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Second thoughts

August 9, 2021 By Nancy Casey

Divide the page into 5 areas of equal size. Write the word fun in tiny letters in one of the areas. Write clothes, travel and tired in 3 of the other areas. The fifth area stays blank.

In each of the areas, write the second thought that comes to mind when you say that word to yourself.

You do this by saying the first thought out loud. Yes, out loud, with your voice and lips. Then write what comes to mind next. Write something other than what you just said aloud.

Do that for each of the four words. First thought out loud, second thought on paper.

In the fifth area write some notes on what doing this exercise was like.

If you do the exercise several times, you might notice different things.

Give your work a title. Put a signature and the date on it, too.

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