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Daily writing prompt

Do you have a quote you live your life by or think of often?

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“Growth is painful. Change is painful. But nothing is as painful as staying stuck where you do not belong.” – N.R. Narayana Murthy

Daily writing prompt

Jot down the first thing that comes to your mind.

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Dark Horse by Katy Perry is stuck on my mind and the line, “So you wanna play with magic?” constantly replaying like it’s paid rent in my mind today.

Daily writing prompt

Where do you see yourself in 10 years?

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I had an answer for this twelve years ago. The career, the relationship, the money, the places…and everything in between, including the places and time, but I got to learn about the curves in the road.

The experiences that shredded me to pieces, the memories I want to relive, the place I am now.

So, where do I see myself in 10 years…wherever I may be, my only desire is that I have no regrets.

Daily writing prompt

How has technology changed your job?

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One key thing is scheduling and re-scheduling, and always looking up time zones to set up zoom meetings, attend webinars and so forth.

Google Docs has made collaborating on proposals and working drafts easier.

I’m online more than I’d love to.

I throw a fit when there is a power outage- and yes, I remember the one time I bought a selfie ring light and stand that can be powered using a power bank because I couldn’t stand missing four meetings in a week.

Daily writing prompt

What tattoo do you want and where would you put it?

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No thanks, I love tattoos but only on other people.

On how and where other people choose to wear them and that’s it.

Have I told you about the time I walked out after getting my first ear piercing?

Daily writing prompt

What activities do you lose yourself in?

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• Writing
• Shopping for stationery in Miniso.
• Highlighting text
• Reading
• Listening to music
• Cooking
• Making coffee
• Drinking coffee
• Procrastinating

I’ll list the others tomorrow, maybe…what I do know is that it’s just bliss.

Daily writing prompt

Are you superstitious?

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I cut up two limes into quarters and placed them in each room yesterday.

Is that a sign or not?

Daily writing prompt

What is the last thing you learned?

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Not all things require my attention.

Sometimes, fussing or stressing over things leaves me exhausted to the point that I fail to identify or see what truly needs to be done, and in the end of it all it creates that mountain when I barely had a mole hill.

Daily writing prompt

What experiences in life helped you grow the most?

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A little bit of this and that is what comes to mind.

Each day brings its own stories and experiences, each moment an opportunity for me to decide how to react.

And just like that, for over thirty five years, from climbing mango trees when I was five, to making my first meal, getting the ingredients right for that sponge cake, traveling outside Kenya, or that time I had food poisoning while traveling home- a six hour drive that nearly killed me, or getting on that motorbike, losing my friends, grief, love, shopping….graduating from university.

It’s like I have a little garden of wins and misses in my pocket.