50 Ways To Spend Time Alone

1. Go out for a walk
2. Paint your nails
3. Try cooking a new dish
4. Read a book/ Go to a bookstore
5. Take a long bath
6. Write in your journal
7. Catch up on your favorite shows
8. Watch an inspiring TED talk
9. Meditate
10. Organize your room/closet
11. Get a massage
12. Experiment with your makeup
13. Try a new workout class
14. Explore your neighborhood
15. Unplug
16. Watch a funny Youtube video
17. Apply a face mask
18. Listen to an album you haven’t heard yet
19. Go to a comedy show
20. Visit a museum
21. Write a handwritten letter to someone you care about
22. Make your own face scrub
23. Head to a cafe for coffee/tea
24. Research something you’ve been meaning to learn more about
25. Clean your home
26. Create a playlist
27. Declutter your inbox
28. Fix your resume
29. Write a letter to your future/younger self
30. Set intentions
31. Work on manifesting all you desire
32. Listen to a podcast
33. Go to the movies
34. Create a budget
35. Drink water
36. Take a nap
37. Meal plan/ prep
38. Find a new affirmation for your week
39. Browse your favorite website
40. Draw or color in a coloring book
41. Watch a documentary
42. Write a creative story
43. Make popsicles
44. Do laundry
45. Make a vision board
46. FaceTime someone
47. Try a new hairstyle
48. Pin away on Pinterest
49. Redecorate a room in your house
50. Sign-up for volunteer work  

. What does your dream life look like? Describe it in detail.

Some of these questions are going to take me to a deep place that I may not want to put on the internet. However, I said I was going to do it so here goes.

My dream life would have my family reunited. Not with Devin but closer to my kids. Since the separation I feel so distant from my children, and even though time heals all wounds and we're getting used to it , the sting of being apart from them all week still hurts. Especially on Sundays when they have to go back home. The children would be HAPPIER than they are now. Seems like since we separated they've changed. Devin is much more spoiled acting and Poots is just quieter. To herself more. Of coarse, that could just be here growing up.   My life would be rich, filled with many of memories for the kids. We would go out every weekend to restaurants and to do stuff. I would be a smoke free, vegetarian. I would be a dancer and a yoga teacher/ practitioner.  I would be easier on myself, but a lot more disciplined. All of us would be more disciplined. My home would be two bedroom, spotlessly cleaned and full of games to play and stuff to do. I would have never been Disfellowshipped from the JWs. I would go to school and get a degree. I get nervous about going back to school because I don't want to fail or suffer any set backs because I know that would throw me off my path. I would love my degree so that I don't have to work two jobs
    As I type this I realize most of the things I've written in this posts are achievable if I practice a little more self discipline and consistency.  My biggest thing is that I want to stop smoking. Be disciplined enough to do that and I would be much happier.

Writing Prompts for 286 Blog Posts

I found some really nice writing questions that I'm going to answer one at a time. It gives me some ideas as to what to write about.

50 Journal Prompts for Self Discovery

1. What does your dream life look like? Describe it in detail.

2. What does your ideal day look like?

3. Where do you see yourself in 6 months? A year? 5 years? 10 years?

4. What do you know to be true today that I didn’t know a year ago?

5. In this moment, what are four things you’re grateful for?

6. What limiting beliefs do you have that’s keeping you from reaching your dream life?

7. What distractions are hindering your productivity? How can you reduce them?

8. What actions can you take today to simplify your life?

9. When do I feel most in tune with myself?

10. If you could talk to anyone dead or alive, it would be….. because ….

11. Write down your top 10 goals to complete by the end of the year.

12. Who do you look up to the most? Why?

13. If someone else described you, what do you think they’d say? Why?

14. What does happiness mean to you?

15. How have you changed in the last 5 years? What’s the biggest lesson you learned?

16. If today was your last day, what would you do?

17. If you could give advice to your younger self, what would you say?

18. How do you spend your Sundays? And how can you improve your Sunday routine for a more productive week ahead?

19. What do you need more of in your life?

20. If you could have any three things in the world, what would they be?

21. Describe in great detail what 5 years from now looks like. Where do you live? What’s your job?

22. What are 10 things you love about yourself? Why?

23. What are you most grateful for in your life? List at least 10 things.

24. What activities sets your soul on fire? (If you aren’t sure, then think back to your childhood. What did you love to do as a kid?)

25. How can you feel more fulfilled in your life?

26. If you couldn’t fail, what would you do?

27. What do I need more of in my life? Less of?

28. What are my best qualities?

29. If you could go anywhere in the world, where would it be and why?

30. What’s your dream job?

31. Who do you look up to the most? Why?

32. Write down the type of person you wish you could be. Create an avatar. What’s their personality? Where do they work and live? How do they react to difficult situations? Think about ways you can bridge the gap between who you are now and the avatar you created.

33. If you could describe yourself in one word, what would it be and why?

34. Write down 5 positive affirmations about yourself. Repeat them daily.

35. What’s your favorite memory?

36. How did your darkest moments shape you into who you are today?

37. If you could live in any other time period what would it be? And what would you be doing?

38. When do you feel the most at peace?

39. Set a 2 minute timer and write down whatever comes to your mind.

40. What can you do today to move you closer to your goals?

41. What type of person do you want to be known as?

42. What do you value most in life?

43. What’s one toxic thing (or person) in your life you need to let go of?

44. What fears hold you back from living your best life?

45. Draw a picture in your journal of something that makes you happy.

46. What’s something you’ve always wanted to do, but was too scared?

47. How can you take better care of yourself?

48. What self-care practices will you try today?

49. At the end of life, what would you want to be remembered by?

50. What makes you feel alive? And when was the last time you felt that way?

Blog Post Goals 286 by JANUARY!

I'm still in love with this blog. I hae been using to track my life meanderings since I found out I was pregnant 11 years ago. So much has gone on and happened and it's all right here. I keep my MOST intimate and private thoughts in a journal I write in every night. Writing is super theraputic for me. It's always been. So, I'd like to challenge myself to get to 2,000 blog posts by the end of the year. I'm already at 1,714 so it's only like 285 more posts over the next 4 mos. That's not bad. I'm hopping to inprove my writing skills and topics. I want to write about a few different topics. I'm going to be listening to good youtube videos/ audio books and sermons posting them and thoughts on them. I always do that, but I'mm  going to add articles and commentary on them (videos and articles). Also  plan on sharing my blog around the web more. I've been a 10+ year blogger and still hardly have any traffic to my blog. I'm one of the OG vets to this shit. lol. I'll be posting blogs from home more often too, so that should help with getting them up. Send me more topics I should write about