Joy and Pain
I managed to continue with my six word story journal for the month of April and boy howdy there was a lot of stress, but there was also a lot of writing joy and celebration of the humans in my life so it wasn’t all bad. The end of a semester and school year is such a bittersweet time. So much of your focus is on simply pushing through the stress and challenge of so many deadlines, but then there are the moments of awareness when you realize you will never write with this group of people again or that others will be moving on to new places. April really is a challenging month.
As I noted in March, creating these six word story posters gives me a easy win for the day and offers a simple journal activity that feels sustainable. I also suspect that I can return to these collections in the future for writing inspiration. Are you a faithful journaler? How do you preserve your life for future you to mine for writing inspiration?
