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What gives you direction in life?

Regular 9-5 Person: I need direction. Maybe this mediation thing will help. Let’s see.

Universe: titili titili dadadidum di dadadaboopdibopdi dada tumdi bopdiboopdi tsss tsss tsss tsss dadada dadada mm mm jigitty jig diboom da tshikidi tshikidi tum di tum da dadada dadada boomdibop di ooooh ooooh lalala bam dibidibibop diboom da tsoom tsoom

Regular 9-5 Person: ARE YOU SERIOUS RIGHT NOW

Meanwhile

Thelonius Monk: Tell me more.

Kay who ate mushrooms: Wow. I can hear God.

Cats: Meow.

© 2025 threegoodwords

Engine engine number 9

What’s the most fun way to exercise?

*bass drum*

*put your hands up*

I never knew there was a love like this before

If you sang that line, you better hop over to your playlist, hit play, and start dancing.

Big noise!

#humpday

unbound

How have you adapted to the changes brought on by the Covid-19 pandemic?

Slow down. Breathe. Enjoy the sunshine. Go swim. See the sights. Connect with that person.

Do that thing you always wanted to do.

If you can’t, what’s holding you back? Figure that out.

Then go and find out which underpaid single mother already did what you always wanted to do, and follow her lead.

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Daily Affirmations, if wanted:

• Your life is a garden: Water what nourishes, remove what poisons, and be mindful of the weeds, they pop up regularly.

• Grow at your own pace. There’s only one you.

• Rest well: It takes time to recuperate, and you need it, body and soul. 

• Take that time off you’ve been meaning to take, and do something positive you genuinely enjoy.

• Give people their flowers when they’re around to receive them.

• Be a good friend. That sometimes means saying, “Thus far and no further,” and meaning it.

• Boundaries: Yours and others. Respect them.

• Read at least one book of fiction every year. You don’t have to tell anybody about it. Just enjoy the experience.

• Find that music album Younger You loved and listen to it all the way through.

© 2025 threegoodwords

#humpday

video killed the radio star

How has technology changed your job?

If you ever yelled at a radio dj because they started talking exactly when they shouldn’t, and so ruined a perfect recording of your favourite new song, then this question is probably a bit tricky because where to even begin…

#oldschool

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