dailyprompt
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Success is being able to hold on to your decency no matter what happens
How do you define success in life? View all responses Continue reading
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Don’t believe social media!
What’s one piece of travel advice you always follow? View all responses I’ll do another post about this, but the number of times that we had been misinformed, outrightly misled or totally lied to by people posting on social-media is diabolical. There’s no such thing as the ‘truth’ anymore, not when you feel that facts… Continue reading
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Let me make a list of the things that don’t make you one
What does it mean to be a good person? View all responses You oppose all vaccinations just because You’re a MAGA You throw trash in public You have children who throw trash in public You voted for someone because they gave you money or did you a favour You hate your parents just because You’re… Continue reading
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I don’t….
How do you make time for self-care? View all responses You don’t, because you should be doing it every-day. It’s not some last ditch effort to reverse something when the damage is beyond any kind of repair. Don’t be that 40-something-person-who-looks-60 browsing through Chemist Warehouse for Garnier. Every day self-care for me consists of the… Continue reading
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A change of perception
What’s one thing that would instantly improve your city? View all responses I love Auckland and I think it’s perfect the way it is. But it gets a lot of flack from people who’ve lived (and are native born) here all their lives which I don’t get, and I think I never will even if… Continue reading
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Sassy. Unbothered.No filter.
If your pet could talk, what would be the first thing it says? View all responses An alum of the SPCA, we got Lily when her young owners gave her up because they all went overseas. Because of this, we’d sometimes tease and call her a ‘third-hand cat“. And strangely, she always knew that we… Continue reading
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The airport & the country were so good, he stayed permanently
Best list:1. Auckland International Airport; when I came for a visit in 2008, I was randomly picked for screening and I didn’t even know that it was one. The agent was so friendly it felt like someone was just trying to give you a warm welcome. Suffice it to say that I stayed indefinitely.2. Guangzhou… Continue reading
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It’s annoying because it’s happening in real life and no one is doing anything about it
The government/military villain who is responsible for the whole fiasco- a monster running amok, an alien gone rogue, a star witness on the run– and is now stopping at nothing to hide the deed and eliminate those who are out to expose the truth. Well guess what? There are actual real life governments who are… Continue reading
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Do we still enjoy using apps?
Or are they just a necessity (like banking apps, Uber), a way to pass the time while in the toilet or waiting for the bus? Here’s my FIVE:1. Spotify2. Candy Crush (my go-to app while in the can or at the bus stop)3. NY Times/ NY Times Games4. Snapchat5. Claude (not a push-over like ChatGPT) Continue reading
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The kindness of telling someone the truth (about a couple of things)
That a bald (shaved) heat suits me the best (kept it) That I have skinny legs (used to) That thick knits are not a good look (stopped buying them) That I make the best bannofee pie That people bending the truth will never get away with it Continue reading
