It’s been a while, I know I know. It’s always been a while. Darn, I should be more consistent when I post! But I wanted to come say hi, tell you I’m revamping my website, and fill my corner of the internet with thoughts nobody needs to read. I was wondering if I should share my opinions on any of the dozens of things that interest me, story-wise, about…well, everything I’ve been watching and reading lately. And that time will come, when I have more caffeine in my system and have had a little more sleep.
I’ve just graduated from a two-year MFA in Creative Writing, and you’d think that means I’m bursting with inspiration, but in truth, I am proper burnt out. I like that phrase, “burnt out”, because the solution is in the problem. Fires need to be rekindled, and yes, that is a book pun, because I’ve been holding my Kindle close and reading a lot. It’s funny—for the two years of my degree, I couldn’t bring myself to read much for fun, but now that I’m done, suddenly I’m back to inhaling a new book every few days. Words are like that, I think, you have to fill up the tank every now and then.
For today’s blog post, though, I looked up 31 prompts for a blog post on hubspot and chose the ones that suited me. So here we go:
Recount a tough lesson you’ve learned lately.
I don’t like walking up hills in the sun. I was sweating bullets and cursing up a storm in my head. It’s what I call my “Villain Mode”, thinking evil thoughts like, I hate the sun I hope it dies. I can’t wait for soil erosion to make this hill into a flat square. The sun is my worst enemy of all time.
Man, that was a difficult lesson I learnt about myself. At least I got my steps in.
Tell a story about one of the following words: success, fulfillment, growth, achievement.
My hair has seen waist-length growth in recent months, which is an achievement that fills me with a sense of fulfillment, and is a cheveuxbial success-story.
(It’s cheveuxbial like proverbial. EN FRANÇAIS!)
Explain what makes you feel fragile or strong.
When I can’t open a jar, I feel fragile.
But then I DO open the jar, I feel strong.
Write about your opinion of the world.
My opinion of the whole entire world?? That’s specific…Okay, here goes:
The earth is not flat. However, I argue it should be (re: point one about hating walking uphill in the sun).
Write about something intangible: faith, magic, energy, power, or creativity.
Sure, but I wouldn’t do that for free. That’s like my whole bibliography at this point, dude.
Write about the idea of self-care and what it means to you.
Reading trashy romance novels. And I’m gonna go ahead and not answer the second part of that question 🙏
I’ll be back soon, hopefully! Cheers, my dears!
Damini Kane 