Prompt Answer: Random Act of Kindness

Write about a random act of kindness you’ve done for someone.

I don’t quite know how to phrase this particular response without sounding self-aggrandizing or prideful.

I am kind because the world is not. I am patient with most people because others are not. I am helpful, compassionate, and empathetic because the world is filled with cruelty.

The only way to make it better is with little acts of kindness.

Everybody wants to save the Earth; nobody wants to help Mom do the dishes.

Prompt Answer: First Impression

What’s the first impression you want to give people?

The first impression I want to give people is that I am someone kind and clever.

I have brain gremlins that are lying bastards sometimes, so the last thing I want people to see is a useless, unkind person. I work actively, trying to be a good person, heal from my past, and better myself and the world around me in the future.

I’m not perfect, nor do I strive for perfection. I strive for growth, joy, and resilience.

I don’t know what first impression I actually give off these days.

Self-Love Journal Prompt: Day 2

Day two, y’all! Quick recap: for me, May of 2020 is all about these self-love journal prompts. I’m trying to be kinder and embrace a more self-focused positive attitude. It’s pretty hard when you’re battling Bipolar 1’s super depressive swings. But I am on a new medication and I’m trying some new coping mechanisms.

Each morning, I’ll be working from one of the prompts from Tia Harding’s 32 Self-Love Journal Prompts or from The Petite Planner’s 30 Days of Self-Love.

Here’s today’s prompt: “How can you show yourself love?

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