Prompt 21 – Embrace: We all have guilty pleasures – long baths, Shakira, Pabst, the Kardashians – and we can spend time and energy fighting and hiding them. Until we get tired of fighting them. And then we either stop endulging or we embrace them. What guilty pleasure have you embraced this year? What have you […]

Prompt 20 – Elevator Speech: If you had 30-90 seconds to describe yourself (give an elevator speech), how would you sum up who you are? Today’s prompt would make a great video if you have the capabilities. Brevity alludes me as usual. I hope you enjoy my video:  

Prompt 19 – Then and Now: What was your life like a decade ago? How has your life changed since then? If you’re not feeling wordy today, why not show us some then and now portraits of yourself? Ten years ago, I was a student. From January to May, I was in my senior year at […]

Prompt 18 – Traditions: This is the time of year when families are upholding decades old traditions and working to create new ones. It doesn’t matter what you celebrate (or don’t) … please share with us your December traditions: how they got started, why you continue them, and why they are special to you. There are […]

Prompt 17 – Appreciate: What’s the one thing you have come to appreciate most in the past year? How do you express gratitude for it? In a word: me. I have come to appreciate me more than ever before, and I continue to try to appreciate my time, my idiosyncrasies, my ridiculousness, my charm, my blessings and […]

Prompt 16 – Ordinary Extraordinary: Have you ever heard the expression “God is in the details?” Or, perhaps, “the devil is in the details?” When you think about it, it is the details that make up our lives: little, seemingly insignificant details, choices, and moments that make up our life, make up our story. Sometimes the most ordinary, mundane […]

Prompt 15 – Discovery: We learn new things every day. Processes change at work. We meet new people. We cook new recipes. We are constantly learning and growing. But sometimes we learn something that qualifies as a discovery. A piece of new information – a feeling, a song, a place, an event, a book, a random fact […]

Prompt 14 – Home is…: When did you feel most at home this year: in your life, in your space, in your career, in your skin? What factors make that situation feel like home? Do certain comforts make your space feel like home? Does being with certain people make you feel complete? Is there an […]

Prompt 13 – Best Gift:  The holiday season is typically a time we focus on others, sometimes at the expense of ourselves. So let’s look back on how we cared for ourselves. What was the best gift you gave yourself this year? Did you buy big, fluffy towels? Did you have a massage on a day when […]

Prompt 12 – 12 in 12: Take today to talk about 12 things you would like to accomplish in 2012. These 12 things can be 12 resolutions, 12 changes in your life, 12 wines you’d like to drink, 12 cities you’d like to visit, or 12 monthly goals. The decision is yours. Good luck and have […]