Write about someone who has finally managed to succeed at a long-standing New Year’s resolution.

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“Finally” by Virginia Hair

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The long-awaited day had finally come. After 6 years of trying, Maya had finally managed to complete her long-standing New Years resolution, to have a best friend by the end of the year. She was 8 years old and did not have one friend, unless you count animals. If you could, she had dozens of lifelong companions, for she had such a kind, gentle ambience that every creature, friendly or unfriendly to most, would become inseparable from her. But real, human friends, Maya had none. It may have been because she was so shy and reserved and hardly...

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“What was lost” by Luke Aspeling

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A gust of wind blew the "sticky" notes all over Jacob's room. Jacob lay motionless on his bed, as usual, and the call of his mother from the kitchen jolts life into him. His bed is situated in the corner of his room furthest from the door and adjacent to the window left open, "It's safer that way," he tells himself. Standing up from his bed a few notes stick to his feet, the cedar wood floors creaked and were getting louder each day, Jacob didn't notice. Moving with his eyes half open Jacob clamored for the bathroom door, he sat on the l...

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“Loneliness” by Tejasvini Narayanan

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Airi and Seia were two Japanese girls who neither looked nor thought alike, but in fact were twins. They were rummaging through their brains for a good New Year’s Resolution. They were both 14 and lived with their mom. Despite living in the same house, being brought up in the same way, they had completely different understanding on life and ambitions. Airi was way more matured than an average 15 year old. In her family, she was always referred to as the older one. Seia was like a little bird in her mother’s wings. She was a decent 15 year...

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“Saint Bottle” by Philip Ebuluofor

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Mazi phenco okiro is my name, for those of you that don’t understand igbo language, Mazi means mister, so, I'm Mr phenco okiro alias saint bottle. Yes, that was the name given to me in 1994 when the demon that took me around 26years to exocise was first taking roots inside me. For clarity sake, I'm 48, Hair black with hand full of scattered whites here and thereReceding front eye black, nose a little flat, I weigh about 75 nowadays before it used to osciliates betwe...

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“Narcissistic Wound ” by Ainhoa Palacios

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A narcissistic wound, he called it. She felt those words like a sound block struck by a gavel, a sentence she wouldn’t be able to dodge. She felt that instead of sitting on a leather couch, a cup of mint tea in hand, she was propped on an exam table, wearing nothing but a white gown. Like instead of the concentrated stare of Dr. Eduardo, her latest though not her first therapist, it was a radiologist telling her they’d found a tumor. “Do you know what a narcissistic wound is?” Eduardo asked. They were on their fifth session and on ...

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“Write about someone who has finally managed to succeed at a long-standing New Year’s resolution. Holiday” by Manasa Suresh

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Hi, world! My name is Suresh and I’m from Visakhapatnam and I would like to take you through my new year resolutions which was fulfilled in the year 2019. I had a plan from my School days that I should visit the "Pink City of India" which is in Jaipur in the state of Rajasthan. The trip could not be materialized in the school days as my father had official commitments. I completed my schooling in 2007 and my father was transferred to Visakhapatnam on promotion from Hyderabad. Even during my college days, it could not materialize ...

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“The Soft Drink of 1886” by Rajesh Patel

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I had many new year’s resolution in the past. Most of them did not last too long. I was too scared, lacked motivation, was too lazy, procrastinated, wanted to stay in my comfort zone or simply, I did not care after some weeks into the new year. I just wanted to get back into my old habits. As a kid, almost all of us, we get acquainted to candies, snacks, pastries, cookies, gum, etc. All the sugary stuff. It starts young. Halloween and trick or treat do not help. Holidays likes Easter, Thanksgiving and Christmas does not help the cause eith...

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“Suddenly, It's Done I Succeed” by Vailor In Dark

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"5...,4...,3...,2...,1..." All cheered for the new year. Like they where expecting to have a new start regarding this coming year. The champagne glass clunk of the people who are toasting their champagne glasses with a smile on everyone's face. Everyone has a smile in their faces, some people here are hugging mostly couples what a public display of affection. Bitterness start to eat my system. Oh come on ! It's like you didn't do that! Well before. My mom blocked my view of the couple who's like making out because of their torrid...

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“Forty-Six Years” by Elle Weaver

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I looked down at my mother’s obituary in my hand. This will be my year, I told myself. It wasn’t like it was a surprise she had finally died. Months of her deteriorating, her grip loosening on my hand, her clarity waning. My visits turned from conversations about my childhood, spoken of like they were just yesterday, to sitting in a straight backed floral nursing home chair, watching her watch birds outside of her 2 foot by 2 foot portal into the world she had once inhabited. My mother couldn’t help the way she was, any mo...

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“Apartment 303” by George Ryan Holton

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William looked down at the woman’s olive skin. Even in the middle of winter it was perfect. Like she had just come out of the sun. His eyes moved down to her almond shaped eyes, high cheek bones, and small, straight nose, and was just as taken with her as he had been when he had first seen her four years ago. It had been summer then. William had lived in Apartment 301 for two years at that point, and since moving in had day dreamed of having a beautiful neighbor move in to fall in love with. Given his otherwise introverted nature, someone ...

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“In Which I Dig a Pond and Hope for Ducks” by Ari Fargo

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I was born competitive. When I came out screaming, the nurse said I was trying to outdo my mother, the sounds of her labor having reached me in the womb and inspired throaty cries that made visitors cringe. Nothing’s changed - well, okay. I’ve stopped screaming for the most part, but I’m as still competitive as hell. Need proof? I race strangers to the door of the grocery store and don’t even TELL them we’re racing. One time, I was having lunch with someone I enjoy about as much as I enjoy stepping in water with socks on. He said “There’s no...

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“A Promise in the Storm” by Brianna Smith

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New Year: the time for resolutions and all that "jazz." But New Years is only one day in which you look back on your past year and see through all of your lies, and vow to become a better person. Well, my New Year's wish this year, "Get through 2021 so you can start this process all over again." The feeling of desired freedom and wanted independence intertwined into my thoughts. The thoughts blaring throughout my head like a siren interjected over the self-determination. Space - always given. Independence - I’ve always wanted. Freedom - In...

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“BLU” by D. Son

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I woke up and there he was, wagging tail, smiling eyes.“All right…”I removed the blanket and sat up, my feet on the floor. The pup, I named him Blu, was an early bird. This was my second day with him. Maybe I was feeding him too much, he was too energetic. I looked over at the clock. Christ, 6:12 in the morning and it’s already this pumped up?“You know. My boss would really like you.”The dog said nothing.“You might even be paid more than I am.”Still nothing. Soft, dumb eyes.“Okay…but don’t tell me I didn’t offer you the job.”I got out of bed...

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“Sometimes, I Wish” by Vaishnavi Venu

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Babysitting Jacob is pretty exhausting, trust me. All he does is sit around in different places of the house, his fingers mindlessly double tapping away at random memes that don’t even make sense anymore. I had thought I deserved better than this. That I had left behind my old days and moved on, but still often find myself playing situations, enacting scenes in my head over and over again. I thought I was cut out to become a journalist, or better, an actual writer. I can’t believe I’m wasting away- The doorbell sounds, snapping me out of my...

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“To The Old and New” by Meher M

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Chapter 1: December 30. I read the date from my phone as I solemnly lie on my bed. Year-round, no matter how hard I tried, I never forgot this date. Instead of getting up and making myself breakfast as per usual, I curled back into my sheets, wet from tears shed not hours ago. I looked at my balcony window, blurred from the rain pouring down as if the world had been crying with me. I had a job to get to, people to meet, responsibilities to fulfill, but none of that mattered today. A tear rolled down my face, soon accompanied by m...

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Write about someone who has finally managed to succeed at a long-standing New Year’s resolution.

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✍️ 98 stories

“Finally” by Virginia Hair

“What was lost” by Luke Aspeling

“Loneliness” by Tejasvini Narayanan

“Saint Bottle” by Philip Ebuluofor

“Narcissistic Wound ” by Ainhoa Palacios

“Write about someone who has finally managed to succeed at a long-standing New Year’s resolution. Holiday” by Manasa Suresh

“The Soft Drink of 1886” by Rajesh Patel

“Suddenly, It's Done I Succeed” by Vailor In Dark

“Forty-Six Years” by Elle Weaver

“Apartment 303” by George Ryan Holton

“In Which I Dig a Pond and Hope for Ducks” by Ari Fargo

“A Promise in the Storm” by Brianna Smith

“BLU” by D. Son

“Sometimes, I Wish” by Vaishnavi Venu

“To The Old and New” by Meher M

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