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  • Daily Prompt # 30

    Daily writing prompt
    What app eats up most of your screen time — and do you even feel bad about it?
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    Definitely Reddit, and yes, I feel bad about it. Within every 4 hours I spend mindlessly scrolling, I could have taken a walk outside, could have learned a language. I could have read books in that timeframe; I could have done so much more productive things, but I chose to do Reddit instead. Even though, it’s a discussion forum, social media is still social media. Truth be told, as a whole society we all have phone addictions, but no one wants to admit it. We hear common criticisms about kids being on iPads and technology all the time and stunting their brains early, but are we really any better?

  • Daily Prompt # 29

    Daily writing prompt
    What is the best excuse you have heard lately?
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    Not as of lately, but in general. I’ll do it later or I’ll do it tomorrow when something doesn’t get done that you were promised to have done or told yourself you were going to do. Why, because I tend to do this a lot myself. Procrastination is truly a beautiful thing.

  • Daily Prompt # 28

    Daily writing prompt
    What do you do to improve your sleep?
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    I improve my sleep by going to bed at an early time with no electronics and reading a good book or novel to stimulate and tire the brain into a cool sedative like state for good sleep. The reality is though I do everything to sabotage it. I always go to bed around 11 to 12, and always have a electronic to my face before bed. So, I know my sleep isn’t the best especially considering I’m an early bird, but I do what I can to at least get some hours. I can get away with it because I’m young, but it will catch up to me as I further age soon into my 20’s so I better start developing good habits now then later when it’s tougher.

  • Daily Prompt # 27

    Daily writing prompt
    Is a little chaos actually good for us?
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    Yes, chaos is absolutely needed in life. With chaos it allows uncertainty and needless to say it is inevitable in life. Everyone will come across things in life where adaptation is a must. Whether it’s on a job, or maybe a situation where one’s life is in danger. For much chaos is good for one, is up to the specific person at hand. Others thrive while others don’t. I am definitely in the latter, but chaos keeps things from being too static or in other words dull. So yes, chaos is good for us, but the real value of it will depend on the individual.

  • Daily Prompt # 26

    Daily writing prompt
    What’s the best way to deal with negative thoughts?
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    As corny or cringey as it sounds, staring in a mirror and telling yourself the opposite of the negative thoughts is a great way to alleviate mental pain. Also writing down negative thoughts is also another great way to deal with negative thoughts. Therapy is also another way, although this doesn’t work for anyone since therapy means something different for everybody, therefore there is only so much one can do depending on how private an individual is.

  • Daily Prompt # 25

    Daily writing prompt
    What’s the best advice you’d give to someone younger than you?
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    Savor your childhood, people will be surprised on how much time you lose as an adult. So, all the times one can enjoy being a kid and live life with no responsibilities. One should treasure those times greatly.

  • Daily Prompt # 24

    Daily writing prompt
    Do you think humans will ever colonize Mars? What would life there actually look like?
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    This is a really thought-provoking question, out of all the planets. I would say Mars is probably the next planet we would colonize since we can bear the atmosphere of Mars a little bit. But ultimately don’t think so, because Earth is the planet that is best suited for our survival and living. We would have to acquire technology to adapt to Mars’s conditions as the radiation and atmosphere is way to deadly for us under normal circumstances. Like we could brute force our way of living, but we wouldn’t last and wouldn’t be sustainable over long periods of living.

  • Daily Prompt # 23

    Daily writing prompt
    Do you believe in soulmates? Why or why not?
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    Yes, I believe in soulmates but under one main condition. There is no such thing as one definitive soulmate, as we all can click deeply with multiple people. The sad thing about the concept of soulmates is that not everyone is lucky to find them. There are people out there who sadly die alone due to just never finding their person or the right people. Not to their fault, life has different circumstances for everyone. So yes, soulmates do exist but not everyone is lucky to have them.

  • Daily Prompt # 22

    Daily writing prompt
    Do you believe in minimalism?
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    Minimalism is a topic that confuses me quite a bit. The way I see it, it borders along the lifestyle of living frugally but it more so without the heavy emphasis of money. So, I believe it does exist, for me it’s just rarely unheard of or not talked about much in my opinion. At least for the little number of years, I’ve been on earth. I’m sure someone who has way more life experience would be more suitable to answer this question. Perhaps maybe it was covered in some art classes or such that I took in the past, but those were quite hazy for me. But there are billions of humans in population, so I’m sure at least there is a population that endorses in the lifestyle.

  • Daily Prompt # 21

    Daily writing prompt
    What’s a moment that made you question reality?
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    This isn’t necessarily a moment, but rather a pattern I’m starting to see that I hope doesn’t go into full implementation. Lately, the education system has been getting worse over and over the years. And part of it is because schools are now passing kids that are not able to read on grade level and let alone have the attention spans for activities such as just simply watching movies. I am struggling to understand why we as a society are allowing kids to continue falling under the concept of learned helplessness. As progress through education that has now shown itself to be simply just flawed on all accounts. Kids cannot think for themselves anymore and critical thinking is now shown to be slowly on the verge of being a myth. People blame parents for kids being so uncontrolled in public school environments but it’s not just the parents to blame, some of them genuinely just don’t have the time to help their kids with homework and such due to them simply being busy with taking care of their family, so it sadly creates an accidental form of neglect, as kids lean on electronics or gadgets to bide their time. Which then kids take those learned behaviors to school for teachers to deal with. I wonder if society will get to the point where people will outsource their brains completely to AI, creating a completely dependent society that simply just can’t think for themselves. Not to put all people under the same lens, as there are many who are still more than determined than ever to grow their knowledge and make AI work for them and not the other way around. The overall premise is that society as a whole is leaning towards working for the AI, and it makes me question if reality in terms of just thinking is regressing to no return. I hope this is not the case, but I personally think that the education is getting worse, and I wish it was just that but even things now like jobs are becoming like a flex to have, as the job market is heading towards a recession. All in all, current society is currently making me question can we really come back from this, because we have been snowballing with little to no pushback or change and it saddens me to see it.