What do you miss from your youth that you think still has value?
Write about the different ways in which something becomes obsolete?
Make a case for something that the smartphone has replaced.
Do you still retain and use a skill that others have moved on from?
What are you thankful for that's now obsolete?
Reflect on something you have done for the last time — did you know, in that moment, that it would be the last?
Has GPS made you a passive passenger in your own city? Reflect on your relationship with navigation and whether you could find your way without technology.
Every region has words and phrases that don't translate elsewhere. What expressions from your background would need explaining to an outsider?
What makes something worth what we pay for it? Think about a purchase — cheap or expensive — where the price felt exactly right, and one where it didn't.
Write about an urban rewilding project in your town or city, or one you have read about or experienced.
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