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Andre's Fractured Resolution Prompts

week one
prompt one 300 words a day?

I was never good at making word counts, I was always over or under. I resolved to write for at least 15 minutes every day. Okay, so sometimes it is a 2 minute grocery list, followed by an offline journal entry about how I loathe making grocery lists (3 minutes) then 5 minutes of mindless scribbling that turns into 2 minutes of free writing and finally a 5 minute blog entry. Yesterday I didn't do the blog entry but I did write for 5 minutes on a chapter of my novel but I scrapped it (It still counts, I did write it).

prompt two sell the house

I resolve to sell the house.... my neighbor's house that is. I wonder if I can really do that? Madge is a lovely woman who always smells of a different mixture of alcohols and cheap perfumes. She wears too much makeup and the colors always clash with whatever mumu she is wearing that day. She comes to my house at least three times a week for various reasons, usually involving something she wants help with in her yard. .... and whatever she describes does not coincide with what is actually in her yard.

week two
prompt one no resolutions

That is one heck of a resolution. I've tried it myself several times but I always fail. I keep saying resolutions are for people who like to fail because they constantly put unrealistic expectations on themselves. I did make resolutions this year. I resolved to do things I was already doing rather successfully. Besides that, for me, up until January 22 is practice. I figure my first official year didn't start until then so I don't have to crack down right away.

prompt two take a hike

Something that I am definitely not doing, though I may tell others to. I can not even walk across the room without a cane. Now that there is snow on the ground (even if it doesn't stay this time) I will probably use my walker when I go out. I tend to fall a lot in the winter. If I didn't have to go out I wouldn't but there are just things that need to be done.