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30 Day Writing Challenge

Day 30 - What is your favourite season and why? 

Here we are, it's the last day of the challenge! I gotta say I'm pretty proud of myself for sticking with it even if I messed up a few times and had to write to prompts at the same day.

It was so much fun and I'm definitely gonna do similar things again. Probably a fiction challenge, cause I guess I talked enough about myself...

Thanks to everyone reading and liking my posts, it means a lot!

So here is the last prompt.

My favourite season is spring. For a long time my answer always was summer, cause I kinda felt like I had to say that, considering my birthday is in August. Also school holidays are in summer, so back then it truly was the best season.

But now I appreciate other seasons more I think. Yeah, summer is nice, but most of the time it's too hot and there are mosquitos and wasps everywhere. (Have I mentioned that I hate insects? Except bees tho.)

In spring the weather is mixed. Right now as I'm writing this it's pouring. But I'm happy about rain too. I love the smell when it just ended. I love thunder and lightning too, because of the thrill.

In spring everything looks amazing. All the flowers are growing, Trees are getting green again and developing blossoms. It's beautiful to walk through nature and see all the different colours, hearing the birds tweeting and the bees buzzing. I sound like snow white here, but I truly love seeing nature coming to life, becoming greener everyday.

Also dressing in spring is great, cause it's not cold anymore so you can wear sneakers with short socks again. And t-shirt and cropped shirts and dresses without tights. But it's not too hot, so you can stick with the jeans and maybe bring a stylish jacket.

Spring smells amazing. It's the flowers and tree blossoms. It's the barbeque from my neighbour. Its the clean air and the freshly mowed grass.

Spring kinda signals the beginning of a new year for me. The start of a new circle.

Every season has he perks. Long summer nights. Cosy walks in the snow. Beautiful golden colours in autumn. But my favourite is spring.

#30 day writing challenge #writing #writingpromps #season #summer #spring #autumn #winter #spring lover #flowers #blossoms #favourite season

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30 Day Writing Challenge

Day 29 -  Write about a book you love.

Oops, I missed a day, but here we go. 

I’ve loved many books in my era as a hardcore book nerd. I mean I read like 1 and a half books a week. I read the whole The Mortal Instrument Series in the month before my finals. 

Now I’m not reading that much and I’m very sure, that Instagram, Youtube and Netflix are at huge fault. Also it’s mine when I choose endless scrolling over a good book. 

A book or book series I read a while ago and really loved was the Dan Brown Illuminati Saga. I know many people dislike the way he writes and think he lets out a lot of important facts for the sake of the story. I think that’s true, yes, but isn’t that what all writers do? He let himself get inspired and wrote a story containing secret societies and not a non fiktion sience book. 

I really loved every single book from the series, but if I had to pick Origin is my least favourite. It’s just not as exciting as the others and not as much action happens I think. Also it kinda seperates himself from the others by it’s look into the future.  

He writes the journey of Robert Langdon almost like a treasure hunt, one clue that leads to another and I’m a big sucker for riddles and secret messages. I love how he reveals the secrets behind the societies piece by piece and not at once, so we get a lot of good plotwists.

Yeah, Robert Langdon is not the best character. I mean he had all the fears you could give a character and he still always saves the day by some heroic move. Also he kinda has a photographic memory, come on... Nevertheless I still like him cause he is a good story teller and a little adrenaline junkie. 

Now that I think of it, my favourite is probably Inferno (I don’t know what they are called in english), cause it played with historical aspects and the analyzing of pictures (great stuff), but also the ending wasn’t like you would expect it and I thought it was kinda amazing how a Not Happy End can be a Happy End? Also I love the treasure hunt aspect... from the picture to the mask from the mask to the builing etc. 

Also I looooove plottwists. Who doesn’t love a good plottwist?

#30 day writing challenge #illuminati #dan brown #robert langdon #origin #inferno #dante #dante alighieri #plottwist #plot twist #treasure hunt #book #booklover #booknerd #reading #read #book series

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30 Day Writing Challenge

Day 28 - Post five things that make you laugh out loud.

Oliver Wood and Quidditch Memes

Animals acting humanly 

Ugly pictures of my sister 

My friends, all the time 

Badly translated german memes

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30 Day Writing Challenge

Day 27 - Conversly, write about something that’s kicking ass right now.

This is pretty obvious. Everyone is talking about how much they’re doing at the moment. 

Health care workers. Nurses. Doctors. They’re SO kicking ass right now. 

Every country should be glad to have people that are so dedicated to saving other peoples lives, while putting their owns in danger. They’re working their butts off just to help others and I think that kind of selflessness is remarkable. I’ve had a six week internship at the hospital in ninth grade and to be honest, it wasn’t fun. There were mostly old people, being in pain or being bored. Many people had ugly wounds or bruises and were very sad. There was this one young woman, who was in a motorcycle crash. She was in coma for two of the six weeks I was here and when she woke up, she couldn’t even eat on her own. She couldn’t wipe her butt on her own. (This is the third time I’m referring to this bodypart now.)

I don’t wish that to happen to anyone. But it was austounding, how little the nurses minded. Yeah, some of them were really rude, but even those did their jobs. Cared for the people without getting anything back. Cause mostly the patients weren’t really nice either. 

But right now the world depends on them. They’re working hours of hours, days and night to make life for people a bit better. I’ve seen all those pictures of italian nurses and doctors who have bruises on their faces from wearing their masks and it just makes me happy, that there are still people out there who don’t only think about themselves. Or the economy. Or wether or not football stadiums should open up again. (!!!!!???)

And then there are those ignorant people who make work for the health workers so much harder. 

Politicans, that don’t vote for pay raises or additional subsidy.

Conspiracy theorists that claim the virus is made in a lab by some politicans and not dangerous at all. 

(Mostly american) people who demonstrate against the violation of their rights cause by the social distancing rules and event bans. (If you’re one of those and reading this, go fuck yourself.) 

All the stupid people that still meet up in groups, throw parties and don’t wear masks. That visit their grandparents.

Every single one of those hundreds of people that met this week in the centre of London to clap for NHS. Where not even half of them were wearing masks and all of them were standing pressed together like sardines. 

The Health Workers don’t need you to clap for them every night. They need you to help them get fair wages. They need you to stay the fuck home. 

#30 day writing challenge #writingpromps #writing #rant #quarantine #nhs #nhs workers #thank you nhs #nurse #doctor #fair wages #stayathome #staythefuckhome #dont clap #conspiracy #wear your masks #clapfornhs #or #just #dont #and #stay #home

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30 Day Writing Challenge

Day 26 - Write about an area in your life that you would like to improve.

I’m not a very artistic person. 

My sister is really good at drawing and painting, she’s kinda got a natural skill for that. I’ve never really been jealous, mostly I just show off with her skills. 

Lately I’ve spent a lot of time on pinterest looking at pictures of bullet journals, DIYs or sustainable gifts and stuff. And I what I always notice is how beautiful the handwriting is and how adorable the little drawings are. So I took on a journey to improve my handwriting and doodling skills. 

I really like the look of handdrawn easy stuff in bullet journals (though I’m definitely not gonna start one.) Luckily my sister has quite a art collection, so I’m presented with a huge array of pens, pencils, brushes and colours. 

I love drawing little floral or organic stuff and even tho I still mess up and draw wobbly lines I really enjoy it! It makes me feel creative again and shows me that I’m not a complete failure with arts and crafts. I’m really looking forward to gifting handmade presents to friends, like bookmarks with little flowers or pretty watercolour cards. 

Also my handwriting isn’t bad. I actually think it’s decent, except for a few letters (like that goddamned M). But a friend of mine has such a gorgeous and effortless handwriting with really elegant n’s and t’s and it inspired me to wanting to change my own up a bit. I’m still in the progress and I find it pretty hard to train, cause I’m easy to give up on stuff like that. But I think now is a good time to improve that area of my life.

Of course there are a lot of things I wanna improve. Like my choice making or my willpower. But those are long term problems I think, that I can’t really grasp in a few days. 

So I’m gonna stick with handwriting and doodling for now. 

#30 day writing challenge #writingpromps #writing #doodle #doodling #doodlings #draw #art #write #handwriting #watercolour flowers

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30 Day Writing Challenge

Day 25 - Think of any word. Search it on google images and write something inspired by the 11th image.

So the first word I thought of, when I read that writing prompt was cat. And while I REALLY love cats (I typ this as my own kitty is napping next to me), it’s not a good word for non fiction writing prompts I think. 

So the next word that came to my mind, was peppermint. Main reason for that is that my mum bought a peppermint plant a few days ago, cause I was so dissapointed of not finding one in any supermarket. And I just put it in a nicer pot today. It’s gonna be new project and I hope she grows and brings me much joy!

When I googled the world in english, there weren’t even that much pictures of the plant itself, but more of a weird american movie called peppermint, that I don’t know and will probably get backlash for not knowing. So I’m just gonna stick to the plant.

I love peppermint, but I don’t use it that much. Mostly in alcoholic drinks. Yesterday though I made a strawberry mint smootie which was amazing! I always associate mint with sweet drinks and food, but apparently it’s a huge thing in oriental savoury dishes? I think that’s very cool, but I’m not sure if I would like the taste?  Anyways mint is clearly a summer thing. I think of sweet drink on the beach, icecream that tastes minty and refreshing iced teas. But that’s probably just cause I made that smoothie yesterday, cause peppermint is also a toothpaste and mouthwash thing which I just remembered. Oh well.

This post is kinda rubbish, but let it stand as a stream of consciousness, that is just really boring and has no real value whatsoever. 

Though not everything has to have a purpose I think, at least not for the society. And I mean if my peppermint plant makes me happy, what is wrong with that? 

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30 Day Writing Challenge

Day 24 - Write about a lesson you’ve learned the hard way.

Okay, this is gonna be a quick one, cause I’m kinda in a creative down today. (Also I have a skype party with my friends in 15 minutes.)

I don’t remember particulary mistakes I’ve made and learned from right now, but I’m sure there are bunch. But there is a saying I like cause it’s just too true and also applies to so many things. 

It’s: Expectations can be your worst enemy. 

I have way too high expectations on life in so many aspects. Like for example how I thought my first kiss was gonna be like. I thought it was going to be with a boy I love and am in a relationship with after. Like in all the books and movies, when they kiss and ask each other to be boyfriend and girlfriend. When in reality I had my first kiss with a boy I barely knew, who was crushing really hard on me and I didn’t even notice. So the kiss took me by surprise, cause I didn’t even consider what we were doing as a date. That’s why I made a weird noise and was unable to answer when he asked if I was okay. And I kinda broke his heart. A lot of messy stuff happened after that I really don’t wanna dig in right now.

My expectation was too high.

I imagined my university studies to go completely different. That I was gonna learn stuff I could use on a job. Real stuff that counts as knowledge in the business world. 

I expected myself to have life figured out by now. Especially what job I wanna have. I envy those people so much that have known what they want to do since they were little. 

I even expected this day to be more productive. I always tell myself in bed “tomorrow you’re going to do more”. And when I don’t, I’m so angry at mysef. I just expect too much from myself and my life and it angers. And even when I tell myself, "hey you wrote a page on your paper, that’s amazing", I still think I could have done more. 

Expectations truly are the worst enemy cause they make you disappointed or angry at things you managed perfectly fine. And fine is often enough, there’s just always that voice deep down that disagrees.

It’s even in the little things, where it influences my life. When I make a smoothie and expect it to taste amazing. And then it’s just mediocre. It makes the smoothie taste worse than it is in my head.

I just make my life worse and harder for myself than it is, just cause I had that imagine in my head how it should be. 

Even though it’s a perfectly fine smoothie, I just expected it to be more.

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30 Day Writing Challenge

Day 23 - Write about your Harry Potter House.

I knew what house I was way before I took the real test on pottermore, cause I spent quite a lot of time on a quiz site when I was younger, where you could find out a bunch of stuff about yourself. 

I am a Ravenclaw. And proud of it. 

When I was younger I was even prouder of being a Ravenclaw, cause I was such a book nerd and cause I had pretty good grades. 

Now I think I get the meaning behind being a Ravenclaw more, cause it’s not just books and smartasses. (Even tho I gott admit, I am a full on smartass sometimes.) Basically, I don’t like any of the basic descriptions of the house. Gryffindors brave, Hufflepuffs friendly, Slytherins cunning and Ravenclaws clever. There is so much more to each house I think and it so sad that some online quizzes make it so obvious which answer gets you which house.

(The only thing I like is when it’s overdramatically basic, like in A Very Potter Musical or the classic distinction between the good guys, the bad guy, the smart guys and the rest. Good ol’ sarcastic house bashing always makes me laugh.)

I still think it’s important that in the houses there are differences as well, cause I always liked to think that Hermione, Ron and Harry were as different as it gets. So every house has a bunch of character traits and I also think many of them overlap. 

I guess in the classic meaning of the houses I’m half Ravenclaw, half Hufflepuff, which I’m quite happy about. 

I like to think that Ravenclaws aren’t just bright minded, but also like to learn new things, are competitive and don’t always study like some big nerd. Cause I’m hella lazy when it comes to studying.  I like that Hufflepuffs are so kind, cause I think that’s one of my big strength-flaw thingy. Like it’s both a blessing and a curse, cause I care way to much. I always think what other people think of my actions and I’m big on the empathy. Which has not rarely put some obstactles in my way. (Also overthinking is a trait that both Hufflepuffs and Ravenclaws have and boy, am I an overthinker myself.)

Also I really like the fact that the Ravenclaw Tower is protected by the solving of a riddle and that that riddle has not only one answer, cause I hate those, where there are a few ways to answer it, if you think around the corner, but nothing besides the answer that’s claimed right counts. 

So yeah. I am a Ravenclaw/Ravenpuff and I really love it. 

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30 Day Writing Challenge

Day 22 - Put your music on shuffle and post the first ten songs.

Okay, this is gonna be weird. I have a very wide taste in music. I love soft, rather melodic songs, but also german indie, 80s classics and musical songs. So....

The Messenger - Linkin Park 

Neptune - Sleeping at Last 

Blood and Bones - Kodaline

Once Upon a December - Anastasia Cast

Party Tattoos - Dodie

Don’t - Ed Sheeran

For Forever - Dear Evan Hansen Cast 

Life on Mars - David Bowie

Nur ein Wort - Wir sind Helden

Piano Man - Billy Joel

(I really like that collection.)

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30 Day Writing Challenge

Day 21 -  What three lessons do you want your children learning from you?

Expensive things aren’t always the best. Sometimes self made or second hand things have so much more value. Also just cause it has a brand name on it, doesn’t mean it has automatically more quality than no name brands. 

Never stop learning. Never stop trying new things. No, you’re not too old to start ballet. Read that children’s book if it makes you happy. The online lesson has nothing to do with your studies? Do it, if you’re interested. Read that book about ancient egypt, if you wanna learn how to read hieroglyphs. It doesn’t matter who tells you it’s weird or useless.

Sometimes your mom is right. You should have worn a jacket. Don’t tell her though. 

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30 Day Writing Challenge

Day 20 -  Post about three celebrity crushes.

Ezra Miller - jawline obviously, also queer icon

Cole Sprouse - I’m not a riverdale fan, but that hair tho

Sam Claflin - Finnick!!

(also girl crush: Emma Watson) 

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30 Day Writing Challenge

Day 19 -  Write about a feeling that’s hard to describe.

When I was little my sister and I used to play a game during long car rides. On the highway, we would pick the car next to us and intensely stare at the passengers. Then we both had to make up stories about those people - where they are driving, if they’re happy, do they have pets, secrets, hobbies. It was really fun, cause be both interpreted the lives of the strangers completely different. It was also pretty childish, cause if the driver looked unhappy, we immediately assumed, he is divorcing his wife or trouble at work. 

But it was a great game to kill time. 

Now I sometimes get this feeling, this awareness of the people around me. That their lives are so different from mine, that they all made experiences, good or bad, that some of them maybe were in an accident once or lost an important person. 

Mostly the feeling occurs to me when I’m out wandering the city or driving. I keep thinking, where they are going and why. Why at exactly this time, what is their job, their life like? What is running through their heads? 

And then I get amazed, who self aware humans can be. It’s baffling that I’m able to have my own thoughts and am able to voice them. What is my best friend doing right now? Is she having similar feelings? What is my mom’s first thought when she wakes up?

Every passerby’s life is just as complex as my own - own friends, ambitions, morals.  I know nothing about them and they know othing about me. I’m just a as much of a background person for them as they are for me. Maybe only appearing once.

Sitting in a cafe and drinking tea. Standing in line behind them in a shop. Just a blur of traffic on the streets. 

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30 Day Writing Challenge

Day 18 - Post twenty facts about yourself.

I like thunder and lightning 

My childhood room is 80% the colour red - walls, closet, pillows, carpet, even the bin

I love vintage 

I have the exact same two moles on my neck as my mother 

I’m wearing glasses and hate it 

I was the biggest Percy Jackson nerd and read all the extension books, fanfictions and short stories

I try to live sustainable and mostly plastic free

I only have one childhood friend left 

I have a thick bavarian dialect 

I’m addicted to my phone 

I really dislike November 

I prefer tea over coffee

I just started crocheting 

I’ve played theater for over 4 years 

I wish I had a british accent 

I love cooking 

I’m really bad at dancing and wish I was better

In school I was under the top 5 of the smartest people in my senior class

I don’t like my chin

I’m a huge true crime fan 

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30 Day Writing Challenge

Day 17 - Post about your zodic sign and wether or not it fits you.

Oh I have a LOT of thoughts about this one. 

I’m born in August, so I’m a Leo. I really like having my birthday in summer and also being a Leo always was cool, cause it’s a really pretty animal. (Also I was obsessed with a german book series when I was little, that was about faries and they were categorized by the seasons and influenced by zodiac signs.)

I really don’t like the image Leos have on social media and zodiac accounts. We are always portrayed as the loud ones. The people that love attention, that dress a bit slutty and have love interests flinging at them. They always seem full of themselves and with a lot of self esteem. I’m told we are bragging a lot and are insanely stubborn. 

Of course this with every signs. Why should the world be categorized in only 12 personalities? Why should the people that happen to be born in the same time space by concidence have the same habits and traits? 

I like to believe that a few things are true. There are a few posts I really relate to the Leo stuff. But mostly I just think: Man, the cancer thing sounds really nice. Or: I think the Gemini post fits so much better to my personality. 

I only skim the other signs I gotta admit. But I kinda get the feeling, Leos are often portrayed negatively or the mean signs. It makes me very sorry when I see my friends signs fitting so perfectly and then discovering that I’m supposed to have a lot of covidence, boyfriends and love for my apperance. 

I love being a Leo, but I hate the attributes we’re getting on zodic sign posts. 

(Cause I’m not a basic bitch.)

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30 Day Writing Challenge

Day 16 - Write about something you miss. 

I miss my friends. 

I miss hanging out with them at the university, not really doing anything productive, but just stitting on the grass or stairs or tables and just talk. 

I miss going out with in the evening, meeting other people on the run. Playing card games in pubs, drinking and stumbling through the night. 

I miss cooking with my friends, watching TV til it’s ready, almost burning it and praising ourselves when it’s delicious. 

I miss having deep talks about topics, that seem unnecessary now, but important back then. 

I miss laughing until my stomach hurts. I miss the silly-ness, the inside jokes and playful insults. 

I miss finding pointless reasons to hangout every second day. 

I miss going out for coffee way too often, peer pressuring others to join and spending all our money on food. 

I miss board game nights and getting way to competetive. 

I miss going to house parties we’re not even invited to and trying to blend in.

I really miss my friends. 

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30 Day Writing Challenge

Day 15 - Bullet point your day.

This was my day yesterday, so technically I'm a day late.

Woke up at around 8 am

Really got up at like 9 am

Showered and ate breakfast

Watched like 3 episodes of Lie to me on Amazon Prime

Read a few pages of my current book

Ate burgers that my mom brought

Picked out cards to send to my friends

Drew a few flowers on a postcard and learned how to use acrylic paint

Went shopping with my sister, which was exhausting (Gloves, sanitary gel, distancing, etc.)

Impulse bought a smoothie maker

Went for a quick run

Watched TV with my parents

Face timed my two little cousins

Went to bed and spent a few useless hours on Instagram and Twitter before falling asleep at around 12 pm

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