Daily Prompt – April 23, 2026

When I struggle with what to write about on these prompts, which does sometimes happen, I discuss them with my partner. It helps because they see things from a different perspective usually. That was the case today.

When I read a prompt like this, my brain immediately goes to serious things like taking action to stop abuse, assault, or harassment. I don’t have any times like that. I am a very outspoken individual when it comes to things that are wrong. Some might say too outspoken. So I talked to my partner about it. They reminded me of a much less serious thing but it still fits the prompt and it was pretty impactful to me.

My partner and I have a trip coming up at the end of May. We are going to visit a friend and meet their son for the first time. Buying plane tickets used to be easy but lately its felt like a chore and a half. So we’ve been putting it off. I finally sat down to look at them and found a schedule and prices that I was good with. I mentioned it to them because they were going to take the lead on actually buying the tickets and all of that. Unfortunately, I didn’t just buy the tickets or push them to act on it immediately. So by the time they looked the same tickets had more than doubled in price. I felt horrible. It’s not a long trip, a couple hours. I used to fly it all the time. It shouldn’t be that expensive but the economy right now…

We eventually found a different set of flights, not for as good a price and slightly less convenient but manageable more so than what the original tickets were gonna cost us. I still felt bad about not just acting on that and costing us more money. I know it seems like a small thing but sometimes those moments are the ones that weigh most heavily.