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Grudge prompt?

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So as I try to get today’s post in before midnight, so that I don’t need to backdate it, I see that I would actually quite like to answer today’s writing prompt. However, I’ve already done this and for some reason you’re unable to answer a prompt once you have posted it on your blog. Now, that would make total sense if they didn’t reuse writing prompts. And I honestly can’t remember what I wrote for this original prompt and would really like to answer it again again. At the very least, I think I should be able to see what I previously wrote to answer the prompt so I would know what I said before. But as it sounds, So as it stands I’m just going to give answers prompt go again.

Quick reminder of a regular disclaimer on this blog. A lot of this post in particular is going to be written by voice to text, it’s not particularly accurate all the time and I don’t really have the energy to closer go over the post to ensure it makes perfect sense. So please do let me know if there are any mistakes you find the only if they affect what the text actually says. I don’t write my black post to be marked.

So the prompt I want to answer simply ask if you are holding a grudge what you were holding about? And that is a hard question to answer then I thought it would be when I just wanted to start this prompt.

I think I will always hold a grudge against WordPress for not letting me answer this prompt twice.

But in all serious, I think I will always hold a grudge against society before excluding me. It makes so much sense when you’re on the outside that no one should be on the outside because you know what it feels like like. It’s hard to listen to society explain away it’s okay that you’re left there. Sometimes I’m just really mad that they don’t rip it down and start all over so that everybody gets a fair shot. Other times I’m mad that I’m the one on the outside that other people get to live the life I will never lead. And not only am I supposed to be okay with that all of the time, if I’m not, it’s my fault for not being positive enough.

I’m Sorry.

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Image Description: White text on a black and gold background, the text is in capital letters and reads “Taking a break”.

I don’t know how long I’ll be away, but I just can’t right now. Sorry.

I haven’t decided if I’ll include more generic posts to keep my streak but I honestly doubt it right now.

How much is to much?

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It depends who you ask I suppose.

But it seems like the act of mentioning issues more than once is to much for some people on the internet. So much that they have to blindly threaten me on the internet, just because they don’t like the issues I’m talking about.

It’s almost like the issues I share on my social media are persistent problems, that aren’t just going to disappear because I post about them once. Funny that, isn’t it? What really gets me is that I would also be criticised for sharing issues that were only a one off, but sharing and resharing issues is just to much.

Societal problems are persistent, and if you think people aren’t complaining about anything important, you should just be glad that they’re not problems you have to deal with. That for now, the issues are distant enough, to be something that you see strangers talking about on the internet.

One day the silly little problems will be your problems. Disability is a matter of if, not when. It will be you one day. You should really care about disability issues, because one day they will effect you. But even if that isn’t enough of a reason, you can just leave the people you don’t agree with alone. If you don’t like it, scroll.

Anyway, to the person that left that comment, thank you. You not only made me laugh, but gave me content both for my other social media platforms as well as this blog.

400 Days

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So today marks a 400 day streak on this blog, but if you pay close attention to this blog, you’d know that it’s not strictly true. This is because they’re occasionally days where I backdate posts on this blog, to keep the streak, though I’m always honest about doing it.

What I’m saying is I know I’m never going to win any sort of record for posting on this blog, but that’s okay because that isn’t at all why I do it.

I write on this blog (almost) daily as it brings me comfort. It’s my place of control, where I can do, write and say what I want. Where I don’t need anyone else’s help to do write and say what I want. And having this streak, even though I have edited things to make it happen, makes me happy. And here is probably the only place where that is truly all that matters.

So if you’re still here reading my words, thank you for sticking with me this long.

In the spirit of being honest and this feeling like an important place to be that. I feel I have to say that when I posted this it came up as day 401, not sure what I’ve missed as I really thought yesterday was 399. Maybe I’m a time traveler. Who knows. But anyway the sentiment is the same.

Honestly at the minute when I write on this blog.

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When do you feel most productive?

I don’t know if that’s sad or not.

But it really does feel like this blog is the only thing I can do for myself right now. That might sound a little buzzard, but I think it’s the fact that I get to fully control what’s on this blog. There’s not many things I get full control of in my life. So I hold on to what I have.

I am aware that I’ve said similar things on this blog before, but at least you know I’m telling the truth.

Why do I try to post daily?

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If you actually read my blog regularly, which I thank you very much for by the way. Then you’ll notice I try to post something daily, occasionally though I will admit that I have backdated a post or two. But you may also have noticed that some of posts have more substance than others.

This is because I have more motivation to write on some days than others. But I force myself to write something, anything, almost daily. And yes writing this post about writing posts is me trying to write something with zero motivation or idea what to write about.

I do this because despite how difficult I find it write some says writing is freedom to me. Writing sometimes feels like the only outlet I have in life, the only level playing field that I have.

I love to write. I feel sometimes that I need to write, and yet sometimes that I can’t write. So writing something daily, is better than writing nothing. There was a time when I wrote nothing, and it was a very emotionally dark time in my life. At least it’s putting words to paper, or screen to be more accurate.

From what I’ve read in the writers groups I’m in, I suppose you could say I have a major case of writers block. I want to write so badly, I have all the ideas. But I often lack the motivation to work on my ideas, or worse the physical and/or emotional energy.

When I do have the motivation but I lack the energy, I feel like my body has yet again betrayed me, in the only thing I feel I’m supposed to be good at.

I’m disabled after all.

But every word, every sentence, every post is me trying. Trying not to let the doubts or my body win. Trying to do something that I enjoy, even when I’m not enjoying it.

Many of these posts to be honest.

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Something on your “to-do list” that never gets done.

Sometimes I start writing and I run out of steam, ideas, energy or all of the above.

So I guess this blog getting done, gets done. But not in the way I plan.

Many of the other writing projects I have, don’t get finished. I have the ideas just not the energy. Maybe one day huh.

If you follow closer.

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If you follow this blog closely you may notice I occasionally backdate some posts, in fact this post is backdated so you have in fact not timetravelled or missed anything.

I do this if I miss a day as I like to keep my streak. I know that’s not what you’re supposed to do, but it makes me happy and it doesn’t hurt anyone, so I don’t really care that you’re not supposed to do it.

I’m writing this post as I sit on a bus, I just remembered that I didn’t write yesterday’s post and it’s annoyed me. It’s annoyed me not because it’s something I feel I have to do, I really do enjoy these posts. It’s annoyed me because I know I had a post that I wanted to write, and the day just got away from me.

Hopefully I will get round to writing that post, but as always I make no promises.

Thanks for understanding and following along. And happy yesterday 😊.

I apologies about all the changes.

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So as I said in a previous post I have been looking at changing the settings on this blog, and it seems I have only been able to do it by changing the blog theme. That said I think that I have found a way to set the blog up in a way that I am actually happy with.

You should, if I have done it right, find the option of ‘Old Topics’ in the menu now. This should hopefully show a drop down menu with old category tags that I will no longer be using as they have been specific to an area of the blog or time of year or something like that. Despite the fact it is still Asexual Awareness Week, I have added this to the drop down menu, and I still plan to add posts to this category for the rest of the week, it was just easier to do this now. I also plan to maybe add the topic of Disability Pride to this section but I am not sure about this yet.

I have added this section to hopefully make the blog more organised. But as always please do let me know if something isn’t clear or accessible on the blog and I will do my best to change it as soon as possible.