Elbows. Now there's something most people take for granted. Fill a page with thoughts about elbows -- yours or someone else's. What daily tasks become difficult without functioning elbows? If your elbows don't function properly, what people, tricks, and devices help you get the job done anyway? What does it mean to get yourself a little elbow room? What is someone … [Read more...] about Elbow Room
Decisions, Decisions
How many decisions have you made since you got up this morning? We make more decisions than we think. They might be big, small, disastrous, rewarding, or forgettable, but they are decisions nonetheless. Write about decisions you have made. You can describe the actual decision. You could also skip the decision and describe the problem it addressed or the consequences … [Read more...] about Decisions, Decisions
Not Happening
How big is the universe of everything that has not happened? How small, in comparison, is the map of everything that has occurred? Today, immerse yourself in the un-happened universe and write a page about things that have not happened. Perhaps they'll happen later--or never. Perhaps you long for them, or dread them. Perhaps you will write about events that violate … [Read more...] about Not Happening
What’s New
Even if you don't engage in the tradition of making (and breaking?) New Year's resolutions, new things will come into your life whether you want them or not. Write a page today about what is new in your life. Consider possessions, the ones that have come to from scavenging or shopping. Is anything about your attitude new since the last time you checked? Have you … [Read more...] about What’s New
Forgotten Footwear
Consider all of the footwear that has graced your feet during your lifetime. Shoes, boots, slippers, flip-flops... So many different kinds that you have likely forgotten many of them. Try to remember a footwear item or two that you had forgotten up until the moment it pops into your memory today and you begin writing about it. Can you remember shoes that you lost? … [Read more...] about Forgotten Footwear