Daily Nourishment for March 14: Spend It All
Daily Nourishment Read Time: 30 seconds
Pause/Prompt/Practice Time: 15 minutes
"Spend it all, shoot it, play it, lose it, all, right away, every time… give it, give it all, give it now." - Annie Dillard
Pause.
Take a few slow deep breaths. Then think of the one idea, image, or memory you've been saving for the right time, the right project, the right version of yourself.
Sit with the question: What am I hoarding?
Notice any resistance that arises. That resistance is good information to have.
Prompt.
Write about the thing you've been saving. Use it up. Don't be precious. Spend it as if you found out today was your last writing day. Write for ten minutes without stopping.
Practice.
At the end of the next three days or your next three writing sessions, ask yourself: Did I hold anything back today?
If the answer is yes, that held-back thing becomes your next journaling prompt or the opening line of your next writing session. Keep spending.
The account, it turns out, refills.
Want More?
Read “Annie Dillard’s The Writing Life wasn’t made for times like these” by Alejandra Oliva.
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