Tag: dailyprompt
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Running late for the success train
I, friends, feel like an abject failure. That is harsh, but I do feel that I somehow fell far behind my peer group. I look with envy on their personal and professional successes. I sit back and wonder where I went wrong. Where did I get delayed on my course? I would love to say…
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I blame the human genome project
A funny thing happened after the sequencing of the human genome. The science became mainstream and taught it schools everywhere. It advanced the way we understood biology. And that led us to the phrase, “I just don’t have the genetics for that,” and all its variations. With the expansion of human knowledge came with the…
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Like toothpick bridges
There is a common grade school physics project, the toothpick bridge. Or balsam wood. Or straws, the material doesn’t really matter. All I know is the assignment I was given was to take these materials and come back with a viable bridge. I took the materials, and did my best. My best included supergluing my…
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No need to set a fire
All ablaze, you self-combusted to keep them warm, and now they won’t even sit still to absorb the heat. You are turning in to ashes. No good to anyone, especially yourself. You’ve bent so yourself so they wouldn’t break, and here you are now, in pieces, while they continue on with no intent to help…
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Can I quit?
It just dawned on me that my refusal to quit is the very reason why it is so hard for me to start. Maybe it was that old refrain that “Quitters never win,” or just a deep seated desire to be considered reliable or loyal. I have been unwilling to let go of things because…
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Pause before checkout
I moved items to cart. And then I paused to think. After refreshing the page, I noticed more items were marked as sold out. I started panic, worried that I would be missing out if I didn’t act fast during this limited-time sale. And then I closed the laptop, to return to the cart the…
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Beauty delivered: Urban Stems review
I want to start my day with beauty. I want the first thing that I see to be a reminder of the good in the world. I think that is what fresh flowers brings me. I have toyed with the idea of getting a flower subscription box to ensure a constant supply of bouquets in…
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A fashion blog, and yet highly unfashionable
I went to an event today and felt so out of place. The women at this daytime event were made up, well dressed in heels with their designer bags. I showed up in a wrinkled shirt that I tried to disguise with my coat and the pants that I found and thought, eh they’d fit.…
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To be fair, fashion shows are really just art exhibits
One of the things that really gets on my nerves is when people scoff at fashion shows. Perhaps because of the high price tags, they think of it as just stupid rich people stuff. It becomes the stuff of memes, because it is of course laughably strange. Here is the thing, for many designers, fashion…
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