New Year …
I am so happy we are making our way into a new year. I’m ready to put 2020 to bed. All this time away from family and friends has been so frustrating, interminable, and sometimes frightening. Our stories have changed as our everyday lives have been transformed. In some ways, they’ve become smaller and confined, but also more focused. We are paring down to the things that matter.
I see that in my everyday life. All those things that used to eat away at my time have disappeared. I’ve had to remind myself to turn on my car and check the battery — that there is a world outside that I have not visited.
We’ve been home. Home, home, home. And home has come to mean so much more. It is our place of safety, our place of rest, and our place of belonging.
Honestly, for many of us, when it isn’t those things — because of people or circumstance or pain — those are the stories that eat away at us.
In this new year, I’m sending you wishes of home, wherever yours may be. I’m hoping the feeling of home fills you up and if you can’t find it when you need it, you can create it for yourself.
Here’s to a 2021 that starts at home and then moves back out into the word with hope and understanding — with a prick in the arm and a shimmer of light.
Writing Prompts
- 2020
2020 was a year full of extremes — fire and virus and death and everything else. It’s yours now to remember however you wish. How will you describe 2020? What adjectives will you use? What verbs? What nouns? Don’t try and write a story or a poem, just make a list. Or don’t! Put it right into the garbage.
… - The insatiability of me
If you haven’t noticed, I’m hungry. It comes out in my writing — all that thirst and desire. I hope you have something you want, too. What do you want today? Is it food? A hug? A compliment? Take a moment and write a stanza or two. Begin with what you want, and write your way into it. How will you get what you need?
… - Resolutions
For some people, resolution is a dirty word. For others, it is a lifesaver. Research shows that beginning anew on a pivotal day, like a new year, or even a Monday, can help you achieve your goals. So, as we start the new year, what are you resolving to do? Write down those resolutions and email them to yourself as a reminder of your intention. I personally only make goals in the 3-6 month zone. Honestly, I can’t even imagine Act Two of 2021 yet! I hope it is shinier.
You can find more writing tips here. Happy writing, my friends.
