{"id":8868,"date":"2020-01-15T15:32:02","date_gmt":"2020-01-15T22:32:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thewritespot.us\/marlenecullenblog\/?p=8868"},"modified":"2020-01-15T15:32:13","modified_gmt":"2020-01-15T22:32:13","slug":"how-did-i-get-here-prompt-465","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thewritespot.us\/marlenecullenblog\/how-did-i-get-here-prompt-465\/","title":{"rendered":"How did I get here? Prompt #465"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Sometimes we drive a familiar route as if in a daze. At some\npoint we become aware that we have been driving unaware and wonder, “How\ndid I get here?”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sometimes we’re at a job, either paid or volunteer, or we’re\nenmeshed in an activity, either fun or dramatic or both. Perhaps we’ve been\nconsumed with this activity. Maybe we wake up one day and wonder, \u201cHow did I get\nhere?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sometimes we look around and all of a sudden we’re 40, or 50,\nor 60 years old, or in my case, in my early seventies. Sometimes we wonder,\n“How did I get here?”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Becoming: A Guided Journal for Discovering Your Voice<\/a><\/em> is inspired from Michelle Obama\u2019s book, Becoming<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This journal helps \u201cto alleviate the pressure of knowing what to write about.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00a0\u201cWriting Becoming <\/em>led [Michelle] Obama to see the importance of taking time for contemplation. When asked about her writing process, she explains, \u2018I spent a lot of time just reflecting and thinking, which is something I just didn\u2019t have much time to do for about a decade. It was nice to decompress a little bit and ask myself, \u2018How did I get here? Where did my story take a turn? I uncovered a lot of smaller moments . . . [that] were really foundational to the woman I became.\u2019\u201d \u2014Paul Anderson, December 2019 Costco Connection<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Note from Marlene:<\/strong> If you need help in figuring out what to write about, or ideas about writing on difficult things without feeling re-traumatized, take a look at the prompts on The Write Spot Blog<\/a>, especially \u201cHow to write without adding trauma.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Today\u2019s Prompt:<\/strong>\u00a0 How did I get here?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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