SOCS: Saying Goodbye

Today’s Writing Prompt: Write about something that you unexpectedly had a hard time saying goodbye to.

I have said a lot of goodbyes. To different people and places and to different possessions as I've gotten rid of them. I can't think of an instance where I've had an exceptionally hard time with it though. It's actually usually the opposite. 


Old houses are the hardest, but have become easier to say goodbye to. I've probably moved 8 or 9 times in the past 5 years (since I graduated from high school). Some of these were only temporary living situations to begin with, so they're not hard to leave, but there have been others where I intended to stay longer, but I have moved whenever a lease has run out.


The easiest goodbyes for me are actually with people. I've lost a handful of really good friends since high school ended for various reasons, and I've learned that it doesn't affect me as much as it probably does other people. Most of the problems have come up because of the age I'm at. I think college kids have a lot of growing to do, and it can be hard to maintain friendships throughout the various stages of growth. All of the friends I've lost I feel like have been at a different point in their growing up than I was, and it caused problems. I always felt that I was giving a genuine effort to make things work, but oftentimes they weren't returning that effort. So in those cases I've been able to walk away and rarely look back. In the future, if I were to run into those people I wouldn't have a problem sitting down and talking to them, but if we're still at such drastically different points I refuse to let their negativity into my life. I try to surround myself with positive people, because I believe happiness is a choice, and I don't need other people making that harder for me to achieve.

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So, I wrote for more than 5 minutes. I just got started on a topic and had to finish. And it's not entirely what the prompt was asking for, but I don't care. I like doing Stream of Consciousness, because it really gets me thinking, and sometimes bending the rules and stretching the time is necessary for me. I wouldn't enjoy it nearly as much otherwise.

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This was my 5 minute Stream of Consciousness Sunday post. It’s five minutes of your time and a brain dump. Want to try it? Here are the rules…

• Set a timer and write for 5 minutes
• Write and intro to the post if you want, but don't edit the post. No proofreading or spellchecking. This is writing in the raw.
• Publish it somewhere. Anywhere. The back door to your blog if you want. But make it accessible.
• Add the Stream of Consciousness Sunday badge to your post.
• Link up your post at all things fadra.
• Visit your fellow bloggers and show some love.

SOCS: NaBloPoMo

So I've decided that Fridays and Saturdays just aren't good blogging days for me. 

I'm going to try to blog the rest of the week from now on, but until I can get better at having blogs prepared ahead of time I'll definitely not be trying to blog every day.

It's not quite over yet, but I figured I'll use today's Stream of Consciousness to talk about my first experience with NaBloPoMo. 

I think it was really good for getting me into the swing of blogging. I liked having a goal for my first real month of this blog. I missed a few days here and there, but I don't mind it. I still feel like I accomplished quite a bit, and it will help me from this point forward. 

I want to slow down a bit in the near future and give myself a chance to get posts built up and written ahead of time, because for right now I've been writing every day about a project I also did that day. I want to get to a better point, so if something comes up I don't feel stressed to get something up since I'll have something ready to get put up anyway. 

I enjoyed having a place to go everyday after posting and seeing what others had written that day. I found quite a few blogs that I really enjoy through the NaBloPoMo page. I have a feeling I'll still follow it a bit so I can find more interesting people, but I don't like the pressure that it put on me for most of the month. 

Overall I feel a lot more comfortable with blogging than I did at the beginning of the month. I still have a long way to go, but I've now got 28 (this makes 29) posts under my belt, and feel like I've got many, many more to come.

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This was my 5 minute Stream of Consciousness Sunday post. It’s five minutes of your time and a brain dump. Want to try it? Here are the rules…

• Set a timer and write for 5 minutes
• Write and intro to the post if you want, but don't edit the post. No proofreading or spellchecking. This is writing in the raw.
• Publish it somewhere. Anywhere. The back door to your blog if you want. But make it accessible.
• Add the Stream of Consciousness Sunday badge to your post.
• Link up your post at all things fadra.
• Visit your fellow bloggers and show some love.

SOCS: Sunday Mornings

So I haven't blogged in the past 2 days. So much for NaBloPoMo. I've got 2 blogs to post to make up for those days, but I'm not sure if they'll be up tonight or tomorrow. I plan on finishing out this month with enough posts for everyday, even if they didn't get up on every single day.

For now though, Stream of Consciousness Sunday.

Today’s Writing Prompt: How did you spend your Sunday mornings growing up? What are some of your favorite memories?

Sunday mornings almost always involved church when I was growing up. I spent the weekends with my godmother, and I would be woken up on Sunday mornings to get ready for church. Usually there was some good breakfast waiting for me, and I'd watch whatever I could find on TV while I ate. Then I'd get ready and we'd go to church. 

After church we'd usually do some shopping and sometimes get something to eat. Sometimes we'd just head back home where we'd change into comfortable clothes and heat up leftovers while watching TV. 

I've always liked the relaxed feeling that Sundays hold. I don't go to church now, so Sundays for me are all about sleeping in and relaxing all day. Lots of movie watching and video game playing happens on Sundays in my house. 

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This was my 5 minute Stream of Consciousness Sunday post. It’s five minutes of your time and a brain dump. Want to try it? Here are the rules…

• Set a timer and write for 5 minutes
• Write and intro to the post if you want, but don't edit the post. No proofreading or spellchecking. This is writing in the raw.
• Publish it somewhere. Anywhere. The back door to your blog if you want. But make it accessible.
• Add the Stream of Consciousness Sunday badge to your post.
• Link up your post at all things fadra.
• Visit your fellow bloggers and show some love.

SOCS: Winter

Today’s Writing Prompt: How does winter make you feel and what do you do with those feelings?

I am not a fan of winter. I used to like it more, but in the past few years I've disliked it more and more. I don't like having to put on layers and layers of clothes before leaving the house. I have to wear a hat or the cold air gives me a headache. Waiting for the car to warm up is the worst. If I didn't start it before I had to leave then I'm miserable for the beginning of the ride, and probably shivering the whole way. Once I get cold I can't warm up. I will still be shivering for hours after I've come in from outside. 

I try not to let winter affect me, but it does make me much less likely to get out and do things. I just want to stay curled up in the house with a blanket all the time.

The one thing I love about winter is the snow. I love days when it's snowing constantly. Too bad I live in Tennessee and we don't get days like that very often.

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This was my 5 minute Stream of Consciousness Sunday post. It’s five minutes of your time and a brain dump. Want to try it? Here are the rules…

• Set a timer and write for 5 minutes
• Write and intro to the post if you want, but don't edit the post. No proofreading or spellchecking. This is writing in the raw.
• Publish it somewhere. Anywhere. The back door to your blog if you want. But make it accessible.
• Add the Stream of Consciousness Sunday badge to your post.
• Link up your post at all things fadra.
• Visit your fellow bloggers and show some love.

SOCS: Distractions

I am participating in Stream of Consciousness Sunday. I just found out about it recently, and am loving this idea. I feel like today's prompt is totally appropriate for my first time participating.

Today’s Writing Prompt: Write about the distractions you have right now

I always have too many distractions. Before I could even start this 5 minutes of blogging I had to decide on the perfect music to listen to (I chose Ingrid Michaelson, in case you're curious), I had to download a timer app on my phone, because looking at the clock isn't good enough, and I had to wait until it was 9:00, because I'm weird with time and can't start something on an off time. 

I had planned to get my blogging done at 4 this afternoon. Since I've already mentioned that it's 9pm, you can see that didn't happen. So what distracted me? Well, first I played cards with my boyfriend. (In addition to being gamers we're also total geeks and still play Pokemon and Yugioh. A lot.) We also ate and watched a few episodes of Boy Meets World. Then we did our daily jumping jacks (part of my new year resolutions). We played a game of Life on the computer and then I spent over an hour browsing blogs and other internet things before I got around to blogging.

And my timer just went off. Is it bad that I couldn't even get through a list of my distractions in the time I needed to blog today?