Day 13: Nostradamus, But Make It You

Daily writing promptWhere do you see yourself in 10 years?View all responses Me, in ten yearsโ€ฆ such a cool prompt. It almost feels like something youโ€™d stare at over coffee and suddenly question all your life choices (in a fun way, of course). But heyโ€”if this question just sparked your imagination, weโ€™ve got something you... Continue Reading →

Day 12: Love, Art, Water, Repeat

Daily writing promptWhat are 5 everyday things that bring you happiness?View all responses Love (messy, loud, funky).Nature (bright, dramatic, virginal).Artsโ€ฆ yes. All of them. No ranking.Water (swimming, drinking, bathingโ€ฆ just a liquid emotional supportโ€ฆ ย bibita analcolicaโ€ฆ that sounds so funnyโ€ฆ right???).Writing (job, therapy, artโ€ฆ again? Wtf) Your turnโ€”name your small joys. Write them down. Share... Continue Reading →

๐Ÿ’œDay 11 โ€” The Oneโ€‘Month Stream of Consciousness Challenge

A highโ€‘school skill, a caffeinated brain, and a lilacโ€‘scented bonus for your morning chaos. Daily writing promptDescribe something you learned in high school.View all responses Stenoโ€‘dactylography.Yes, the glamorous art of writing very fast and looking very serious while doing it.The steno part vanished from my brain sometime aroundโ€ฆ immediately.But the dactylo stuck.Now I type without... Continue Reading →

Day 10 โ€” How I Quit Smoking and Started Writing

The strangest creative ritual of my life Daily writing promptDescribe one positive change you have made in your life.View all responses Intro Soโ€ฆ describe one positive change Iโ€™ve made in my life?Changeโ€ฆ or challenge?Because honestly, at this point, everything feels like both.But fine โ€” here we go. I guess this is the change:For the next... Continue Reading →

Day 9 โ€” Training the Bodyโ€ฆ and More

Because if I can multitask my workouts, you can multitask your follows. Daily writing promptWhat's the most fun way to exercise?View all responses Whatโ€™s the most fun way to exercise?Honestlyโ€ฆ anything that lets me watch podcasts, YouTube chaos, Netflix mirrorsโ€ฆ or, wellโ€ฆ other activities that train the body. You know exactly what I mean. Haha.... Continue Reading →

๐ŸŒ€ Day 8 โ€” Forever Jung and Other Reading Problems

From the Bible to Alice, from Wilde to Jung โ€” and why translators reread more than anyone should. Daily writing promptWhat book could you read over and over again?View all responses What book could I read over and over again?Ahโ€ฆ here we go.This is where people expect a noble title, a classic, a masterpiece.And Iโ€™m... Continue Reading →

๐ŸŽถ Day 7 โ€” The Writer, the Chaos, and Goetheโ€™s Wish

About the Beautiful Disorder of a Creative Life Daily writing promptIf you could be a character from a book or film, who would you be? Why?View all responses If I could be a character from a book or film, Iโ€™d choose the one who can look at a perfect moment and say, like Goethe,โ€žVerweile doch,... Continue Reading →

โค๏ธ Day 6 โ€” A Turkey, Two Cats, a Dalmatian

Negotiating Peace Treaties With Animals in My Twenties Daily writing promptWhat animals make the best/worst pets?View all responses Honestly, this is less about the animals and more about us, the humans with questionable judgment and even more questionable optimism. We choose them.We bring them home.We say things like โ€œIt will be fineโ€ while holding an... Continue Reading →

๐Ÿ”ฅ Day 5 โ€” On Work, Value, and the Art of Fair Exchange

Daily writing promptWhat job would you do for free?View all responses A job is never free. Volunteering is free. And in the writing world, we often navigate the space in between โ€” swaps, collaborations, mutual support. Review for review. Betaโ€‘reading for proofreading. A translation in exchange for an interview. These are fair, respectful exchanges that... Continue Reading →

๐Ÿ† Day 4 โ€” Olympic Sports & My Highly Professional Commentary

Daily writing promptWhat Olympic sports do you enjoy watching the most?View all responses One Olympic sport?Impossible.My brain refuses exclusivity.It wants moreโ€ฆAll the watery sports.Snow sports included. Becauseโ€ฆ David Popovici. Romanian excellence. And because...There is something about water โ€”something electric, something that wakes me up, wires me, makes me think I too could swim like a... Continue Reading →

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