Randomly Things

My birthday cake I made myself in 2018. Today it’s my birthday 🥳 49 of them. Next year it’s going to be 50. Yikes. So from now on, I’m 38 years old until I die, OK? It’s not that I’m afraid that I’m getting older. It’s what others see when you’re 50. You’re too old for a lot of things. Some see you as a failure because you don’t have a life they have. You know a job, a family, and those…

Made in Canva. Photos: Mia (me) Daily writing promptWhat is the best concert you have been to? I never went to concerts when I was a teenager in the 1990s, but I’ve been to some as an adult. I don’t have a favorite concert because they’re so different from each other. Different music genres. The concerts have been in Finland. I can’t afford to go abroad. The first concert I was ever in was in…

My Instagram feed in Finnish I love using AI. It helps me a lot. But sometimes it “mocks” me, but in a good way. It gives me honest feedback and gives me suggestions on how to improve. It’s not always correct, but nothing is ever perfect anyway. I use AI in both personal and professional settings. I’ve recently used it in fan fiction. It gives me feedback when no one else does. It teaches me…

Happy Grammarversary! I don’t belong to a book club. Never have. But I have been using Grammarly for 9 years. There’s a voyage of learning English. In Finland, we start to learn English in the 3rd or 4th grade. It depends on which school you go to or which year. It was in 1987 or 1988 when I learned English for the first time. I was at least 10 years old, so it’s a long time. I even got a…

Photo by Renee B on Pexels.com You probably heard the expression, ‘kids say the darnest things.’ But the reason they say laughable things is that they haven’t lived long enough to know things. They don’t see life as adults. You don’t get defended, you just think, well, they’re just kids, and you let it go. But when adults say or do laughable things behind your back or to your face, it’s not as…

Photo by Kevin Malik on Pexels.com With money, you have problems, but you also have trouble when you don’t have much. It’s crazy how much things cost, and when you don’t have any income, it’s even worse. You have to save money for important things like rent and bills. I’m going crazy with these problems. Soon the savings are gone, and what to do then? It shouldn’t be like this for anyone. Some…

Photo: Mia 2026 My dad bought me the Finnish version of the book, The Lord of the Rings, for Christmas. I don’t remember what year it was, but it was years ago. It was probably the time they did a movie version of the trilogy. He read the book in one night. Me? I still haven’t finished reading it. I tried, but then I found it long-winded, and I stopped. I tried again once, but I still didn’t…

Photo by Tiger Lily on Pexels.com Something is going on in this blog’s stats. I have only posted 2 posts this year, and the stats are going wild. I have no idea where they come from. I have blogged for 13 years (14 this year), and I have never had so many views in a month. It’s so splendiferous. Whatever the reason, it’s a record. 2026, monthly stats. 2026, average daily views Most views are…

Photo: Generated with AI Daily writing promptWhat is your mission? Everything I do, or try to do, feels like Mission: Impossible. My goals for the year are already slipping away. One of them is keeping up a social media posting schedule; I should have posts lined up in my calendar, but I haven’t gotten anything done (only one). This month is going by so fast. It’s almost the middle of the…

Photo by Brett Jordan on Pexels.com Daily writing promptWhat could you do differently? My late father used to say, “No can do.” Of course, he said it in Finnish, but it was something like that. The past is the past, and you can’t go back and do things differently. You should look forward and learn from your failures. Some things aren’t meant to be, and that’s just life. I could have done many…

Photo: Mia, 2025 Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year 2026! My Christmas present is to be present. I have only 24 posts on this blog in 2025 (this is number 25). I won’t make any promises, but hopefully there will be more than that in 2026. It depends on how next year goes. I don’t make New Year’s resolutions because most of them never happen. E.g., if I say I would eat less candy/sweets. Will…

Made with ChatGPT What was the last thing you did for play or fun?Daily Writing Prompt The last time I did something fun was playing with AI. ChatGPT has a new tool that lets you create different kinds of images. You can download your photo, and that’s all you need. It writes the prompt for you. I took a selfie, and the result is shown in the image. I think it’s so cute and cuddly. I wish it…

Photo: Mia Daily writing promptWhat skills or lessons have you learned recently? Recently, I haven’t learned new things. Only repeat old skills and lessons. So not much new on the horizon. Oh, except that there is no Pullquote block on WordPress anymore, so the quote gives me nightmares. The font is too big, and you can’t change the size. It just looks terrible on the post. Now, when I think…

Photo: Me (Mia) Today it’s been 12 years since my mother passed away. Below is a post about it from last year. Advent Calendar 2024 – Day 15 Time does fly, and it’s like a light bulb. Life can end any day, and that’s why you should spend it the way you want to. As long as it’s legal and doesn’t affect your health. Not wasting time on something you can’t control. Too many worry about what…

Photo by Ibolya Toldi on Pexels.com “Have you ever performed on stage or given a speech?” – Daily Writing Prompt I performed on stage when I was a kid. In school plays. I would never give a speech, no way. I hate public speaking. When I was on stage, I preferred to have no speaking parts. I don’t like people looking at me, waiting for me to make a mistake. I don’t want that much attention. I…

Photo by Frank Cone on Pexels.com If you don’t know it, but I love 1980s music. When I saw the word “Illusion,” I thought of this 80s song. It’s ‘Just an Illusion’ by Imagination. There is no music like this today. Songs that are as good in 30 years or more after their release. I think music has gone down in the 2020s. I can’t imagine those songs still sounding good decades later. At least not…