It is time, once again, for Stream of Consciousness Sunday. I had a long day yesterday, so I am praying for quiet time writing, creating and just being... with maybe some laundry & chores thrown in just for pleasure?
Anyway - today's totally optional prompt from Jana's Thinking Place is....
Journey
When I got my new car this Fall, the first thing I thought was, “Roadtrips! I can take roadtrips!”
This, after Samuel insisted last year his limit was four days.
I keep hoping he will grow out of it because I love road trips with my family so much I can’t imagine not taking them because he is going through a prepubescent – hopefully not lifelong – phase. Emma is almost ready to start planning her post-junior-year college touring junket, so unless Samuel wants to stay behind in Bakersfield, he needs to agree to spend longer than four days on a road trip. It will be more like four weeks or longer.
My fingers stop moving. I can feel my thoughts bumping into a wall.
It feels too big and onerous (not sure if that’s the right word) to launch myself over right now. I know I have nearly eighteen months to work it out, but with a child living on the autism spectrum one must pre-plan for everyone’s sanity and enjoyment of whatever journey we take together.
I hear the television in the background. It is a former American Idol contestant talking about weight watchers. I want quiet. I hear another commercial. I want to journey without other people watching television within my writing earshot.
I want to journey on more literary paths, perhaps for writers I have yet to discover. I want to take those back roads others don’t know about much. I want to journey into my own unknown. I keep writing, twenty four seconds on this journey.
Tickety tockety time is uppity.
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This was my 5 minute Stream of Consciousness Sunday post. It’s five minutes of your time and a brain dump. Want to try it? Here are the rules…
- Set a timer and write for 5 minutes.
- Write an intro to the post if you want but don’t edit the post. No proofreading or spellchecking. This is writing in the raw.
- Publish it somewhere. Anywhere. The back door to your blog if you want. But make it accessible.
- Add the Stream of Consciousness Sunday badge to your post.
- Link up your post At Jana's Thinking Place.
- Visit your fellow bloggers and show some love.
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Julie Jordan Scott has been a Life & Creativity Coach, Writer, Facilitator and Teleclass Leader since 1999. She is also an award winning Actor, Director, Artist and Mother Extraordinaire. She was twice the StoryTelling Slam champion in Bakersfield. She leads Writing Camp with JJS & this Summer will be traveling throughout the US to bring this unique, fun filled creative experience to the people wherever she finds the passion & the interest.
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