What things give you energy?
Music
Helping people
My dogs
Solving problems
Laughter
Reading/writing
Oh, and caffeine. Can’t forget the magical morning bean juice!
Tag: dailyprompt
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What would your life be like without music?
Oh, my…. I don’t want to imagine this horrible reality, but I will try.
To start, I would likely be in jail or a psych ward as a permanent resident – I have said that music is my sanity and I can’t stress how true that is.
Without music, I would be lost. I wouldn’t smile as much. I wouldn’t sing to myself. I wouldn’t be as kind. My life would be empty. I would be empty. But at the same time, I would have this pressure cooker of emotion inside with no release valve so that I eventually just explode (see the part above about being in jail – this would be why).
I don’t like to think of my world without music. It’s terrifying. So I’m going to stop now.
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I did a writing prompt a few days ago that asked what your favorite word is. Now, I have a question of my own…. what is your least favorite word?
I started thinking about it, and that’s a hard question. When I was younger, it was protein. I was writing a paper for a science class, and for whatever reason, didn’t have access to a dictionary at the time. I was visiting someone, I think. Anyway, I must have crumpled up and re-written that paper two or three times because every time I wrote the word “protein” it looked wrong. And this was back in the day when you actually had to write assignments on paper with a pen.
Nowadays, I don’t know. There are certain words that I don’t like hearing some people say, because they butcher the pronunciation. Like “supposedly”. Or “administrator”. But that’s the person screwing up the word for me, not the word itself – I don’t think that counts.
I think I can actually say that I do not have a least favorite word that I can think of.
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Write about your most epic baking or cooking fail.
I was maybe 11 or 12, and was given the task of making dinner for the family one night. Hamburger Helper. Easy enough, right? Well, I got distracted, didn’t “stir occasionally” and the stuff congealed and burnt into a solid mass on the bottom. It looked fine on top but my mom spent forever getting the burnt meat and pasta out of that pan, after having to make something else for dinner. I felt horrible. I got one hell of a lecture about paying attention to what I’m doing and it was weeks before I was allowed to cook again. I am still slightly paranoid about burning stuff in a skillet. 😝
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Do you see yourself as a leader?
Talk about a loaded question!
Without diving into definitions and rhetorical questions about the topic, I can say yes. And no. Allow me to explain.
I potentially impact others through the example of my actions, the quality of my actions, my work ethic, and my integrity. But these are the types of things that don’t change with respect to the title I have. I will work and act the same way whether I’m a stock person at a mom and pop store or a CEO of a billion dollar corporation. And the same applies to things I do for family, friends, community, or even strangers. I only hope that these things inspire others to do the same in their own lives. So, in that regard, yes, I consider myself a leader.
Do I run a company? An organization? A military unit? A department? A country? A movement calling for revolution? A cult? No. I do not motivate or inspire people to do things that I, or some kind of collective mission, need them to do. So, in that regard, I do not consider myself a leader.
The potential capacity for leadership is another question for a different day.😉
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What’s your favorite word?
Duodenum is my favorite word. It’s fun to say!
A Peculiar Cerebral Tangle 