Write a letter (to yourself)

It’s the last letter…

   Today, we’re wrapping up our letter-writing extravaganza, or at least for the foreseeable future. I hope that I’ve given you a helpful concept to play around with, and that you write your own letters. Letters that I’ve suggested, but also letters of your own, that are undeniably valuable and that I would have never had the details to suggest to you. If you’re not familiar with this concept and this is your first time here, you can go back and read the initial concept of this series here. Or you can go to any one of these posts for a suggestion of a letter to write to help you work through your thoughts and emotions, as well as leave this world a brighter place. (1 2 3 4 5 6 7

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Triggers vs. Boundaries

   There’s a page in my diary that has just one sentence on it. It says, “Triggers are different than boundaries, but both are relevant.” I wrote it when I was feeling wistful, trying to communicate with myself a concept that was fuzzy to me, in language I didn’t right then understand. I do that often, when I write to myself. Make vague statements and metaphors that feel so right, and then later I come back to them to see if they have any weight. This one did. And we’re going to talk about it today.

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How to follow your dreams after quarantine

   If recent global events have taught us anything, it’s that life is short. Or at least, it can be. And that alone is enough to give us some perspective about what’s truly important. We realize that maybe our jobs are just income sources, that we really don’t make enough time for self-care or that we don’t prioritize our loves ones nearly enough. And dreams, I think, fall into this category as well. 

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Write a letter (to someone who passed away)

   It’s letter writing time again, and I’m so glad you’re with us today. Now, if you’re new to letter writing as a therapeutic concept, I’d encourage you to go to my introductory post to this idea, by clicking here. Last time, we talked about writing to your future self (click here to read), and today, we’re tackling a heavy one. Grief. More specifically, we’re writing a letter to someone who has passed on. 

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Write a letter (to your future self)

   Welcome back, it’s letter writing time again! We’ve talked about the point of writing these letters (which you can find here), and our last exploration was of writing a letter to an old mentor of yours (which you can read by clicking here). We’ve also talked about writing a letter to your past self (find that one here). And today, we’re doing another twist on that. We’re writing a letter to our future selves!

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