{"id":13338,"date":"2024-08-10T13:49:07","date_gmt":"2024-08-10T20:49:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thewritespot.us\/marlenecullenblog\/?p=13338"},"modified":"2024-08-10T13:49:11","modified_gmt":"2024-08-10T20:49:11","slug":"regrets-prompt-803","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thewritespot.us\/marlenecullenblog\/regrets-prompt-803\/","title":{"rendered":"Regrets . . . Prompt #803"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Regrets: We all have them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There are four parts to this writing prompt. You can do all four at once. Or, take breaks. Write on one prompt at a time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Take care of yourself while writing:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Look up. Walk around. Look out a window. Take some deep breaths.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Part 1:  Write about a regret you have.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Something you did or something happened that you wish hadn\u2019t happened.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Write what happened as if you were a journalist.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This happened. Then that happened.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Write for 20 minutes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Part 2:<\/strong> \u00a0Write about the emotions surrounding that experience.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Remember: Take care while writing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Part 3.<\/strong> \u00a0What are you resisting writing about?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Take a deep breath. Capture whatever you can about what happened. Put your thoughts and feelings into words.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Part 4.<\/strong>\u00a0 Let go. \u00a0Notice what you are feeling. Allow your feelings to be. Deep breath in. Let it out. Release.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Turn your attention to now, this moment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Turn away from wanting a different outcome.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Invite compassion in.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Welcome your feelings, whatever they are . . . rather than try to push then away.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sit with your emotion<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Welcome your emotions with an open heart.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You can say, silently, quietly, or out loud:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cRegret or anger . . . I have always pushed you away. Now, I\u2019m allowing you to be here.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Can you let go of those feelings of regret?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Deep breath in. Exhale.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Take another deep breath in. Exhale<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Acknowledge your regrets and allow them to be.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

“The Write Spot: Writing as a Path to Healing<\/a>” has many resources for taking care while writing about difficult subjects.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Blog posts on self-care while writing: Use Your Writing To Heal<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Just Write!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Regrets: We all have them. There are four parts to this writing prompt. You can do all four at once. Or, take breaks. Write on one prompt at a time. Take care of yourself while writing: Look up. Walk around. Look out a window. Take some deep breaths. Part 1:  Write about a regret you […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"sfsi_plus_gutenberg_text_before_share":"","sfsi_plus_gutenberg_show_text_before_share":"","sfsi_plus_gutenberg_icon_type":"","sfsi_plus_gutenberg_icon_alignemt":"","sfsi_plus_gutenburg_max_per_row":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[4],"tags":[1190],"class_list":["post-13338","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-prompts","tag-writing-freely-just-write-writing-prompts-the-write-spot-blog"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p43Dj8-3t8","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thewritespot.us\/marlenecullenblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13338","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thewritespot.us\/marlenecullenblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thewritespot.us\/marlenecullenblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thewritespot.us\/marlenecullenblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thewritespot.us\/marlenecullenblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13338"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/thewritespot.us\/marlenecullenblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13338\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13344,"href":"https:\/\/thewritespot.us\/marlenecullenblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13338\/revisions\/13344"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thewritespot.us\/marlenecullenblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13338"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thewritespot.us\/marlenecullenblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13338"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thewritespot.us\/marlenecullenblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13338"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}