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| I wrote a review today. I cannot believe that I wrote a review. The last review I wrote before this was on 07.05.2019 as per my portfolio details, and that was the only review in 2019. So almost 3.5 years. I am not sure how to celebrate, or whether it calls for celebration or not.  All the older signatures etc. that I had in notebook seems to have been invalid. I am a review newbie again, it seems. |
| If you were premium before and not now, maybe that's why your old sigs are invalid? Either way, great job doing a review! That's more than a lot of folks who are here regularly. |
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| I do not even recall what those sigs were that are there in the notebook. Although you may be correct. I just checked that I cannot add a new item to my portfolio as it is overloaded. So perhaps housekeeping is in order. |
ReplyAnd, if I recall, certain memberships can't display sigs, so maybe you have space for them in your port, but can't show them until you get to a higher membership level.  Anyway, the main thing is YOU ARE BACK (at least for the moment )!!! We've missed you!!!    |
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| Hello, WDC world. I am not sure I am here or not , but since I logged in today, I thought I should at least write a hello here. It seems I have forgotten how to write among all the humdrum that is work and life. And I do not know how to start. Not complaining a lot though. Life has been good this year after the hot mess of past 3 years. I am mentally at peace and have some control over the schedule of life. There must be quite a few new features, old people and things to explore, but for now, it is just a hello. I am not sure when I will return back or whether I will return back. I want to. I miss this place some times, and then it all feels too much of work. |
| LostGhost: Seeking & Learning! We miss you! But I'm definitely glad to hear that life is going well for you. Get back to us when you can. There's always a spot for you here. |
| HELLO! It can be hard to come back, even if you feel that you want to do that. I'm not sure why, but I went through this myself so I totally get it. Why not start by nosing around and doing some reviews? What about checking out contests and see if one sparks your muse into action? Here's a list you can check out: "Invalid Item" . |
| I think sometimes the way to avoid it feeling like 'work' is to avoid committing to too much. Just start small. Find one prompt or contest that appeals to you and write one thing. Don't sign up for a marathon that then feels overwhelming. I've been following you on Instagram, but it's still good to see you here too. |
| Hello everyone. Long time! I have been lost in Covid, its aftermaths, and life in general, and I just want to drop in to say hello. I wish to come back to writing again, but words are strangers these days. I am physically doing fine. Mental exhaustion is another story, altogether. But it feels good to be here, to write on newsfeed. I also wrote a small blog entry. It is also a mess, but it is the first words I have written since January, I think. "2021-- till now. " |
| Day 3= 3974 words And these have been working and work-out kind of days. I have worked for 12 hours both yesterday and today, and I managed to write too. Reminding myself that slow and steady wins the race. (Oh, in case you can spare, I am a last minute entry to "The Write-A-Thon" , in case you can sponsor.) |
| After 3 years, a poem is up in the book. That's a very long time to go without words, very, very long time. "I lost the moon" |
| Life had been very difficult in past year. Part 1 of what's happening with me. I am writing after a long time, and this is not something I explored in depth till now. Thanks to a lot of people here, I understood when I needed help and was not afraid of asking for it. "What, why of 2020 (Part-1)" |
| I am here. I think. For now. Finding my way around. Safe and okay. |
| My email tells me my blog was last updated "261 Days 20 Hours 24 Minutes" ago. Way too many days to go without blogging. Thankfully, there is no mail telling me that the last item updated was how many days ago. |
| I am here. Alive. I have changed my job (to a place that pay more and is hopefully better). I have changed cities (back to my hometown, yay!) I have been trying to come online and write for days now. But the two months, since I moved back, have been eaten away by one or the other issues. But now hopefully, I will be more than a status update. |
After a long time, I wrote a story. This is the part of a class I am taking. I would love any feedback on it, especially whether you feel it is too abstract or not. Since it is a first experiment of this kind of storytelling for me, I am not really sure it came out well.
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| Does anyone know of real-life example of overcoming the personal weaknesses and succeeding? Can be any famous person-- actors, sportsperson, famous scientist. Need that example for a speech on "conquering oneself rather than focusing on others" but not a single example is coming to me. |
| Person Achievement Adversity Franklin Roosevelt Four-time President of the United States Paralyzed from the waist down by polio before running for office. Oprah Winfrey Winfrey is best known for her multi-award-winning talk show "The Oprah Winfrey Show" which was the highest-rated program of its kind in history and was nationally syndicated from 1986 to 2011. She has been ranked the richest African-American of the 20th century, the greatest black philanthropist in American history, and was for a time the world's only black billionaire. She is also, according to some assessments, the most influential woman in the world. Winfrey was born into poverty in rural Mississippi to a teenage single mother and later raised in an inner-city Milwaukee neighborhood. She experienced considerable hardship during her childhood, saying she was raped at age nine and became pregnant at 14; her son died in infancy. Sylvester Stallone Iconic actor, one of most successful actors; wrote and starred in three-Oscar-winning (ten nominations) Rocky, which became a franchise; starred as iconic John Rambo; got steps of Philadelphia Art Museum named after him Complications his mother suffered during labor forced her obstetricians to use two pairs of forceps during his birth; misuse of these accidentally severed a nerve and caused paralysis in parts of Stallone's face. As a result, the lower left side of his face is paralyzed - including parts of his lip, tongue, and chin - an accident which has given Stallone his snarling look and slightly slurred speech. Tom Cruise Nominated for three Academy Awards and has won three Golden Globe Awards; As of 2012, Cruise is Hollywood's highest-paid actor. Fourteen of his films grossed over $100 million domestically; twenty have grossed in excess of $200 million worldwide. He grew up in near poverty. The family was dominated by his abusive father, whom Cruise has described as "a merchant of chaos."; He was beaten by his father, who Cruise has said was a bully and coward: "He was the kind of person where, if something goes wrong, they kick you. It was a great lesson in my life--how he'd lull you in, make you feel safe and then, bang! For me, it was like, 'There's something wrong with this guy. Don't trust him. Be careful around him." Tom is 5 feet 7 inches tall (170 cm). |
| Back after a while. Broke the laptop. Posted at site. All things together make a big mess of life and cut you off from the world. I have missed my commitments and other stuff on site.I have missed the site. |
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Funny how something that barely even existed 20 years ago is now our lifeline. I'm glad you're back on now! Good luck with the computer situation! Take care and it's great to see you around again!