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Prompt 33 - Shake Off the Dust

Those who do not move, do not notice their chains. – African proverb. Try use the term "unshackled" in your writing Talk about what the courage to change means to you… Set a timer and write for 11-15 minutes. FIND OUT MORE ABOUT WILL'S SUPPORTIVE CLASSES
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Prompt 31 - The Future Waits to Be Born Through You

You must give birth to your images. They are the future waiting to be born. Fear not the strangeness you feel. The future must enter you long before it happens. Just wait for the birth, for the hour of the new clarity. ~Rainier Maria Rilke. Begin with: The future in me feels like… Set a timer and write for 11-15 minutes. FIND OUT MORE ABOUT WILL'S SUPPORTIVE CLASSES
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Prompt #30 - Resist or Allow?

Don’t fight harder. Resist less. - Fr. Terry Richie Try to use the word “allow”. Write about your resistance to something. Set a timer and write for 11-15 minutes. FIND OUT MORE ABOUT WILL'S SUPPORTIVE CLASSES
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Prompt #29 - The Ache of Love

Anyone who falls in love is searching for missing pieces of themselves. So anyone who's in love gets sad when they think of their lover. It's like stepping back inside a room you have found memories of, one you haven't seen in a long time. - Haruki Murakami. Try to use the word ache in your writing. Write and explore about what love is. Set a timer and write for 11-15 minutes. FIND OUT MORE ABOUT WILL'S SUPPORTIVE CLASSES
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New to Writing? Playful Writing Class Starts Tomorrow Aug 27

WRITING FROM THE CORE Writing for Deep TransformationPlayful Tuesdays!Starts Tomorrow August 27, 2024PERFECT FOR BEGINNERS! "The world needs your clarity of mind, but really, you need it most." SIGN UP HERE - & SET YOURSELF FREE “The cave you fear to enter holds the treasure you seek.” — Joseph Campbell SAY WHAT YOU NEED TO SAY! This special series is for writers and non-writers alike - a safe space for beginners and those new to journaling. Each class will have two opportunities to write (2...
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Prompt #28 - Write That Honest But Shitty First Draft

Writing: shitty first drafts. Butt in chair. Just do it. You own everything that happened to you. You are going to feel like hell if you never write the stuff that is tugging on the sleeves in your heart—your stories, visions, memories, songs: your truth, your version of things, in your voice. That is really all you have to offer us, and it's why you were born. ~Annie Lemott Own everything that has happened to you. Start with the phrase: . Finally, I accept life as it is offered…. Set a timer...
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Beginner Writing Class - Playful Tuesdays Starts August 27!

WRITING FROM THE CORE Writing for Deep TransformationPlayful Tuesdays!Starts August 27, 2024PERFECT FOR BEGINNERS SIGN UP HERE - & SET YOURSELF FREE "Shame dies when stories are told in safe places." -Ann Voskamp CAT GOT YOUR TONGUE? This special series is perfect for beginners and those new to journaling. Each class will have two opportunities to write (2 separate 11-minute prompts) You will have the opportunity to read what you have written - but this is completely optional. Will creates a...
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Prompt #27 - The Meaning of Life is Just to Be Alive.

The meaning of life is just to be alive. It is so plain and so obvious and so simple. And yet, everybody rushes around in a great panic as if it were necessary to achieve something beyond themselves. - Allan Wilson Watts, The Culture of Counter-Culture. Try to use the phrase “self-worth” in your writing. Reflect on living your life focused on"being" versus "having." Set a timer and write for 11-15 minutes. FIND OUT MORE ABOUT WILL'S SUPPORTIVE CLASSES
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Prompt #26 - Aging Itself Does Not Bring Wisdom

It has become clear to me that aging itself does not bring wisdom. It often brings regression to childishness, dependency, and bitterness over lost opportunities. Only those who are still intellectually, emotionally, spiritually growing inherit, the richness of aging. – James Hollis. Reflect on Who You Are Becoming as You Age. Begin your journaling with the phrase: “This is who I am becoming…” Set a timer and write for 11-15 minutes. FIND OUT MORE ABOUT WILL'S SUPPORTIVE CLASSES
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