100 Thoughts in 20 Minutes
A challenge.
Judey Kalchik came up with this challenge, inspired by the ever-so-lovely food challenge that made the rounds over the past couple of weeks.
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Ashley Lima
I think about writing more than I write, but call myself a writer as opposed to a thinker.
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Become a paid subscriber to get access.This was so cohesive! When I think about my distracted thoughts...Yours has so many nuggets I'd like to see expanded, these being my faves: 1. Though my body may die, maybe my thoughts will live on without me. 2. I'm hoping after this challenge, I can catch a rainbow. 3. The curved lines softened, finding themselves smooth. To answer your questions... I have a lot of kick knacks on my desk (buckle in, lo). I used to have a much bigger desk with a lot more things. Right now, I have a glass jar of black sand from the Mediterranean with rocks on top from the same beach, a metal Eiffel Tower figurine, some of my rocks and fossils in a little basket display, a glass cup with some of my quirky pens (a Tardis pen, plush wolf pen, gigantic pen, stripey pen), one of my late grandmother's mini porcelain pitchers made in Germany, a painted box from Russia (from the Kristkindl market a couple years ago, a gilded box, a little honeycomb-themed (orange and yellow) box my aunt made me, a blue and white porcelain mug from the Craigdarroch Castle in Victoria, Canada, and a wooden cup with a feather pen and quill my husband got me for xmas 4 years ago. Also, lots of books and journals. My desk is overall clean, but only because there isn't that much extra space for it to get messy and still be usable. I work best when it's somewhat organized. Messy and I don't write. You can find lapis lazuli in the US, actually! I was amazed to learn that there is a mine in Gunnison, CO, but also New York and Alabama. Lol, I think I'm technically Gen Z, but I feel more like a young millenial. So, same? I remember flip phones and dial-up (ever so vaguely). Great read, Ashley! Thank you for sharing in the challenge. It was quite fun, wasn't it?
This was stunning, Ashley! I love how each of these challenges reveals people's personalities a lot. I love how deep you got and how you said about your mind going to dark places...mine does that too sometimes. I don't currently have a desk...but if I did...it'd be messy af lol. Well done on having time spare and actually being coherent!
I cannot have things messy. It gotta be neat and organised, lol! And omggg, I miss talking to my friends on the landline! I enjoyed reading this!
Congratulations on 100 things in twenty minutes!!! That was spectacular with some interesting thoughts!!! Loved it!!!♥️♥️💕
Oh how I love this and has really got me thinking about so many things at the same time! Loved everything about it, especially the part about telling stories and the immortality of it. AH, so good! That scratched an itch in my brain in the best way possible :)
That was fabulous. You actually had coherent thoughts and got them all in under the time limit. Unlike mine, which incoherent babble and 4 minutes late. lol. Well done, Ashley.
Love it! I agree about space, it’s just…. Unfathomable once you start really thinking about it 🤯 IMO- He definitely got struck by lightning 😳😳😳
Congrats- that was poetical This is my favorite line: “Now I log on to Twitter and see a dozen atrocities hourly” because I think it highlights the generational differences that need to be acknowledged