I would like to present a word challenge. Thanks to Elusive Trope for encouraging me to get off my lazy ass and actually try to get more readers involved in this weekly game.
The premise is simple. I provide one phrase every Thursday, an incomplete string of words, and it is up to you to complete it in your own, inimitable way. However you like, taking it in any direction you want.
If you like the concept and think other people might be interested in participating, please play along and post the complete challenge on your blog and leave a link in the comments section below. If you’d just like to take part yourself, please post the reply directly in the comments section. I will be posting all the replies together with links to the contributors in 10 days, i.e. the Saturday after next.
I love the mental exercise, I hope you do too!
This week’s phrase –
“I had so many plans for my life……”
My attempt
“……But fate had its own for me.”
Your turn!
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About hbhatnagar
I need to fill this up with much better content than I had populated it with earlier. Why I write a blog maybe? I started blogging in 2009 or thereabouts. I was a newly turned atheist and wanted to converse with others of the same persuasion. We're not exactly a big population group in India! It didn't go very well and I sort of lost interest, posting a few things now and then.
I got a lot more regular over the last few months and have been posting almost daily since February '15. There were many reasons why I gradually became more regular in posting, but one way or the other, here I am! So this blog has taken shape, being at different points in time my showcase, my comedy club, my art gallery, my book club, my therapist, my close friend, my innermost self....but always my little corner of the world. You are all welcome to visit and I hope you stay awhile!
A few points about me because I don't want to lead anyone on(and trust me this does become an issue more often than I'd care to admit).
I'm Indian, the brown-skinned variety; if race, ethnicity or skin colour is an issue, you don't have to get to know me any more than what you see on my blog.
I'm 40, so if age is an issue, please be informed accordingly.
I was a doctor, an ophthalmic surgeon for 10 years before I quit practice.
hbhatnagar 
I had so many plans for my life, but my mental health took a nose dive! And that was that!
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Posted by Carol anne | 21/12/2021, 9:42 PMbut as they say ” when you make your plans… God makes his own”
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Posted by looneybitch | 12/05/2016, 12:37 AM🙂
Thanks for joining in Jackie! 🙂
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Posted by hbhatnagar | 12/05/2016, 6:32 AMI had so many plans for life…but none makes sense in these sunset years.
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Posted by Sindhu S. | 11/05/2016, 11:28 AMBeautifully put. Thanks for joining in Sindhu S. 🙂
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Posted by hbhatnagar | 11/05/2016, 11:36 AM..before the accident.
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Posted by tedgiffin | 09/05/2016, 10:38 AMAh..
Thanks for joining in Ted! 🙂
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Posted by hbhatnagar | 09/05/2016, 10:50 AMHere’s mine!
https://wordsandfeathers.com/2016/05/07/too-much-to-do-stories-20160507/
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Posted by Crow | 08/05/2016, 5:27 AMI wouldn’t mind the schematics to the time machine, thank you. 😀
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Posted by hbhatnagar | 08/05/2016, 6:10 AMI had so many plans for my life, but other’s plans intervened. 😇
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Posted by ellenbest24 | 07/05/2016, 1:29 PMWhy couldn’t my plans interfere with theirs? 😀
Thanks for joining in Ellen!
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Posted by hbhatnagar | 07/05/2016, 1:40 PMIt is my pleasure!
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Posted by ellenbest24 | 07/05/2016, 8:45 PMI just happened to come across this… A beautiful concept! Here is my feeble attempt-
“I had so many plans for my life, but never stopped planning to execute them”
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Posted by Pallavi D | 07/05/2016, 1:12 AMI just happened to come across this… A beautiful concept! Here is my feeble attempt
“I had so many plans for my life, and never stopped planning to execute them”
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Posted by Pallavi D | 07/05/2016, 1:10 AMThank you Pallavi, for joining in! 🙂
All planning and no execution…:D
I’m glad you liked this challenge!
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Posted by hbhatnagar | 07/05/2016, 10:03 AMI had so many plans for my life, but life itself intervened and carved out a way I never saw coming.
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Posted by AmyRose🌹 | 06/05/2016, 6:59 AMLife does tend to do that….. Thanks for participating Amy Rose!
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Posted by hbhatnagar | 06/05/2016, 8:55 AMI liked your very much.
“I had so many plans for my life but the hurdles were just too many.”
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Posted by Indira | 06/05/2016, 12:38 AM🙂
Thank you Indira, for the compliment and for joining in!
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Posted by hbhatnagar | 06/05/2016, 6:16 AMI really like yours, Dr. Hb! 🙂
I had so many plans for life. In hindsight, why should I bother to.
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Posted by Amy | 05/05/2016, 6:53 PMThanks Amy! And I like the shrug of the shoulders yours would accompany! 🙂
Thanks for participating!
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Posted by hbhatnagar | 06/05/2016, 6:15 AMYour two phrase story really get us to think a little deeper. So brilliant. 🙂
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Posted by Amy | 06/05/2016, 6:47 AMThank you Amy! I’m glad you like it, and I love posting it. 🙂
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Posted by hbhatnagar | 06/05/2016, 8:51 AMI had so many plans for life…but everything went still while I was still within.
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Posted by LionAroundWriting | 05/05/2016, 5:49 PMThat would make a great voiceover to the start of a film, don’t you think so? 🙂
And thanks for participating! 🙂
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Posted by hbhatnagar | 05/05/2016, 6:32 PMAgreed 🙂
Loving these challenges.
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Posted by LionAroundWriting | 05/05/2016, 6:38 PMThanks! 🙂
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Posted by hbhatnagar | 05/05/2016, 6:46 PMLet me try this again, — then the balloon bust and it all went down the crapper!
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Posted by Kathy Miller | 05/05/2016, 5:11 PMThink mylar…. 😀
Thanks for joining in Kathryne!
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Posted by hbhatnagar | 05/05/2016, 5:20 PMThen the balloon burst and it all went down the scrapper!
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Posted by Kathy Miller | 05/05/2016, 5:10 PMAnother inspiring one, and I like your response! 🙂
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Posted by 10000hoursleft | 05/05/2016, 10:06 AM🙂
Thanks 1!
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Posted by hbhatnagar | 05/05/2016, 11:16 AM😊
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Posted by 10000hoursleft | 05/05/2016, 11:28 AMI had so many plans for my life,
But some of them were ruined by my craziness, and rest of them by my laziness 😝.. Now waiting for life to execute any plan for me .. 😒
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Posted by JokerShayar | 05/05/2016, 9:50 AM🙂
What is life is as lazy too?
Thanks for joining in JS!
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Posted by hbhatnagar | 05/05/2016, 10:23 AMnot sure about lazy, but life is crazy like hell for sure . and ppl call this JS as Bunny 🙂
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Posted by JokerShayar | 05/05/2016, 2:21 PMNoted, Bunny. They call me Himanshu or Dr H or HB… Or any other similar combination that you might come up with. 🙂
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Posted by hbhatnagar | 05/05/2016, 2:54 PMnice to know that Dr H :),, and glad to share with you here .. !!
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Posted by JokerShayar | 05/05/2016, 2:58 PMI had so many plans for my Life…but God just laughed at them! 😉
Ohkay so I tried something like this for the first time.. hope you’re doing well! 🙂
Good Day! 😀
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Posted by AKIRAA | 05/05/2016, 9:10 AMGods can be mean that way …. 🙂
Thanks for joining in Akiraa, and I hope you play the game again!
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Posted by hbhatnagar | 05/05/2016, 9:29 AMI’ll be looking forward to play again! 😀
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Posted by AKIRAA | 05/05/2016, 9:37 AM“… but my parents did not agree with them.
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Posted by Victo Dolore | 05/05/2016, 9:05 AM“… And my parents agreed with them” would be the shortest short story ever… 🙂
Thanks for joining in Victo!
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Posted by hbhatnagar | 05/05/2016, 9:27 AMThank you for the link up!
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Posted by hbhatnagar | 05/05/2016, 11:16 AM