BESTSELF™ ICEBREAKER | The End
WHAT HAVE I LEARNED FROM 150 WEEKS OF PROMPTS?
I greatly enjoyed stretching myself to question what I knew to be true - or what I thought I knew to be true. Many times, I’d start completely clear on my intended response, and then I’d have to re-write the whole post as it morphed into something more authentic and true of my thoughts and feelings the deeper I got into the words I used. I’ll have to go back and read where I was and how it progressed beginning, middle, and end.
It’s the reality that I’ve made it to the end that makes me happy. I am a great starter. I come up with some fabulous ideas and make extensive plans, create how I want a project to look, and schedule how it’ll go. I jump in with great enthusiasm and inevitably … squirrel! I am a creative magpie and often get distracted.
TA DA!
With this post - number 151, I’m officially finished with this project. I did peter off here and there, but for the most part, I showed up every week and wrote. I touched on little bits of everything, often surprising myself. This was a wonderful exercise, as 151+ weeks ago, life looked similar and yet different! My first Bestself prompt response was made on January 6, 2021, and I would likely answer it exactly the same way if asked the same question today. I’m sure that the majority of my posts would be similar.
In the next few weeks, I’ll cull all of the posts, copy-edit them, and then send them off to be printed. The finished volume will be added to the shelf with my other “self-published” books that I produce just for my own entertainment. Who knows? Maybe a child, many years from now, will be curious to read my words and opinions. That’s not for me to be concerned about.
Now, what’s next?
I enjoy answering tough questions if for no other reason to challenge myself to dig deep and tap into what I know to be true to my core, for me, no bullshit; and, I want to encourage others to show up and answer their own tough questions. In the midst of packing and moving in mid-October 2020, I got an email from BestSelf™ about an ICEBREAKER "Deeper Talk" deck. A deck? Hello? I'm IN! This deck contains 150 questions split across 6 different categories: Beliefs, Courage, Dreams, Exposed, Life Lessons and Self-Awareness. How tough can it be? We're about to find out. 150 weeks of answers. (I'm so much better with giving the answers than asking the questions.) I do hope you share your answers with me! #letshaveaconversation #deepertalkdeck
"THE ART OF CONVERSATION IS THE ART OF HEARING AS WELL AS OF BEING HEARD." - William Hazlitt