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Wreddit Writes – Journal Prompts (Volume 2)

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I’m a fan of celebrating victories, no matter how small. Celebrating the small victories wires the mind to achieve bigger victories and it makes the defeats easier to cope with. With that being said, I am celebrating my blog’s most consistency in a very long time, and I can’t tell you how happy I am to have you along with me in this celebration!

If we’re being honest, I am conflicted about the Reddit content I’ve been posting. While the words are mine, the concepts aren’t. Sure, I’m responding to writing and journal prompts, but it feels like I can’t watch videos on any platform without being beaten over the head with repurposed Reddit content. I will meditate on this and adjust accordingly.

Until then, this week’s blog is another response to a journal prompt.

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Nevermind the Man Behind that Curtain!

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Here’s a fascinating story: a friend of mine was told by a psychic medium that they should write a book. I couldn’t agree more. For me, writing has been the most catharsis I’ve experienced in my entire life. This friend was told to write something resembling a memoir, but they are also apprehensive about writing their entire life, as they’d feel exposed, and maybe get some backlash from people involved in their life. I can understand that, I’ve been there. If there is any advice I can give, it’s to just write. Put words to paper until you feel there is nothing else left to say. You can always edit what you’ve written, format it any way you please, but there is no editing a blank page. After you’ve written your truth, you can change anything you like—with the caveat that if the edits change the truth, the work then becomes fiction.

This friend asks if any events, or aspects, of my life have made appearances in my work. Of course they have. That’s what makes writing worth writing for me. Storytelling is an escape, words are a vehicle, and the process is redeeming.

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The River

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“Is a dream a lie if it don’t come true? Or is it something worse that sends me down to the river, though I know the river is dry?” – Bruce Springsteen, “the River,” 1980.

I have a pretty decent memory. I’m not sure if it’s related to ADHD, or other aspects of neurodivergence, but I have a decent memory of people, faces, and facts. Sometimes it’s a fun party trick, it’s gotten me banned from a few trivia contests, and gives me the ability to let people know how important they are. To this day, I remember watching wrestling with my cousin Penny, and distinctly remember how much she loved Sting. I can remember a fair share of things about my father, although he passed away when I was five—I treasure that actually. I very fondly remember the great times I’ve had with friends.

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Wreddit Writes – Ask Reddit (Volume 1)

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The question posed by u/Impossible_Lemor is: “You are an inconvenient burgurler. You break into people’s homes and steal small things to annoy to owner. What do you steal?”

You know, sometimes I don’t think the world gets me, and then I see something like this, and I know others in the universe indulge in my kind of mayhem.

[DISCLAIMER]: the author does not encourage, nor participate, in acts of theft, larceny, breaking and/or entering, or anything else that would catch charges. Please assume the blog, in its entirety, is fiction, and for entertainment purposes ONLY.

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A Storyteller Can Always See Another Storyteller From Afar

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In the movie “Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps,” Michael Douglas’ Gordon Gekko drops an incredible line, parabolizing about being able to spot another Wall Street guy. The line is “a fisherman can always see another fisherman from afar.” Replace fisherman with any profession you’ve ever worked and it holds true. I worked retail for quite a while, and I can spot someone else who has worked retail, …mostly from the will to live being absent from their eyes.

Over the last three years, I’ve done a lot of introspection, trying to find out about myself. I’d spent twenty years having the identity of someone’s boyfriend, fiancee, and husband. Once that was gone, what identity was left? That inner-reflection has benefited me in spades; I know who I am, as a person, as a professional, and as a creative. When you take responsibility for someone else’s existence out of the equation, it is much easier to analyze the aspects of yourself, and have a much better idea of who you are. That information will tell you multitudes about how to get where you are going.

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