Tag: dailyprompt

Kindness and positivity. I try to put those things out into the world when I encounter people or meet someone for the first time. I feel like this world needs more of both of them especially now.

If you’d asked me twenty years ago, before I aged, it would have been somewhere warm and tropical like Tahiti or Bora Bora and part of me still loves that idea. A small shack in the sand with endless warm days.

However.

These days I am also starting to think about living in a little more Northern climate on the coast. A place you can take strolls on the beach or long hikes. Not sure where that is. Maine or Oregon or maybe Canada or maybe somewhere overseas.

Those are my places. What are yours?

Does anyone remember Curt Gowdy? My parents have a picture of him holding me when I was a baby.

They provide – comfort, warmth, love, companionship, laughter, joy, smiles, etc.

And they add a positive vibe to any space you bring them into.

Does a plane ticket count? I have been to multiple places around the globe and I know that was always an expensive personal purchase. I also bought a video camera for one of these trips and dropped it in a lake in Italy. I was able to retrieve the camera but it was no longer working.

Don’t we all need 26 hours in a 24 hour day?

Best way for me to combat this is to stay on a schedule and somewhere in that schedule carve out a little time for myself. Taking a walk, reading, watching a movie, doing something creative, etc. That’s the way I find a bit of time each day.

Zero Day

We take a day off work and pretend we are on vacation. Listen to some music, hang out with friends, read a book, listen to music, sleep, make your favorite drinks, take a hike, ride a bike, etc.

To participate you have to wear a Hawaiian shirt and do absolutely nothing for the day. Only those few chores are allowed that are truly necessary – like cooking and cleaning dishes. No social media is allowed. In fact technology will be invented to prevent you from accessing any of it. The rest of the day is about resetting your soul to zero back to your calm warm center.

16: It might be fun to go back to that age and experience driving for the first time. To feel that freedom you get when you climb behind the wheel and just go. Late 80’s music in the cassette player, hair in the wind (use to have it), and no real commitments.

1. World peace and no hatred – love who you love with no judgement.
2. A comfortable life for me and my kids and generations beyond – don’t need to be rich but enough money to not struggle and to be able to travel wherever I want.
3. Correct the environment and reset it back to when climate change didn’t exist.

Walking or hiking is a great way to get the legs moving. Nice to get out in nature and get some fresh air. I bought a bike recently so I have been enjoying riding it as well.

Not much. I would love to go but I wouldn’t waste my life savings on it.

YouTube – it’s a constant. Always upgrading and changing to stay fresh. Not sure it helps but it doesn’t hurt to try.

Four came to mind.

Close to home: My dad. Grew up without a lot of money. Managed to finish college and get a degree. He isn’t wealthy in money but he had a lot of success along the way. Raised a family and managed to make sure we were all taken care of and loved. To me that’s a success.

Celebrities:

Jimmy Buffett. He had some hits but nothing like Margaritaville. He turned that one song into an empire.

Sam Raimi: He made a low budget movie called The Evil Dead and is now directing blockbusters.

James of the YouTube Channel Dead Meat: Almost 7 million subscribers and is becoming a known name in the horror industry.

There have been several of those moments in my life, maybe even more than several, but buying a house with my wife, buying my first car, and kids being born. I felt like a true grown up in those times.

Me – kidding, I think, but in all seriousness a million dollars to various charities and organizations that help the environment would be the way to do it. Pick 10 and give them all 100,000 each.

For some reason rock climbing came to mind when I read the question. It’s the one thing that would be nice not to fail at.

Music:

Jimmy Buffett is my number one. Been that way since the Nineties and through all my musical shifts he’s always been there.

Other bands that are favorites are Dawes, Rush, Metallica, Def Leppard, Tesla, and as of late Stevie Nicks has been one I am enjoying a lot.

I have also gotten into extreme metal and if you can handle it Cattle Decapatation and Lorna Shore are a must for me. Also would throw in Ice Nine Kills too.

Books:

Stephen King, Anne Rice, Jimmy Buffett, Agatha Christie

Movies:

Ozgood Perkins has become a new favorite director. He’s the son of Anthony Perkins. He directed Longlegs, The Monkey, and I am the pretty thing that lives in the house to name a few.

Hiking and Cycling are ways I try to stay healthy and fit. Great ways to pass the time.

Creativity helps my mind stay sharp and I try to read as much as I can.