Tag: dailyprompt

Word Games

by Innermost Being, posted in Word Prompts

Do you play in your daily life? What says “playtime” to you?

I am a Wordle addict. (As of this morning, I’ve played 690 daily games.) By the time I get up in the morning, my brothers David and Ross have already played and shared their results on Facebook.

David likes to give hints after playing, as does my friend Brian. I prefer to solve Wordle without hints, but my sister Cindy uses them to her advantage. In just the past week, she solved one game in two guesses and three games with one guess! The average number of guesses is four.

I asked Cindy if playing with clues feels like cheating because that’s how I feel. She said no; she still has to figure out what David’s hints mean. Cindy is very competitive (and shameless!).

Since you can only play Wordle once a day, I found more daily word games to play every day – Quordle, Quordle Sequence, and Octordle. They’re all more challenging than Wordle.

Word games wake up my brain every morning.

Changing seasons

by Innermost Being, posted in Word Prompts

What are your biggest challenges?

Last June, I fractured my shoulder and had rotatator cuff surgery, followed by three months of physical therapy. It was challenging to regain my range of motion.

I went to a client’s board meeting in July. Schlepping my bags around the airport with one arm in a sling was challenging. The board approved a couple of changes to the company’s business plan. I did not look forward to implementing the changes.

That business trip triggered my decision to retire this year. My retirement day will be the start of a new season in my life.

My job will be challenging for the next few months. My busy season as an accountant goes from January through March or April. Multiple deadlines and worries about how I’m going to get everything done on time are stressful.

I don’t look forward to the challenge of training a replacement to do my challenging job. What if he or she can’t handle it?

My biggest challenges have been short-term and seem insignificant compared to the challenges other people face.