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First Day of Spring - Writing Prompt

HOPES AND VULNERABILITIES

 

Carve out 15-20 minutes.

Find a comfortable place, sit down with your iPad, pen and paper, or however you want to write.

Set a timer, and begin by responding to this prompt:

 write about hopes you have this springtime as fully as you are able. (Your reflections may or may not reference memories, or include risks, expectations, or vulnerabilities.)  

Write whatever comes up, however it comes up-- (neat punctuated sentences, non-linear fragments,  bullet points, or some combination of these are all perfectly fine).

 

Stop writing after 15 minutes.

Stretch, re-settle yourself, and read what you've written--

READ IT ALOUD to yourself.

(Putting it in the 3rd person AND reading it aloud changes your relationship to it on psychological and neurological levels) 
As you read it aloud, you  will assuredly see gaps in your account, points that need expansion, details needed in order for it to make more sense once it is outside your head.

Other things to notice--—just notice:

1) your use of tense.  Is it the same throughout?  What tense do you use most frequently?  If it shifts, at what points does it shift?

2) the frequency you use  “I”  (one of the things it's usage may indicate is that you take too much—or too little—responsibility for circumstances beyond your control). 

3) Repeat this exercise over the next few days, and watch how your memory changes. .

If  you carry this exercise into tomorrow, be sure to 
rewrite your answer from scratch.  

(Don't have access to your last write as you repeat the exercise)  

Just write as if it is the first time you are responding to the question---and consider what your own writing can teach you.