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“🄊 Did You Really Try?Ā “

Daily writing prompt
Who is the fictional character you relate to the most?

July 22, 2026 – 9:19 a.m.

Sitting in the Kindle gray…

under an umbrella’s shade…

a light breeze drifting by.

I am consistently trying…

even when something I write isn’t good enough.

Last night…

around midnight…

I wrote something and published it.

Wow…

it wasn’t that great.

Half asleep…

I wrote it anyway.

I almost deleted it.

ā€œEhhā€¦ā€

That was the feeling.

But I left it.

It’s not about writing something great every single time.

It’s about showing up.

Rocky…

my boy…

is probably the fictional character I relate to the most.

I’ve been told I was a bum.

I’ve felt like a bum.

And I’ve had to learn…

it’s okay to feel bad.

It’s just not okay to accept it.

Why not fight back?

Losing happens.

But I’d like to believe that if you fight long enough…

hard enough…

and refuse to give yourself an excuse…

maybe…

you’ll earn an opportunity.

An opportunity to make a dream real.

Or maybe not.

But did you try?

Did you really try?

This cup of coffee…

I raise for those who keep trying.

Good morning…

to anyone who has read me…

will read me…

or simply says,

ā€œEhhā€¦ā€

after reading me.


Question for the Reader

What’s one thing you keep doing, even on the days you don’t think you’re very good at it?


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