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About This Author
My name is Joy, and I love to write.
Why poetry, here? Because poetry uplifts its writer, and if she is lucky enough, her readers, too. Around us, so many objects abound to write about. Once a poet starts with a smallest, most trivial object, he shall discover that his pen will spill out what is most delicate or most majestic hidden inside him. Since the classics sometimes dealt with lofty subjects with a lofty language, a person with poetry in his soul may incline to emulate that. That is understandable. Poetry does that to a person: it enlarges the soul and gives it wings. Yet, to really soar, a poet needs to take off from the ground.
 
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Daily Cascade
Since my old blog "Everyday Canvas "  became overfilled, here's a new one. This new blog item will continue answering prompts, the same as the old one.
Cool water cascading to low ground
To spread good will and hope all around.
December 26, 2025 at 12:59pm December 26, 2025 at 12:59pm
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Prompt:
A new year is approaching, have you considered what contests or other writing goals you want to accomplish in 2026? Are you a person who creates a monthly calendar with reminders for each goal?
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Nope, I'm not that person with calendars and reminders, but I make simple to-do lists before any venture, even If I have to re-adjust it along the way. Plus, at my age, I've learned to live from day to day, so to speak.
Several months ago, I promised myself to write in- my blog everyday. So far so good. As to other kinds of writing, I usually write when I feel like it, which is mostly, always. But I also like to write longhand, which means notebooks and pen, and therefore, what I mostly write is in note-books.
With my writing, in essence, I don't set many goals. I'm not a goal-setter because life gets in the way and if I don't do what I have set my mind to do, I get extremely frustrated. Yes, weird me!
On the other hand, if I'm not goal setting, I have routines I stick to throughout the day, which organize my life. I taught myself not to get upset if I can't stick to the routine in any one day. After all, it is okay not to do things in the same order.
Having said that, I understand the value of goal setting for people who are not too critical of their own selves. This is because goal setting gets the things done and it is applied almost everywhere human beings are and especially in all work situations. It has to do with the worldly achievements and material gains, with powerfully driven behavior. This boosts performance quite a bit. From that point of view, it has to do with the work ethic of the elite section of any society.
As for me, a pain in my backside with goal-setting, in addition to the frustration when I didn't meet that goal, would be having too many goals, or having a narrow time-frame, or increased risk-taking for trying to meet a difficult and complicated goal.
Still, goal-setting is not really shallow, materialistic, or unsubstantial. In fact it may help many people achieve what they set out to achieve. But considering my own internal workings and psyche, I use it very sparingly. |
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wise woman from what you are saying. Sounds like you grew up in a wonderful family. And it shows. 
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