31 March 2021 – Clarity

Clarity…

I took this course for a second time on a whim. They were offering a discount, and like the first time I took the course, I think I needed something to shake things up for me. I’ve been in a weird place recently.

I started this course intending to attack every prompt and just do them. I have a history and a tendency of overthinking things and I wanted to do something to counteract that. Turns out I’m still struggling.

This is probably the first prompt this month I have attacked somewhat normally. This is the first one I’ve really just spoken about instead of trying to be flowery. And maybe I need more of that. Maybe instead of trying to be pretty, I can just—be.

We’ll see.

Posts written in response to prompts from Megan Devine’s Refuge in Grief writing program.
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