Write about some of your habits today. The ones you are glad that you have. What is a habit, anyway? What do you do automatically and pretty regularly that makes you happy, or healthy, or more at peace with yourself? Do you have a favorite habit or two? Are some habits better than others? Pick one of your good habits and tell about it: what it is, where it came … [Read more...] about Best and Favorite Habits
Observation
Don’t Want To!
Write about one or more times when you did it, even though you didn't want to. Whatever it was. Obligations. Responsibilities. Commitments. "The right thing." Tasks that get done with much procrastination. Tasks nobody else is going to do for you. Tasks that others ask for help with. Acts of resistance, like holding your tongue or eschewing a habit. Write about … [Read more...] about Don’t Want To!
Warm, Warmer, Hot
How do you keep warm? (Where do you keep it?) Where is the line between warm and too warm? Is it good to get hot? Write a page that plays with ideas about heat, warmth and warming. Cars warm up. Certain plants need to stay warm enough in winter. So do pets and other animals. Consider ideas of warmth that are not exactly physical: warm people, warm fuzzies, the … [Read more...] about Warm, Warmer, Hot
Sparkles
Sudden little pinpricks of light. The world is full of them. Write about things that glint and shimmer. Twinkles from the night sky. Diamonds in the snow. Static electricity. Sometimes they quickly fade. Other times they start uncontrollable chain reactions. Sometimes they aren't even things: sparks of insight, glimmers of recognition, flashes of rage... Fill a page … [Read more...] about Sparkles
Straight
You can get straight, get it straight or get straight to the point. You can serve a drink straight up, or walk straight up the stairs. You can go straight through a stop sign or straight through an inheritance. Straight lines might connect two points or they might set up a joke. Maybe you're straight-forward. Perhaps you're straight-laced. Write a page that plays with … [Read more...] about Straight