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Mind Set

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Don’t think, what can go wrong. Instead think, what can go right.

If there is something you want to accomplish, know with all your heart that you can see it through to the end. Yes, there will be hardships and road blocks along the way. But keeping a positive mind set/outlook will get you moving in the right direction and reaching your goals.

I won’t beat around the bush here. It took me 20 years to finish my first book (It doesn’t need to take you that long). I had a lot going on over those 20 years: family, military, career, writing. I lost part of what I had written due to a computer malfunction, and vowed I’d never pick my manuscript back up. Others encouraged me to continue writing. Eventually, I did continue. The point is I did finish. So can you with whatever you set out to do.

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Attraction

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What attracts you? There is something that pulls all of us. It can be anything. Color attracts me. More precisely, how color is used attracts me even more, so I like hot air balloons. When you have different colored ones all in one place, it pulls me. I’ve never been up in one but would love to be. Maybe one day. I also like beads, so I collect them and make jewelry out of them. Writing also pulls at me. That’s rather obvious, LOL. When I was a kid, my grandmother always bought my sisters and I a record album with a fairy tale on it. I would listen to them all the time. Because they were audio, I learned to use my imagination when I listened to them. So, stories attract me.

Now, what attracts you? Is there something you collect?

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Traditions

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What traditions have you not kept that your parents had?

I don’t haven’t continued many of the traditions my parents had. Not that I don’t/didn’t agree with their traditions, but it’s been fun creating new ones. I didn’t purposely set out to create new ones. It just happened.

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Typical Day

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Daily writing prompt
Was today typical?
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This is a silly question since the day just started. So, how would I know? However, yesterday was not a typical day. Therefore, the prompt question should have been, was yesterday a typical day?

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Describe Oneself

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How would you describe yourself to someone?

Highly analytical, detailed, and complicated.

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Dinosaurs

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If you could bring back one dinosaur, which one would it be?

The Donotbringanysaurus Rex. Lolol 🤣😁.

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If You Won…

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If you won two free plane tickets, where would you go?

I would go three places: to Hawaii, to visit my dad, or to visit my sisters.

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Nickname

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What’s the story behind your nickname?

Uhhh, I don’t have a nickname. But, my dad used to call me Lischen (pronounced Leesyen). It’s German for Little Lisa. Lisa is what the L stands for in L. M. Montes. My dad is from Germany 🇩🇪 and immigrated here to the USA in the late 50’s.

My husband calls me babe. There really isn’t a story with that one. It’s just what he’s always called me.

When I was a kid, my male cousin of the same age called me Pizza because my name rhymes with it, and we both liked pizza 🍕.

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Past and Present

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The past will stand its ground, but the present will move out of the way, propelling you forward. Learn from what was, and mold it into something better.

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Health Strategies

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What strategies do you use to maintain your health and well-being?

I eat right, exercise, and maintain yearly exams and doctor visits.