Can you believe it? It’s Friday again! And I’m here with your Stream of Consciousness Saturday prompt. Do you ever get to the point where you have so much to do, you’re afraid to start anything? It’s a strange thing to experience. Here’s your prompt:
Your Friday prompt for Stream of Consciousness Saturday is “envelope.” Use it any way you’d like. Enjoy!
After you’ve written your Saturday post tomorrow, please link it here to this week’s prompt page and check to make sure it’s here in the comments so others can find it and see your awesome Stream of Consciousness post. Anyone can join in!
To make your post more visible, use our beautiful SoCS badge! Just paste it in your Saturday post so people browsing the reader will immediately know your post is stream of consciousness and/or pin it as a widget to your site to show you’re a participant. Wear it with pride!!
Here are the rules:
1. Your post must be stream of consciousness writing, meaning no editing (typos can be fixed), and minimal planning on what you’re going to write.
2. Your post can be as long or as short as you want it to be. One sentence – one thousand words. Fact, fiction, poetry – it doesn’t matter. Just let the words carry you along until you’re ready to stop.
3. I will post the prompt here on my blog every Friday, along with a reminder for you to join in. The prompt will be one random thing, but it will not be a particular subject. For instance, I will not say “Write about dogs”; the prompt will be more like, “Make your first sentence a question,” “Begin with the word ‘The,’” or will simply be a single word to get you started.
4. Ping back! It’s important, so that I and other people can come and read your post! For example, in your post you can write “This post is part of SoCS:” and then copy and paste the URL found in your address bar at the top of this post into yours. Your link will show up in my comments for everyone to see. The most recent pingbacks will be found at the top. NOTE: Pingbacks only work from WordPress sites. If you’re self-hosted or are participating from another host, such as Blogger, please leave a link to your post in the comments below.
5. Read at least one other person’s blog who has linked back their post. Even better, read all of them! If you’re the first person to link back, you can check back later or go to the previous week by following my category, “Stream of Consciousness Saturday,” which you’ll find below the “Like” button on my post.
6. Copy and paste the rules (if you’d like to) in your post. The more people who join in, the more new bloggers you’ll meet and the bigger your community will get!
7. As a suggestion, tag your post “SoCS” and/or “#SoCS” for more exposure and more views.
8. Have fun!
August 16, 2023 at 8:27 am
Here’s mine: https://theelephantstrunk.org/2023/08/16/the-old-b-o-h-i-c-a/
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August 16, 2023 at 7:39 am
Here is mine pl-
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August 13, 2023 at 2:16 pm
Oh, yes, many times I could wear the crown of Queen of Procrastination! I just recently heard that the first step to overcoming procrastinating is to not press the snooze button in the morning. 🤔 I wonder if my alarm clock is our cat if it is procrastination or not when I ignore her?
Take care – I hope your week is off to a great start!
PS Here’s my take on the envelope prompt (which by the way seemed to strike a chord in a lot of people!😍) https://www.quaintrevival.com/my-summer-of-hope-gardens-2023/
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August 15, 2023 at 6:14 pm
Noooo! Not my snooze button! 😉
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August 16, 2023 at 5:57 am
😉😴😉😴😁
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August 12, 2023 at 7:15 am
Oh completely understand how paralyzing an overflowing todo list is! I wrote about it in a recent blog post called Overwhelm Paralysis. I hope you can get it to more manageable levels soon! 💞
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August 12, 2023 at 9:39 am
Thanks, Dawn. ❤ Do you have a link for that post handy?
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August 12, 2023 at 9:42 am
Thanks for asking, yes 💞
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August 11, 2023 at 8:32 pm
It’s been a few years since I had so much to do, I didn’t know where to start. The easiest thing to do was to start with the easiest task to check it off.
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August 12, 2023 at 9:38 am
Yep, that’s what I usually do. Onwards and upwards!
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August 11, 2023 at 7:19 pm
My entry for The Friday Reminder and Prompt for SoCS August 12th, 2023: https://wherestoriescansparktheirmagic.wordpress.com/2023/08/11/a-slip-through-the-mailbox-of-the-sealed-envelope/
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August 11, 2023 at 1:16 pm
I admit to having such a swirl in my head with so many different priorities that I have trouble choosing and concentrating on one at a time – and which one should go first or be next.
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August 12, 2023 at 9:37 am
I think I need one of those bingo ball choosers.
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August 12, 2023 at 3:05 pm
Might be just as effective as trying to reason it out…
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August 11, 2023 at 10:55 am
I can totally relate to that feeling of having so much to do that it’s overwhelming to start. The prompt ‘envelope’ sounds intriguing – looking forward to exploring it in my SoCS post!
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August 12, 2023 at 9:34 am
Thanks! I hope you have fun with the prompt! 🙂
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August 11, 2023 at 10:18 am
I have been to that point many times, Linda. It’s either the result of or the primary reason for my tendency to procrastinate.
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August 11, 2023 at 10:30 am
Gah! Damn procrastination! *gets off Internet* 😛
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August 11, 2023 at 6:40 pm
😂
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