Daily Nourishment for December 9, 2024: Be Here Now
Daily Nourishment Read Time: 40 seconds
Pause/Prompt/Practice Time: 10-15 minutes
Pause.
Use the inhale and exhale prompts below for a few rounds of a breath prayer or meditation.
Inhale: I’m here now.
Exhale: Be here now.
Prompt.
Read the quote below and take notes for a few minutes on whatever thoughts come to mind.
“You can’t write what you’re going to write tomorrow or next week or next year without being who you are today.”
- Charlotte Donlon
Practice.
1. Make a list of five things you need or want to do today that have little to do with writing.
2. Make a list of five things someone else needs or wants you to do today that have little to do with writing.
3. Make a list of five things you did yesterday instead of writing.
4. Make a list of five things you wish were true for you today so you could do more writing.
5. Make a list of five things you can do today to help you have more time to write tomorrow.
Make It Advent:
Think through how the lists above intersect with your desires for how you prefer to inhabit this Advent season and your creative practice during this time.
Want More?
Read more of my thoughts on the quote above in a One O’Clock Central entry.
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