I have been challenged to take part in the Freestyle Writing Challenge by two lovely ladies, one being Ritu and the other Erika.
Here are the rules:
1. Open a blank document.
2. Set a stop watch timer to 5 or 10 minutes, whichever length you prefer.
3. Your topic is at the foot of this post BUT DO NOT SCROLL DOWN TO SEE IT UNTIL YOU ARE READY WITH YOUR TIMER!!!
4. Once you start writing do not stop until the alarm sounds! Do not cheat by going back and correcting spelling and grammar using spell check (it is only meant for you to reflect on your own control of sensible thought flow and for you to reflect on your ability to write with correct spelling and grammar.)
5. You may or may not pay attention to punctuation or capitals
6. At the end of your post write down the number of words to give an idea of how much you can write within the time Frame.
7. Put the whole document onto your post and nominate 5 others and give them a new topic. Remember to copy paste the rules in!
I have gone with the topic that Ritu chose, as I saw her nomination first, however Erika also had a great topic.
What I thought life would be like as an adult when I was a kid.
When I was a kid I thought that life was going to be so much better as an adult. After all, there would not be a load of brothers and sisters around to have to share everything with! I also used to hat eth fact that myself and younger sister had to go to bed at the same time even though I was two years older than her! I thought that it would be great being an adult as I would be able to go to bed at whatever time I wanted!
I envisioned myself with a husband and a few kids loving in my own large house probably somewhere by the sea. I didn’t consider how I would get to wherewithal to pay for all the wonderful things I would have. I knew that I would probably work, but I thought It would be with children as a nanny or something like that.
One thing I did know though was that I did not want to live on my own, ever! Although I am quite happy in my own company, and in fact like being on my own quite a lot, I also like to know that there is someone else in the house so that I am not completely alone.
I thought life as an adult would be doing what I wanted all of the time, without having to consider anyone else’s feelings. I could eat when and what I wanted; watch anything I liked on TV, go anywhere I liked; and that life would be filled with fun with no responsibilities!
264 Words, 10 Mins.
Here are my nominees as I would love to see their responses to this challenge.
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Great achievement, Judy! It is so funny that as kids we think the life of an adult is so much easier and we could do whatever we wanted… Thank you for mentioning me. I love Ritu’s topic!
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Thanks Erika, you both had good topics 🙂
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Thank you!!! 😊
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Well done Judy!! Its great… Thinking from a kids perspective!!!!! We all had such simple views… 😊
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Yes, we were clueless and blissfully unaware! 🙂
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Oh to go back to those days!!
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I wish! 🙂
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Nice little essay for ten minutes 🙂
I can tell you sit down and just write a lot. Your words flow easily. It’s one of the things I like about you as a reader.
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Thanks Joey, that is a really lovely compliment 🙂
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I loved this, Edwina, it brings back some of my own memories and delusions. It turns out, we are still unable to do most of those things, even staying up late and overeating chocolate. Good challenge and you did really well with the time frame and mistakes, not that I would notice spelling or grammatical errors, but it read well
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Thanks Cat, Yes, I had these wonderful ideas of what being an adult would be about. I couldn’t have been more wrong really!
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Yes, the whole concept of money totally escaped me when I was imagining what life would be like as an adult. Funny how life corrects all of those misinterpretations. Nicely done, Judy! I look forward to reading the responses to your challenge.
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Oh, I love this. I had alot of thoughts about what life would be like when I was “old enough” sadly, eating raw cookie dough for dinner still has never happened…….
Great writing, Edwina!
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Thank you. Cookie dough is rather good isn’t it?! 🙂
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Indeed it is!
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This is wonderful. Little did we know. Kids have it made and they don’t know it.
Fantastic answer. ❤
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Thanks so much Tess. Yes, I thought life was going to be a breeze when I grew up. Oh, to be young and optimistic! 🙂
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😀 😀 On the other hand, I don’t want to start over…What about you?
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God no, as now doubt I would make a load of different mistakes that could be worse!
🙂
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Ha ha ha. What a thought. Hadn’t crossed my mind.
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And here’s me trying to stop being so pessimistic all the time! Obviously you are the glass half-full type of person 🙂
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Optimism doesn’t take as much energy. 😀 😀 😀 I guess.Don’t know for sure.
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Ha 🙂
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Fantastic post, Judy! I only wish that we’d known how fortunate we were when we were children. 🙂
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Indeed. I knew I couldn’t wait to grow up, silly me!
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Same here. At least it’s everyone who feels that way. 😉
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I love this idea, a great way to get the creative juices flowing : )
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Yes, it is a really great challenge 🙂
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Hello, and thanks for stopping by. I am Judy, in my (very) early fifties and decided that life definitely gets more interesting as it goes on! I am a wife and a mum and have just finished University as a Registered Nurse, after having worked as an Associate Practitioner in the NHS. I am also a poet and the author of my debut book, 'Rhymes of the Times.' I love to laugh, and I love rhyming words too, so I joined the two together, and my book was born. I am currently working on another book in the series also. I am a prolific blogger and enjoy writing funny stories, anecdotes, and anything really that takes my fancy.
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