At some time last year, before Emi was born, likely in the summer, I acquired a beaded bracelet from one of Hannah’s sisters. I believe that the bracelet wasn’t meant for me but it was laying around so I put it on. I haven’t taken it off since. The beads are a marbled shade of pink and the charm is two little feet.
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Day 17 – Surrender
Today’s prompt: What would it mean to stop resisting something in your life right now?
I wish I had more time to think about this prompt. At first blush, it would seem that there’s a lot I resist – the piece about a tension between control and trust rings true.
Surrendering something, giving it up, letting go, all seem like helpful ways to approach life. Willfully relinquishing control and thereby worry would be unburdening. I’m not mindful enough to allow for that at this point in my life.
It does offer the promise of freedom.
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Day 16 – Rhythm
Today’s prompt: What rhythm are you moving with right now – and does it feel like your own?
I feel like Elaines Benes, from Seinfeld, dancing. There’s clearly movement, predictable motions even, but it’s so terse and disjointed that it’ll never match a steady beat. I don’t seem to be getting the same pleasure out of it as she did.
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Day 15 – Trust
Today’s prompt: Where is trust asking to be rebuilt, extended, or reclaimed in your life?
Every now and again, the idea of writing a book pops into my head. The impetus for these latest string of daily posts is that very prospect. Trouble is, I don’t know what I’d write about, despite having a few ideas, because I don’t know that what I want to tell warrants the effort.
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Day 12 – Courage
Today’s prompt: Where has courage shown up for you lately – in small or unseen ways?
I pushed back on a colleague who was doing something that I thought was wrong. Essentially, she wanted me to make up time she was “losing” because a planned activity was scheduled during our co-teaching period. I’m usually quite amicable and want to make things work – I could be described as a “people pleaser” – but I reached a level of annoyance that I couldn’t ignore.
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Day 3 – Stillness
Today’s prompt: What has been quiet lately — and what might that quiet be holding?
There are a couple of things that come to mind. First, I’m thinking about getting to the shop today, how that’s been a quiet part of my life lately. Second, there’s the search for quiet that I’ve been doing, hoping to find out what it may reveal.
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Day 1 – Showing Up
WordPress used to host Bloganuary, where they’d post writing prompts for the month of January. I participated in it for two or three years. It seems, however, that they’ve stopped doing that, leading me to my next idea: using Letters’ Lounge as a platform to find writing prompts and share their responses.
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December 31, 2025
It would be nice to have some grand project in mind for 2026, even just a 365 project. All that really comes to mind, what feels most reasonable, is working at reducing the amount I keep on my plate.
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December 30, 2025
Tomorrow is the last day of the year. Where has the time gone? I wish I knew. Hell, I wish I could remember what I did yesterday.
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December 29, 2025
Last night, I cancelled my Adobe Creative Cloud subscription. It took me a while to actually pull the trigger and do it. For months, I’ve been holding on to the hope that I’ll start using the suite again to edit pictures and videos. Then, I start convincing myself that I’d start using it in the near future. Finally, I admitted to myself that I’m no longer using it and likely won’t be for a while.
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December 28, 2025
I want to start reading more, I do, but it’s just so much easier to watch TV. There are so many books out there. I even enjoy reading when I do it. Still, when I sit down to relax, my first thought is never to pick up a book. How do I go about changing this?
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December 20, 2025
I recently applied to Google AdSense for this website. I had it running on Bernard Walter, making maybe a total of three dollars over the course of half-a-dozen years. It was something, I suppose. My application was rejected due to “low quality content.”
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