Different Hats

A woman who wears different hats in her everyday life.

Category: Daily Writing Prompt

  • What I love about living in New Jersey

    I have lived in New Jersey my whole life, it’s been my home forever and I’ll probably never leave the Garden State. And this is why I love it here –

  • What I would sell If I opened up a shop

    If I had the opportunity of opening a shop to sell stuff, I would sell my artwork. This would include paintings, sculptures, mixed media art, woodwork, pottery, resin, epoxy, and whatever else I like to mess around with. Maybe someday!

  • What am I curious about?

    Lots of stuff, lol. Some things that I’m actually curious about – Why do men have nipples and do they have a purpose? Who came up with naming objects and every day items like toilet paper or nail clippers, or plunger? How did the planets form, why are we humans on planet Earth and what…

  • Most memorable vacation

    This year in about 20 days my family and I are going on our first family vacation ever! We are going to Wildwood, New Jersey for a few days to relax, have fun, and celebrate. This is a major milestone for us as we have been working hard to make this happen, it’s a small…

  • I spend the most time with

    I spend all of my time with my family. I have two kids and as a mom I don’t go out very often. My focus is always centered around them and their needs come first over mine. That’s just how it goes and I wouldn’t do it another way. 🙂

  • Leader or follower?

    Neither. I’m not a follower and I don’t like to lead the way, I create my own separate direction in life.

  • Last live performance I saw

    Jeff Lynne’s Electric Light Orchestra in Newark, New Jersey. What a crazy experience! This was in 2019, a few months before COVID-19 took over the world.

  • A quote I live my life by

    “The saddest thing in life is wasted talent” is a quote that I live my life by and think about often. It’s even tattooed on my body. The first time that I ever heard this quote was from the movie called A Bronx Tale and it just kind of stuck with me for some reason.…

  • Favorite holiday & why

    I have two favorites because I can’t just decide on one – Halloween and Christmas of course. These are my favorite because I have two kids so I get to go all out on these days. Usually I make my son a Halloween costume by hand out of boxes and he just loves it. The…

  • What makes me nervous?

    Everything. I live with generalized anxiety disorder and literally anything can make me feel nervous for no reason. Even a simple trip to the grocery store gives me an overwhelming feeling of doom. I know, so silly but it’s true. My technique to get over this is to take some deep breaths in and out…

  • How I would improve my community

    If I could improve my community and I had the extra money, I would cook free hot meals for families that are struggling. Food is so important and times are very tough for some of us, and I always think about the children that are hungry. One way that I do help our community out…

  • Fun way to exercise

    Flipping around on trampolines, running away from dangerous things, vacuuming the floors and carpets, swimming anywhere, gardening outdoors, and going to the park with my kids!

  • Animals that make the best/worst pets

    I love animals and I think that any of them could make a great pet really. I have had dogs most of my life and cats too. Also had hamsters, guinea pig, freshwater fish, saltwater fish, birds, and crabs. Our family does not have a pet right now, we lost our family dog last September…

  • Things that make me laugh

    My kids and the stuff they do Karma when people deserve it Family Guy The Sopranos (Anyway, $4 a pound) Watching 90’s cartoons again and hearing all the adult jokes they mixed in. I was just watching Doug the other day and the episode started with Mr. Dink asking his wife Tippy if she would…

  • Secret skill or ability I wish I had

    One secret skill I wish I had would be to become invisible whenever I wanted. One ability that I can do is sometimes I can mimic animals noises or people’s voices.

  • Morning rituals & what it looks like

    My mornings are very sluggish, it takes me a little time to wake up and get my eyelids to stay open. Then it gets a bit chaotic – first things first is coffee on the pot, getting breakfast ready, and my son prepared for school. While getting him ready I also have my daughter and…

  • Something most people don’t understand

    Living with mental illness and how it effects life and the people around you. I’m one of those people who’s had the privilege of experiencing this. From my own personal journey, I’ve learned that either people get it or they don’t. The ones who do understand mental illness have some type of diagnosis, like me!…

  • Tattoos I want & where

    Some tattoos that I would like to get would be the doodles and drawings that my kids make. I’d put them in all different spots most likely – maybe a sleeve on my arm that goes up and then goes down my back. Problem is I’m such a baby getting tattoos done. I have 9…

  • Most influential teacher

    My eighth grade art teacher – Mr. C. He was a pretty cool guy that took art very seriously. He taught us how to throw clay on the wheel, sculpt with our hands, painting, and drawing. I’ve been into art my whole life and this was the first person (besides my mom) that I ran…

  • Strategies to cope with negative feelings

    Turn the music on loud and bust out the painting equipment, my emotions do the rest on the canvas. Cry in the shower and just let it all out, take a deep breath afterwards. Life happens. I tell myself all of the time that life happens and sometimes things are out of our control. Make…