We all remember the activities we loved in summer. What were yours? Write them out in all detail. Who did you do them with? Where did the activity take place. Remember to put in the five senses.
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Jan
May 26, 2018
Summer Fun
May 25, 2018
The First Time
Write about the first time you remember doing something with your mother. Perhaps she showed you how to grow lettuce, or bake a cake, or shop for sales. Write it all, what you liked, didn’t like, wanted more of, had enough of.
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Jan
May 24, 2018
Embarrassing Moment
Write about your most embarrassing moment. Who was involved, why was it embarrassing, what happened?
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Jan
May 23, 2018
Journal Writing
Journal writing is a form of healing. Try this: write out a time in which you were confused, unsure of where to go in your life, or a time when you were terribly hurt by someone. After you finish the piece, reread it and circle all the places that still bring physical feelings such as anger, a pang in your stomach, a bit of anxiety or some such emotional reaction.
Take all the places you have circled and write a piece on each item circled. You will find that by doing this, you will go another step deeper into the heart of the matter. Keep doing this process until you feel you have found a place of relief, healing, peace.
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Jan
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May 22, 2018
Buttons
This is my nana. She was passionate, funny, a relentless teaser, not to mention a great cook. She had a large tin of buttons that she kept near her peddle sewing machine that I loved to play with. When my father and uncle cleaned out her apartment, they got rid of all her belongings, sadly to say, except for the tin of buttons that I found after my father died. He had stashed it in his workroom. Even he loved those bottons. There were small buttons, large buttons, stone filled buttons, purple, red, blue, green, black buttons.
What memories get stirred for you about buttons.
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Jan
May 21, 2018
Be Creative
There is no such thing as writers block. If you find yourself staring at the blank page, check your body. Maybe it is hungry or needs to stretch. Maybe you need to write in order to warm up. Okay, you can start with any idea. Then you can lead into your writing project. So here is a warm-up idea. Take the words coffee, high heels, tight skirt, and skinny jeans and put them all in a short piece of flash fiction, 250 – 750 words.
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Jan
May 20, 2018
Bowl
Write a story or non-fiction piece about what you would place in this bowl and why. Perhaps you bought this at a yard sale or inherited it from your grandmother. Be creative and let your mind wander.
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Jan
May 18, 2018
Birthday
At what birthday do you see yourself saying this? And what do you hope you will be up to on that day?
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Jan
May 17, 2018
Friends
Continuing a theme I put on my other blog, ww.awarelivingnow.blogspot.com yesterday, write out a list of activities you would love to do with your friends. Maybe Friday night you can have friends over to join together to make pasta, or perhaps everyone can bring a CD of their favorite music to listen to or some such activity that involves sharing and getting to know each other better.
Look at the month of June and designate a few times to bring people together. Write out your plan for what you would like to do and who you would like to invite. Writing out plans make them manifest. Just thinking about them is not enough.
The power of writing can be used in all situations.
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Jan
May 16, 2018
Dreams
Sleep can be sweet, especially when we are able to sleep deeply enough to dream. Write about a dream you had last night. What out the details you remember then focus on the feeling of the dream. In analysis, it is the emotion of the dream that counts. Dream details are simply symbols. If you didn’t dream, or you didn’t get enough sleep, why not?
Studies show that when you write before bedtime, for 20 minutes, for just 3-4 nights, you are more likely to have at least an hour more of good sleep a night.
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Jan
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