My online class has two writing assignments. The first is to write a letter describing my own best self in which I would write a
page describing the best life I can realistically imagine for myself in a year
or two. The second assignment is to
write a gratitude letter to a person that was really nice to me that I have not
yet thanked that I could see in the next week or two.
The letter to my own best self got as far as being 40 lbs lighter, more
physically fit from swimming 3x/week, doing 10 hours/week of volunteering and
10 hours of metalsmithing each week. The more details the better. I did a short version of that. It turns out that it works best if I follow
it up with additional work each day for two weeks. I plan on doing that.
My gratitude letter will be to Micheal M for reaching out to me two
years ago when I was in really early recovery after an 8-month relapse smoking
crack cocaine. I got the letter started
but was shutting down emotionally as I thought about it. I will work on it more tomorrow.
Sure, I wish I got more writing done tonight. It is good that I got two letters started and
am writing this Gratitude blog post. I
was just going to blog a one-liner about being balked. It is great progress to write more
specifically about where I am at and what I will do tomorrow. It is not as good as the ideal practice, it
is a lot better than nothing or the written equivalent of a monosyllabic
response.
I am grateful to Jackie James for teaching me how to scuba dive, Mike M
for reaching out to me, my online class and for the progress I have made in
being able to do a “right-sized” kind gentle self-evaluation and share my
feelings with others on a daily basis by talking and blogging.
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