Daily writing prompt

What could you do differently?

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The question is perfectly timed for the new year. I started the year 2026 with a few resolutions and most of them are about doing things differently.

The main resolution I want to approach differently this year is how I plan my meals and what I eat. I want to eat less overall and be more intentional about every meal. As a vegetarian, I’m focusing on choosing fresh, whole foods over processed options. I also want to pay attention to portion sizes so I don’t overeat. Overall, I hope these changes will help me feel healthier and more energized.

I didn’t like today’s prompt, so I went ahead and dug into the archive and selected this one:

As long as I remember or cared about, my political views haven’t really changed a lot. From being left-centric to becoming more and more leftist over the years. My main focus point meanwhile shifted to social justice and fairness.

As my kiddo grew up, video games turned into a regular thing for him. He keeps asking for games like Fortnite, Roblox, and GTA V, but we’re trying to keep those in check for now. Nowadays, every game seems to have online multiplayer! To help him ease into it, my wife and I jumped into Minecraft with him. Luckily, Microsoft has this cool Realm feature, so we can all play together and still have our own fun in the same world.
My go-to gaming gear is all over the place—I’ve got handhelds, consoles, VR headsets, and a gaming PC in the mix.

This is a new series I wanted to try based on the daily suggestions given in the Jetpack App in my phone. My goal is to get better in blogging and keeping it recurring!

While answering this with “my parents,” “my wife,” or “my first boss” might sound easy, I wanted to use this prompt to think deeply about a specific kind of person who really influenced my life.

My teachers

Last week I attended a “pre-Christmas” party in my hometown and met two of my former teachers there. While reflecting on them, I admitted to myself that they are two of the very few teachers who had an everlasting impression on me. They not only did their job 9-5, but they really cared about the things they aimed to teach.

Both of them offered after-school activities centered around the outdoors, nature, and bees. What I learned there was super impactful to me and was way more than you usually learn.