Prompt: Write about an afternoon.
The prompt for today, May 21st, 2026, is write about an afternoon.
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May 20, 2026: Returning
Prompt: Write about returning.
The prompt for today, May 20th, 2026, is write about returning.
I think the one place I keep coming back to — and I guess, in some ways, I always have — is my office in the house. Well, it’s one room of the house, and I call it my office, but… well, I use it mostly.
Any time I feel like I need a reset, I come there. Or I come here. I’m in here right now.
I think even growing up, one of the things I’ve learned about myself is that I need a desk. There was one year of my life where I didn’t have a desk in the house, and that was difficult — using the kitchen table and not having a central space that was mine to go to, to sort of sit down at and, you know, just let my mind run free. That was very difficult.
Yeah, so I think the one place I always come back to is my office, where there’s the desk and my things. And, you know, even with my workshop, I feel like that’s an extension of this office.
Yeah. It’s a good place for me.
I guess that’s it, really.
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May 19, 2026: Silence
Prompt: Write about silence.
The prompt for today, May 19th, 2026, is: write about silence.
That was a long pause.
I think silence is difficult for me because I get very uncomfortable with it. I think that I want things to be quiet and calm and peaceful and silent in a restful sort of way, but when things actually become silent, I immediately look for something to do.
Part of this whole transition into what I’m calling “slow living” — this idea, this notion of developing some kind of slow living methodology, I don’t know what it would be exactly — would probably involve getting comfortable with silence.
I guess the clearest example for me is that I can’t sleep unless I have a TV show playing in my ear. It’s kind of awkward, honestly. I’ll have my iPad beside me with one earphone in because I can’t wake up Hannah, and there’ll be some movie or TV show I’ve watched a hundred times just playing in the background. I’m not even really paying attention to it, but I can’t fall asleep unless it’s there.
In fact, when it turns off, I wake up and put it back on. So even in an unconscious state, I seem uncomfortable with silence.
And I think that’s an issue.
Trying meditation would probably be interesting. I have tried it before, but I guess that’s the whole point of meditation — practice. You have to keep working at it.
So I don’t know. I don’t know if this reveals that I’m uncomfortable with myself, or with being alone with my thoughts, or if it’s simply silence itself.
What is that?
I’m curious now. I think I’m going to keep pondering this because I genuinely want to understand it better. Is discomfort with silence actually discomfort with myself? Or is it that silence removes the things I normally reflect against? Almost like losing a mirror.
Huh.
Interesting.
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May 18, 2026: Slowing Down
Prompt: Write about a time life made you slow down.
The prompt for today, May 18th, 2026, is: write about a time life made you slow down.
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May 17, 2026: Small Joy
Prompt: Write about a small joy.
The writing prompt for today, May 17th, 2026, is: write about a small joy.
I have to say—my life is full of small joys right now.
With Emi growing and changing every day, there’s always something new—something that is huge for her but seemingly small for us, and something we often take for granted.
Today, her just getting up on all fours—on her knees and her hands—it was mind-blowing that she could do that. It was fantastic.
Before, I remember when she was first able to put her fingers in her mouth. Then she brought objects to her mouth, and now she does that all the time. She’s brought her toes to her mouth—things like that.
Even her recognizing us.
I can’t explain the joy that I feel when I see the joy on her face when she sees me for the first time every morning after she wakes up. It’s just a beaming smile that goes across her face, and I can’t help but feel overjoyed—overwhelmed with joy—and, well, true love and happiness, I guess.
It’s incredible.
The other day we took her outside on the lawn, and seeing her toes and her hands in the grass was incredible.
Going out for a walk with her—there’s almost nothing, except for the late-night wake-ups and the scream crying, that is not full of joy with her.
And I cannot be more thankful.
I’m so lucky to have that.
My life is full of small joys right now.
And it’s incredible.
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