California and went to the beach all the time as well as went to the mountains to hike as well as to camp. Of, course there are lakes that I went to when I camped and/or hiked. Now that I have lived in Seattle for nearly thirty years, I have easy access to water which is easy to get to no matter where in Seattle you live.

Another thing that brings me peace happens to cats. I know it is weird that cats bring me peace but cats do bring me peace. Cats know what brings them peace and they know how to set boundaries. That is one of the reasons why cats bring me peace.

Now on to what I had to learn to what brings me peace. The thing that I learned to help me be at peace is meditation. I am so grateful that I learned meditation as it is something I can do anytime and anywhere. I am so glad I learned meditation.

Daily Prompt; Are You A Leader Or A Follower?

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Are you a leader or a follower?
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This is a hard one for me to answer as in many situations it appears to others as well as myself that I am a follower while some say I am a leader. In my opinion I think I am a little bit of both. I say this because in some circumstances one needs to be the follower to be able to learn while in other circumstances one needs to be the leader because there is nobody else who can be the leader for whatever reason. So, in my case I tend to be both especially since I am not a natural born leader and I learn for others on how to be a leader.

Daily Prompt; Write About A Random Act Of Kindness You’ve Done For Someone

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Write about a random act of kindness you’ve done for someone.
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I do not like to share when I do random acts of kindness as I feel like that defeats the purpose of doing them. I do them out of the kindness of my heart and not to stroke my ego which is why I really don’t want to share at the point in time. Yes, I have shared random acts of kindness from time to time but I do my best not to as it defeats the point. I think doing random acts of kindness for people on a daily basis then this world would be a better place.

Daily Prompt; What Tattoo Do You Want & Where Would You Put It?

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What tattoo do you want and where would you put it?
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I really want my next tattoo to be the paw print of my last cat, Lil Gertie with the date I adopted her and the date she crossed over the rainbow bridge. I want it on the calf of my leg. The reason why is because I want to put the paw prints of all the cats that I have or have had or will have as an adult on the back of my calf like the cats are climbing up my leg. I also will be the day I adopt them as well as the day they cross over the rainbow bridge as a way to honor them.