Tag: dailyprompt

What are some life hacks that you practice?

I am not sure this is a life hack but …

Make time for the things you enjoy. Read more! Dance more! Be you as much as you can. Do not let the world censor you – be unapologetically you.

Do you believe in karma?

Do I believe that actions have consequences? Yes. But maybe that does not mean I believe in karma! Karma, in my understanding, is the idea that my intention (good or bad) makes the consequence for me good or bad. And, above all, I do not believe that I will be reborn – death is final!

I believe that one day Jesus will return (from heaven) to judge “the quick and the dead”. That means, for me, that one day I will be personally held responsible for my choices and actions. Doubt, in this context, is my personal unwillingness to act upon my beliefs. And for that I will be judged by Jesus. So my actions or inactions have consequences today and tomorrow.

Of course, it is early in the morning and I could change my mind by later today.

How do you write what people actually want to read?

I appreciate very much everyone who Likes or comments on my posts. If that is you, thank you!

But I write for me. The prompts help me to put things into context. Yet the context is “me”. I have an audience of one. The process of writing helps me to get things straight (sometimes) in my own head (and heart). So I post quotes that help me or random thoughts. More as a collection than an attempt at connection.

Again, if you connect with my posts, I am super happy. Thank you for reading.

What’s the most spontaneous thing you’ve ever done?

On Christmas Day three years ago I decided to no longer attend church. I had intended to go. It was the first time in my whole life. I had always been involved. But that day it all became somewhat clear – this is not for me!

I went to Midnight Mass the night before and could not wait for it to end. The sermon was just silly and I did not commune. So it was time to make the hidden visible.

How do you make time for self-care?

This might sound overly simplistic – by simply having the courage to say “no”. “No, that is not for me”. An act of rebellion!

So by putting me before others and not allowing the feeling of duty to motivate me into something that I have no desire to do! Or no desire to be!

The flip side is that when I show up, you get all of me.

What’s a place you visited that felt like home?

Home!

What’s one thing you wish you had started doing earlier in life?

Beside living?! Reading serious philosophy. Not following the crowd and wanting to be acceptable to a group. Looking inside rather than outside for “me”. Or, simply, being truly me without self-censoring and dumbing down for other people. Not being arrogant about it but letting go of the need to be liked for “not being me”.

If you could pick any fictional animal to be your lifelong companion (like a Pokémon or fantasy pet), what would it be?

Garfield from Garfield and Friends. Our energies are comparable. I like lasagna. I am like Garfield owner, Jon Arbuckle, in so many ways (especially when it comes to relationship and being mocked).

If you had to switch lives with a fictional character for a week, who would you choose?

Can I change the prompt to a historical person who may be considered to be on the periphery?! And I am not saying this person was perfect but rather this particular person was “close to” someone famous.

Can you read my handwriting? I am writing like a pig.

Letter to Franz Overbeck, 24th March 1883

I would like to switch with Peter Gast (born Heinrich Köselitz). He was a friend of Nietzsche who created the pseudonym ‘Peter Gast’ for Köselitz. Nietzsche’s hand writing, due to his failing eyesight, was extremely hard to read. Gast was one of the few people who could read it and transcribe it. Yes, he may have edited some but it would be so interesting to be able to read Nietzsche in the original original. A return to the sources.

Have you ever liked a villain more than the hero? Who and why?

I like anti-heros in TV shows and movies, like Tony Soprano. But they are actually the main actor who happens to be engaged in things that we consider to be “bad”. Like Walter White or Dexter. All good characters but they are not villains in the TV show kind of way. They are the main character in a dark show.

My favourite villain, and I acknowledge that what he did was wrong, is Ted Kaczynski. He lived alone in the woods which is a big tick from me. He may have been made a villain from outside, another tick. And he had a purpose to his madness! All good reasons. If he were alive, I doubt I would like him as a person – he sounded a little (ok, a lot) weird. But his fear of technology, and the effect on humanity, seems more reasonable every day.