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June 25 2025 - Perfect Day

Prompt: " Isn't it good to be alive on a day like this?" Describe a perfect day.

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It's hard to define a good day. It's much easier to define a bad one - the day dad died, or when my car got stolen, or when I split up with ex-boyfriends (though in hindsight these weren't bad days at all). Much like when we're dating it's easier to say what we don't want, over what we're looking for in the perfect partner. There are so many variables to consider - too many - and it's the combination that determines whether it's good or bad. Individually, on paper it looks great - altogether, not so much.

We strive for perfection far too much. It's pinnacle that cannot be reached easily and often leaves us feeling like failure or unhappy - perfect wedding, perfect days, perfect performance etc... Too much focus is given to Insta-lives instead of real life.

For me, perfect always seems to be quiet days. The ones that creep up on you, where you don't realise how perfect they are until you're lying in bed at night thinking back. Subtle and simple. No grand adventure, or declaration. Just contentment.

That being said - I would also find it pretty perfect if one day I woke to win the lottery (I don't play - so this may be an issue), be given a new car, get a promotion (because I am awesome and way overdue one), and discover how to slow down the aging process - or stumble into a fairy circle to be whisked away on the back of a dragon... both of which are highly unlikely to happen.