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Mystery Prompt 17: Health and Wellness
Write about your health and fitness goals. How do they reflect your beliefs about well-being? Health and wellness is fundamental for everything else I want to do. Your body sets a lot of baseline limitations. You’re not going to be a champion rugby star with arthritic knees and a bad back. Ok, that’s an extreme … Continue reading Mystery Prompt 17: Health and Wellness
Prompt: Now Reading…
What book are you reading right now? I am re-reading How to Grow a Robot: Developing Human-Friendly, Social AI by Mark H. Lee. It was published in 2020, so it may be a little dated in a field that is moving so fast, but it fires up my imagination with “what if” and “could we” … Continue reading Prompt: Now Reading…
Mystery Prompt 16: Personal Development
Reflect on your personal development goals. What skills or knowledge do you want to acquire? I really want to stretch myself in the coming year, especially when it comes to trying things I am afraid of and challenging my self-doubt. My confidence took a hit in the first half of this year, but I am … Continue reading Mystery Prompt 16: Personal Development
Prompt: Good Neighbors
Photo by Pixabay on Pexels.com There's an old saying that "good fences make good neighbors," but perhaps that needs to be updated a bit. Perhaps "having boundaries makes good neighbors" or "staying in your own yard makes good neighbors." The former is direct, the latter is more figurative, although that is also good advice if … Continue reading Prompt: Good Neighbors
Mystery Prompt 15: Career Goals
What are your short-term and long-term goals in your career? How do they align with your values? How very timely. My short-term goal is survival by whatever means I have available to me. I am working online jobs as I can, and I also have my disability pittance. This is not really enough, but I … Continue reading Mystery Prompt 15: Career Goals
Day 14: Change to Spare
Reflect on your beliefs about change. How do they influence your ability to adapt and grow? I believe that change is inevitable, so you might as well enjoy it. And I do. This makes me extremely adaptable. I am happy to surf the waves of chaos and that encourages me to grow toward the next … Continue reading Day 14: Change to Spare
Day 13: Relationships
What beliefs do you have about relationships and how do they affect your interactions with others? I have been burned so many times relying on other people that I tend to feel like the only person I can depend on to take care of me is me, all by myself. I've had people use my … Continue reading Day 13: Relationships
Prompt: Failing Upward
How has a failure, or apparent failure, set you up for later success? I don’t think I have ever had a meaningful success that didn’t have some kind of total failure in its timeline. I lost all of one semester and most of another on my way to my late life college graduation. The key … Continue reading Prompt: Failing Upward
Prompt: Biggest Upcoming Challenge
What is the biggest challenge you will face in the next six months? I’m planning to move on to a whole new chapter in life. I will also be moving in the residential sense, one way or another. It’s going to be hard, no matter which path I end up on. We are already facing … Continue reading Prompt: Biggest Upcoming Challenge
The Mia Experiment 