Playtime in quotation marks, what does that even mean? Playtime as in tennis? Or board games? Maybe playing an instrument? Crafting or building something, perhaps? I don’t know what to do with this question. Sorry. Let’s try again tomorrow 😊
Category: Question
Bored Much?
Like clockwork, the daily writing prompts keep repeating and I’m bored to tears with giving the same [or very similar] answers to the same questions again…..and yet again. You do you, but I’m starting my own Q&A writing prompt. The questions I will answer are randomly generated. Hopefully this will give me some new prompts to ponder and respond to [fingers crossed].
Let’s begin, shall we?
What do you do when you’re bored?
Fortunately, I’m not bored all that often. This mainly happens during my “dark days” [I don’t like to call it by its real name, being “recurrent depressive disorder”]. Boredom is usually a result of me being in the mood to do various things, but feeling a lack of energy, not being able to concentrate or not experiencing any joy in what I’m working on, and being interrupted by crying fits. Add to that the ever present thoughts of not being good [enough] at anything I do.
When I’m bored, not always due to the above mentioned but most often, I play with Lilly to get into a better frame of mind, or I listen to my favorite tunes. I have a couple of go-to songs, that I know work – at least for a short while. When I listen to them, I can’t help but smile. Once, my mood starts climbing towards positive, I get my perkiness back and try to achieve, what I originally wanted to do. It does not work every time, because it depends upon how bad the “dark days” are, but it is what I do and what helps the most to overcome being bored – and sad. 😊
Challenged
Happy New Year 2026 🥂 🎆 I wish peace, love, health and happiness to everyone here on WordPress, wherever you may be at present.
My biggest challenges…
📌 go out in public more often
📌 have more patience
📌 try to regulate my emotions
📌 accept things as they are
📌 internalize, that other’s problems are not my responsibility
📌 listen more, speak less
📌 stop overthinking every tired, boring thing [yeah, right]
Wowza, there’s quite a bit and I could keep going…unfortunately. Well, let’s call this first prompt of the year 2026 done and dusted. Enjoy your day 😊
Assessment Problems
Nope, not at all 🙁
Some Things Don’t Change
Happy Sunday, to begin with…
Good to know, that recycling works properly here on WordPress in terms of writing prompts [Sarcasm End]. I should dig up the last post I wrote in response to this question 🤣
Ah, what the fluff. Here we go yet again…
I am happiest late at night, with one small source of light in the room and Lilly by my side, while listening to my favorite songs. This is the time, when the “performance mask” falls and I can freely give way to my thoughts and feelings. That’s when I’m the happiest on any ordinary day.
Hush!
I wish people would quit talking about me, no matter if positive or negative. NOT. AT. ALL.
There are certainly more important and interesting topics to discuss. Please exclude me and my day-to-day life from your boring chit-chat. Move on to other subject matters, or hush to begin with.
Happy Sunday!! 😊
Scrambled Mess
In recent years, here on WordPress, I may have mentioned a time or twenty-five, that I’ve turned into quite the YouTube junkie. Especially in relation to junk journal craft videos, there’s an abundance of project ideas to make your head spin. What I could do less of? Well…
Instead of watching one video after the other, I should pick one that looks interesting to me and put that into action after seeing it, before moving on to the next fantastic and truly beautiful idea.
As of late I have noticed, that this “endless watching” of creative offerings by all the talented YouTubers leaves me overwhelmed and yes, frustrated to be honest. That’s because all this input ends up being a scrambled mess in my head, without a “filing system” or an immediate “outlet”. Should I turn this into an actually attainable New Year’s resolution? I think so. Thanks for stopping by, have a great start to your week 😊
Personal Highlights of 2025
Daily writing prompt
What positive events have taken place in your life over the past year?
Good morning and happy Sunday to begin with…
In review of this year, two positives come to my mind immediately, being
our cruise with the Vasco da Gama from May 13th to May 20th
as well as
Lilly’s move from the streets of Italy into my heart and home on June 12th
🛳 I am thankful beyond measure to my mom. She made a second cruise experience possible, not only allowing me to see new places and gather lasting impressions, but more importantly to create lovely memories from the time we spend together in various beautiful locations.
🐕 What greater feeling is there, than to fall in love? Lilly captured my heart the minute I first laid eyes on her. This sweet, little whirlwind adds so much joy to every day, it’s amazing. I love Lilly to bits and am unbeliebably grateful, that she chose me (with Aubree’s help) to give her love, health, safety and an abundance of happy moments for the rest of her life.
We all know, that each year has good days and better ones. True is also, that ‘the dark days’ are a part of my life as well. Luckily they’ve been merciful this year, spread far and few between. That by itself is a blessing. Have a lovely Sunday!!
Unsought Encounter
For the longest time, I’ve been a big fan of leisurely walks through the woods. Oh my days did I change my mind since late spring of this year! Why?
It was late morning on a Sunday, when mom and I went for a walk after visiting our family tree at the forest cemetery. We weren’t talking for a short while, when I heard stomping noises. They were getting louder. What the fluff? Right in that moment, when I asked my mom what she thought this sound could be, a sounder of wild boars came running up the hill. They crossed the trail we were on about 250 meters away from us. We stood still immediately and watched in awe. I don’t know whether they did not take notice of our presence due to the wind’s direction, or if they just followed their leader come hell or high water. Dang! This is the kind of experience I don’t need to have again, to be sure. And guess what? Since that unsought encounter this past spring, I haven’t been in the woods for a leisurely walk. 🐗😞 Have a lovely Saturday!!
Beloved Weekend Getaway
Back in the States, I had quite a few favorite places. One of them always was the ‘Algoma Beach Motel’ in Wisconsin. One weekend out of the year, usually the beginning of September, I drove up there to escape from everyday life. This two day ‘mental check-out’ was never long enough for me to miss my apartment and routines, but still sufficient to recharge the batteries. It became a regular getaway I ended up looking forward to all year. The lovely motel right on the beach is also special, because each one of my puppy girls spend the weekend there with me at least once, and I got the same room, too. Lots of fond memories, always 💗🐾🥰
A few snaps from 2011 [sorry, the picture quality isn’t that great]…
All pictures by Claudia Braun
Trivialities & Intricacies 
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