The Happiness Thread

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  1. Shenanigator

    Shenanigator Has the Vocabulary of a Well-Educated Sailor. Contributor

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    I may have written about this in another thread, not sure, but I have a clear jar containing slips of paper and a pen for writing good things that happen. Even little things, like this morning, there was a gorgeous sunrise. The goal is to stuff the jar full by the end of each year. (At the end of the year, I tape the the slips of paper into my journal.) It works because soon you start finding good things to put in the jar.
     
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  2. Lemie

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    That's yours? I know I've read about it, but I think it was from Pinterest. Maybe both.
     
  3. Shenanigator

    Shenanigator Has the Vocabulary of a Well-Educated Sailor. Contributor

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    If I posted, it was somewhere on the Forum. I'm sure people probably do it on Pinterest. I got it from a musician who has one on his piano. (ETA: No, not Him from my other post.)
     
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    Oh! And another one:

    Even though writing product text should probably ruin my writing, I've actually gotten better at my own writing as well. Can't really explain how, it's just I seem to process the text in another way. Though I write slow at home as well, but that's mainly due to being tired. I really shouldn't spend this much time in front of the computer! :D
     
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    Shenanigator Has the Vocabulary of a Well-Educated Sailor. Contributor

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    Aw, @Lemie , I'm so happy things are looking better for you.

    People will try to tell you that, but they would be wrong. It's another way of writing concisely and is a skill in itself.
     
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    My texts at work are usually around 40-50 words and a lot of it is fillers since it has to be four lines or more in our program. So weather it's a plushy or the most complex thing in the world they're going to be about the same length. So I guessed that my bullshitting abilities would rub off on my own writing, but not thus far. And no more forced adjectives either :p

    But yes, it's writing and it's a very specific kind of it, so I guess it makes sense that it helps me.
     
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    Shit parts of the day between missing group, and fixing my NC-17 Enterprise of its complaints.

    Now=Cave Troll mood level rising. :supersmile:
     
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    I wrote a short story for my county’s young writers contest and found out I came in third place today!!!
     
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  9. Iain Aschendale

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    I wrote a little bit today! Yay for time!

    I also have different files with different parts of this story because, apparently, my ideas come in spurts. Today is working on a hospital scene (a key point in the story).
     
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    I wanted to compile a list of some of MCs (no secondary or support characters, it would take to long) to make a short story with them involving a self insert of myself and my Vehicle transformed into a spacecraft with my MCs as the crew...it's going to be a comedy and a blatant wish fulfillment story. LOL. as for Mary Sue, probably not since they'll be teasing me alot. :p .

    Anyways, while compiling the list, it gave me a chance to look over my old writings form when I was a young man, and damn if I didn't enjoy how bad they were. I expected them to be bad, but they are even worse then the small snippets I have shared so far on this site. LOL. The best part was picking out the source material for what I wrote. Some of it was okay, but those were later writings when I was in my mid 20s to early 30s.


    Edit: Here, I noticed this while researching my older writings, and I thought it was absolutely, brilliantly bad, and I had to share it with you guys.... are you ready for this....

    The story takes place in a town called Wolf Falls.... can you guess the twist about the residence of Wolf Falls? They are Werewolves. Now I like the concept of the story itself, it's just a matter of rewriting in a way that isn't magnificent horrible. My Younger self did the Grunt work, now my older self has to refine it. LOL.

    Edit: Okay so got my hardy crew of MCs, about 37 of them, from Main Lined stories, Side Stories,, Concept Stories, etc. Whether they were good or not, doesn't matter. :p. I've also excluded "Stories" that were just mere scenes that found their way into other writings or stories that are kind of messed up or not note worthy.
     
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    This makes me happy I don't have a smartphone and narcissistic personality. :)
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    LOL, reminds me of when I was in line with my Mother at Social Security, it took about an hour to get in, and the lady in front of me kept looking at her phone. I managed to see the screen and she was looking at a picture of herself, and the every time I looked, she was looking at it, playing with the filters. I was surprised I didn't laugh.
     
  14. Link the Writer

    Link the Writer Flipping Out For A Good Story. Contributor

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    Some of my Happy:
    • It’s Friday! :cheerleader:

    • I’m in the process of plotting out a story with a deaf protagonist. I can’t believe it took me this long — given that I’m hearing impaired, not blind. I mean, I still like my blind characters (of which I have two, btw) but honestly... Why did it take me this long? Oh well. :p

    • An inspector came to my job site this week to check on how we do our soils tests, and I think we passed with flying colors. Woo! :superyesh:

    • I’m finally posting here again. Been missing you all. :3
     
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    My dad just bought his first smartphone ( he lost the old one in the snow, never to be found again). His smiley game is of course on point right off the bat (read: very creative). :rofl:
     
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    It caused some minor losses elsewhere, but I've worked months ahead in one of my computer classes, and nearly all the assignments are complete. Good riddance.
     
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    Weekend!
    That means two entire days with no worry! :D
     
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    Link the Writer Flipping Out For A Good Story. Contributor

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    In thirteen hours I'll awake to my glorious, glorious weekend as well! :D
     
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    I finished the main storyline of "Assassin's Creed II". I put in 25 hours and 45 minutes (because I was going to know what happened, damn it). I cried, lol. Now onto the next!
     
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    Capri jeans? Okay. Nail polish? Okay. Hair bun? Listen, if it doesn't purr when you pet it, what's the point? :D
     
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    My parents and I got the Google Pixel 2...the first thing my dad discovered is that he can answer with .gif. He uses them all of the time. xD
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    I got two new books!

    They might be Assassin's Creed related (see: they are).

    I also played Brotherhood and Origins today...I've spent too much time playing. But it's fun and the history makes me giggle like a fanboy. So, it makes me happy.
     
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    Found a quiz show on public access TV between local Maine high schools... and I kicked the ever-loving shit out of all of them!
     
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    Link the Writer Flipping Out For A Good Story. Contributor

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    I’m feeling happy for the first time in a week! :D Wooo!! :love: I will celebrate and enjoy!
     
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