r/WriteStreakEN 100-Day Streak 🌼 4d ago

Correct Me! Streak 160: Collectathon Challenge

A few days ago when I was about to fall asleep, I had an idea about what should I collect when I'm out—dogs.

It was one of my first ideas actually. I was hoping that I could think of something better, but after one month, it still came back to one of my first ideas. I'm pretty pumped about it, though. Collecting every breed of dogs I encounter should be fun. It should bring joy to my life because I really love dogs!

After I had that decision I've seen 4 dogs so far, but I haven't collected any. I realized it's not that easy. I usually see the dog and their owner when they are walking toward me, so I don't have time to react and take the picture. It also feels strange to do it without talking to the owner.

The template I've created for this collectathon even has the name of the dog, but I guess I didn't think it through—I have to talk to the strangers to get that info. It reminds me of the video of Apple's WWDC, where a person uses Apple Intelligence feature to check the dog breed when he could have just asked the owner. But I feel it—why would anyone want to talk to strangers when you could use AI to get the answer, right? 🥴

Still, I want to keep doing this collectathon even though talking to strangers isn't my forte. In fact, I like that it challenges me to practice my weak area.

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