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Writing Prompt: What Do You Like About Rainy Weather?

Rain-Falling-Desktop-Backgrounds

Wow. What a perfect day to get this writing prompt on.

Anyway, what I like about rainy weather is that it sounds peaceful. The pelting of the rain against the ground sounds dreamy and makes me often want to run and play until I’m soaking wet. But I ignore the temptation because I don’t want to get soaking wet or sick.

Rainy weather is also enjoyable because it allows me to stay inside. I can enjoy the weather without having to go into it, but it also allows me the less opportunity to deal with people and just be indoors whenever it rains. I like that because I can then watch the rain, sit on the couch and enjoy a wonderful book of my own choosing. I don’t have to worry about what’s going on outside because I already know.

I enjoy rainy weather because it soaks up the ground. It breathes and helps nature grow. But at the same time, you can feel the water soothing your skin with it moisture. It brings comfort to you in ways the warm sun can’t. But it can also revive and heal you whenever you drink it because it relieves your throat in ways other liquids can’t.

But rainy weather can also be a bitch sometimes. It can cause storms and chaos everywhere it goes, depending on the downpour of rain. And flooding whenever it suits its purpose. It can make you drowsy, make you want to sleep at times most inconvenient for you.

But I still like it anyway because it’s a beautiful part of nature that I embrace.

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Writing Prompt: Music

Music Life

When it comes to music, I listen to all sorts of types. From pop to rock and roll, music is an important part of my life. Music is what I listen to whenever I’m sad, need something to distract me from my thoughts, and need something to listen to whenever the silence in the world gets to me.

Music is an important part of my life. While I don’t play any instruments (though I used to whenever I was in middle school), I listen to music a lot.

Music is relatable. Whenever I listen to a song I’ve never heard before, I pay attention to what I’m hearing. Lyrics play an important part in whether I’ll enjoy a song or not. If the song doesn’t have lyrics I can relate to, I won’t listen to it. The same can be said if the song’s rhythm just doesn’t click with me.

I like listening to music I can relate to. Not because it makes me emotional but because I can understand the songwriter more and feel more of a connection to the music. Of course, there are some exceptions to this rule. Like whenever I listen to classical music or any songs without lyrics, I look for music that pleases my ear. Songs that have a nice melody and that I can listen to that bring me peace of mind.

But my interest in music is an eclectic mix of songs. I like listening to rock and roll but also enjoy classical music, pop, indie, and sometimes even rap too.

My interest in music is a mixture because there are a lot of songs I like. But also because I love listening to music whenever I get the chance.

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Letter to Myself, Dear Future Me

Letter Writing

I was tagged by Jia from Film & Nuance.

Thank you for tagging me and I’m sorry I didn’t see this sooner. Would’ve written this a lot earlier if I were more observant on WordPress. But I guess that can’t be helped now. I’ve written letters to myself in the past. In middle school, my one teacher had us write a letter for our high school selves and it was really interesting to see what I’d written and I think it would be cool to reflect on this tag a year from now to see how different things have changed.

Rules:

  • Tag it under ‘DearFutureMeTag’
  • Write a letter to yourself to read again in a year’s time. You can answer if you would like.
  • Nominate other bloggers, as many as you like at the end of this post.

Dear Future Me,

I know a lot has probably changed in the past year, but I am so proud of you. 2015 was such a tough year for you and while 2016 so far has been pretty good if not better, I’m still proud that you’ve made it this far in life.

Even though there isn’t a whole lot going on for you right now. I mean, you’re working and that’s nice and all, but you’re not using the degree you spent all that time in college to get.

Okay, I know I’m being a little harsh on you. After all, I’ve finally started really getting back into writing again, making it a habit in my life like it used to be before I got so busy with college and life that I couldn’t keep up with it. And I started this blog in July last year and quickly realized how much I enjoy blogging.

But I don’t know—I think I’m just getting discontent with how things in life are right now. I mean, work at the dining hall is okay, but I’m not enjoying it.

But that’s because you’re ready for things to change. To be somewhere different, doing something different with your life.

I don’t know why, but I’m ready for things to change. And I know they will. We just need to remember to be patient and push on until they do.

But hey, this year hasn’t been too bad so far. Laney mentioned a couple weeks ago about buying a PlayStation 4 in the near future and we will finally be going to the Wizarding World of Harry Potter very soon. Though, since I’m talking to future you, I bet you’ve already been there and as I write this are soaking in those happy moments in Florida. As well as enjoying those moments you’ve spent playing the new video games you bought on the PlayStation 4 with big sissy.

Though I know chances are that you’re trying to forget what happened in May as well. Not going to Tommy’s graduation from college in Georgia, but the fact that you were in the same state as the ex who broke my heart almost four months ago. Though I know the chances of me running into him are probably slim to none, I know I probably felt all sorts of feelings at the time. And as I sit here typing all of this out, I try not to think of what all could’ve happened. Though I know you already know and are probably in a certain state of mind right now at his mention. Whatever feeling that is, don’t tell me. I’ll know soon enough either way. But I am a strong person. So whatever feelings you’re having, I know I’ll be okay either way.

After all, you’re a very talented person. Besides continuing to write, you’ve also been doing a lot of coloring too. I know a lot of people might think that sounds funny, but they just don’t understand how enjoyable and destressing it can actually be. Right now, I’ve been coloring in my Harry Potter coloring book Laney bought for me for Christmas. I’m coloring the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry house crests. So far, I’ve completed our house Ravenclaw and the Hufflepuff crest.  I’m working on the Gryffindor one now.

I also just recently finished reading Where She Went and will be writing my review tomorrow.

Okay, future me. I think I’ve rambled on long enough.

But before I forget, there’s one more thing I must say to you.

Even when things get tough, keep pushing on. Don’t let life get you down and remember that you have friends all around you that really care about you.

So please, stay strong future me. Because I know I am.

From,

Raney Simmon

Nominations: I think for this post, I want  to not only nominate bloggers whose blogs I enjoy reading, but people I believe (and hope) will want to participate and write one of these letters too!

So Many Books

Prophecy Six

Blu Chicken Ninja

Cristian Mihai

Zen and Pi

The Little Book Affair

Book Owly

Bookish Antics

Edge of Night

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Writing Prompt: “Sometimes the Right Path” Quote

Sometimes the Right Path Isn't the Easiest One

I definitely agree with this quote. I do honestly believe the path we need to take in life isn’t the easiest one. That the right path we need to follow is a difficult place to go.

Life is hard. It often throws curveballs at us that we don’t expect to encounter. But it is what we do with our lives that determines what road we end up taking. Sometimes, life takes us down the wrong path. Takes us down a road we don’t want to travel, but get stuck at because we have nowhere else to go.

And even when life decides to take us down the right path, we are stuck making difficult choices. Decisions we don’t want to make, but have no choice but to do.

The right path is not the easiest one not because it’s the wrong path, but because life is hard and the decisions we sometimes have to make are the difficult ones.

In life, we have to make tough decisions. Do things we don’t want to do because they are things that are best for ourselves. Things that are better for ourselves in the long run and that will make our lives better for it. But in order to get those things accomplished, sacrifices have to be made. We have to sacrifice things in life we ordinarily wouldn’t in order to make our lives better. Deal with tough choices the best way we can in order to get onto the right path.

These sacrifices benefit our lives in the long run and in the end, they lead us down the right path.

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Writing Prompt: I Walk Alone Poem

I Walk Alone Boulevard of Broken Dreams

I walk alone,

To the sound of my own footsteps against the pavement.

 

I walk alone,

In a forest full of densely packed trees.

 

I walk alone,

Standing against a crowd of packed people.

 

I walk alone,

Even when surrounded by the people I love.

 

I walk alone,

To the sound of my own heartbeat.

 

I walk alone,

As I stand near the edge, awaiting death.

 

I walk alone,

As I say goodbye to my friends, leaving them trailing behind.

 

I walk alone,

As I leave this Earth one last time.

 

I walk alone,

When saying goodbye.

 

I am always alone,

Whenever I walk alone.

 

For whenever I walk alone,

I am always alone.

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Writing Prompt: “Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night” Quote

Dylan Thomas Quote

Wow, what powerful words have been spoken! I really like this quote quite a bit. It speaks to my inner strength and makes me understand things in different ways.

This quote speaks to me. It makes me think not to give up on things, to not let a moment pass by where you are fighting against the darkness by telling yourself you’re stronger than you think you are. To not give up, to not quit. To not go quietly into the night without fighting against the demons that are haunting you. That if you must go away, you don’t go without a fight.

But this quote also speaks to me in another way too. It says you are allowed to be angry about the demons you are facing. Life is unfair and sometimes the people with the brightest hearts get the strongest burdens. And this quote says that it’s okay to be angry at the lot you’ve been given. But it also says not to let that rage get control of you and take away the parts of you that are good in the world. That even though life is hard and gets you down, to stand back up and face your battles once again. But to face your battles with light in your heart and the ability to achieve forgiveness even when you don’t want to let go.

To not go quietly into the night even though there are moments where life is tough and all you want to do is give in. This quote speaks to me because I have demons of my own that I’m still currently facing.

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Writing Prompt: “You Have to Be at Your Strongest” Quote

True Strength Quote

I feel like I can relate to this quote in so many ways. It relates to me being strong, acting like everything is okay even when my world is torn apart.

There are moments in time whenever a person feels their whole world crashing down around them. In these moments, a person finds themselves at one of the lowest parts of their life. They are in a situation they don’t know how to handle and stuck making the most out of the broken pieces of their life.

In these moments, people have to act strong in order to get through their current situation. It is the best way to deal with whatever problem is going on. You have to push through it if you want to get better, if you want to heal.

Sometimes, it can be rather difficult. Dealing with a pain you don’t expect is tough. You feel emotional, drained and exhausted from worrying about the problem and trying to find a way to fix it.

But some problems just can’t be fixed. Life is tough and it throws hurdles at you that you have to overcome. You feel weak and don’t know what to do. You want to cry, give in and just collapse completely. You want those who’ve hurt you to know how much pain they’ve caused. You want to tear the world apart, deal punishment back to those who’ve caused you misery.

But the problem with that is it doesn’t help you feel better. Not at all. Making those who’ve hurt you miserable doesn’t make you feel better nor does it relieve the pain they’ve caused. It doesn’t bring justice to your pain or resolve conflict but brings about even more misery.

The best thing to do when feeling at your weakest is stay strong. To push through the pain and misery and show those who’ve hurt you that you are stronger than they think. That the pain they’ve caused you hasn’t defeated you but made you stronger than before. And has in the end made you a better person than you were before.

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Writing Prompt: Hopes & Fears

On the last day of 2015, this is really the perfect time to write about my hopes and fears. Since the new year of 2016 is almost upon us, I might as well mention my hopes and fears overall, not only in general but for the new year as well.

As 2016 quickly approaches, my hope is that I will finally begin my career. For months now, I’ve been adequately searching for a job in my field. While there have been moments where I’ve stopped searching due to events in my life beyond my control, I want this to happen in 2016 more than anything. I know some of my friends are already fortunate in being able to accomplish this, but I want this more than anything. I want to start my career already and start my life. But I know in order to do this, I need to continue looking, searching even when things are tough.

I also hope that this year will be better than the last. 2015 has been quite a year. A year full of memorable moments, full of things I didn’t expect to happen and full of changes in myself I didn’t expect to experience.

A lot has changed in 2015, things which I didn’t expect to happen. My Mom finally got through her divorce with my step-dad which took many years to get the process going. Also, a lot of historical events occurred here in South Carolina. The Confederate flag was taken off the State house grounds after the shooting at the church in Charleston and South Carolina faced a flood that had us under boiled water advisory for about two weeks and many people without homes.

2015 has been a year of change, both good and bad. I also participated in National Novel Writing Month this November and wrote more words in a month than I expected after dealing with a loss I wasn’t expecting. So one of my hopes now is for 2016 to be a better year than 2015.

However, I can’t talk about some of my hopes without mentioning fears. Because I am worried about some things. For one, I’m scared of things changing completely. Not because I’m scared of change, but because things have already changed for me in the last couple months that I’m scared of things turning further in a negative direction.

I’m also scared of the future. I don’t know what the future brings for me and I hate not knowing how some things in my life are going to go.

But at the same time as 2016 looms closer, I need to let go and become more optimistic. Because even though I don’t know where my life is heading, I know for one thing that everything will be alright.

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Writing Prompt: Dreams

Dare to Dream

With this writing prompt, I feel like I can talk about almost anything from the dreams I have at night whenever I’m asleep to my dreams in a career. And while I would like nothing more than to talk about both of these, I think I will focus this writing prompt on talking about my dreams in a career, whenever I get one.

I want to write. I want to write for an audience of people who will enjoy my work and write in a way that inspires others to want to write.

I want to write because I enjoy writing. The only problem is that I don’t know yet where I want to work and what with writing I want to do.

I know I want to one day publish a novel of my own. To write a story so amazing and empowering that others would want to talk about it with those they love. To write a story with amazing characters, people we could all relate to in some way or another. To write real characters, people you can easily get emotionally attached to if something were to happen to them.

I don’t know where I want to work because I feel like that is so limiting. There are many possible places I could end up working at that narrowing my options down sounds boring.

I know I want to write. I love writing so much that I know having my own work published would be a dream come true for me. It would be everything I work hard for and then some. But where I want my work published and in what format is still a complete mystery to me.

I know I enjoy blogging. Ever since I’ve created my blog, I realized how much I enjoy blogging, writing to my own audience in a format I myself can create. Communicating with people who enjoy writing as much as I do and have their own interesting stories to tell. I feel like blogging has become a part of my life these past couple months and I enjoy every minute I get to post a story to my blog.

I would love very much to pursue blogging as a career, but have no means on how to get started. I know the first direction I need to take is a course on web design so I can get a better understanding of how html formatting and all of the other stuff that comes with it works. But other than that, I’m at a loss of where to go.

But I can see blogging becoming an even bigger part of my life. Because blogging allows me control over my writing and allows me to decide what I want to publish whenever I want to publish it. And I enjoy doing it so much now that I can’t imagine myself not doing it anymore.

But I know it’s not everything I dream about for my career either. I know blogging is something I can do so I can keep myself writing, honing and sharpening my skills. But I need to figure out what else I want to do with writing.

I know my love of writing is all I need to find the career that encompasses my dreams.

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