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¶ Prompt from Julia Cameron’s The Right to Write.
Today’s exercise is simple, write a list of one hundred things that you, personally, love. “Set aside one half hour. Settle yourself comfortably. Number from one to a hundred.” And then go. Below is my list. Cameron recommends we carry around this list in our pocket or desk drawer for when stress gets too high. It is an all too common problem for the world to see a peaceful writer and to want in on that peace. I am a firm believer in the laws of vacuums — that is, when your life doesn’t have drama, drama finds a way in, or you seek it out; when you think you have free time, finally, someone comes knocking at your door to take you away, or you make up unimportant things to distract yourself. The best thing to do, writes Cameron, is to exercise “immaculate detachment”; don’t pick sides between two friends who are fighting; don’t indulge any neediness; don’t invite drama into your life. When you find yourself being pulled in, disengage, and put it on the page.
1. Dance music
2. Making playlists
3. Hot tea
4. My plants
5. My mate gourds
6. Ripe mangoes
7. Sharing a good story
8. Reading
9. Making collages
10. TED
11. Drinking yerba mate
12. Tango
13. A clean room
14. Origami
15. Honesty
16. The sun at the beach
17. The color of leaves in autumn
18. A beer with lunch
19. Cooking
20. A good book found on the sidewalk
21. Surprises
22. Learning
23. Passion
24. Salt water
25. The time of day before dawn, el alba
26. Warm clothes fresh from the dryer
27. A good workout
28. Dancing alone
29. French toast
30. Smiles on strangers
31. The Legend of Zelda
32. Sticky notes from a long time ago, written and forgotten, but found
33. Empanadas de carne
34. Milaneses on Tuesday with my family
35. A good movie with my family
36. Facetime
37. Sleep, nine hours pref
38. A great unexpected conversation
39. A strong protagonist
40. The idea of love
41. My pin with the Argentine and American flag crossed
42. My grandmother’s vitel toné
43. Solitude
44. Trinkets
45. Language: foreign, internal
46. A midday nap, 10-20 mins
47. Road trips
48. Hugs that last just a little bit longer
49. Stretching
50. Running for more than 20 mins
51. Pens from different restaurants
52. A good performance, ballet or reading
53. Massage
54. Kokopeli
55. Big families
56. Intimate friends
57. The thin clean air of a mountain top
58. Hiking
59. My hiking boots
60. Skiing
61. Sailing
62. Health
63. Boyhood, the movie
64. Walking somewhere far, but not always
65. Humor
66. Smoothies with ice cream yogurt honey fruit and protein powder
67. The Rothko Chapel
68. Irish Coffee
69. A clean kitchen, house, bathroom
70. Mud
71. Spirit
72. New music
73. “Just Like Heaven” the Cure
74. “Levitation” Beach House
75. Winning
76. Forgiveness
77. Cuddle puddles
78. High fashion in real life
79. Soft skin
80. Plus one tickets
81. Museums
82. This
83. A big night sky full of stars
84. The idea of space travel
85. El principito
86. Kama Sutra
87. Derek Walcott’s line: “Sit. Feast on your life.”
88. My mother’s useless trinkets she gives away or keeps, how they pile up in various rooms of her home, end up in all of our closets, and sometimes travel with us back to our home as gifts
89. My father’s advice
90. Being in a car with my siblings and cousins
91. Hammocks in the summer
92. Balconies in the rain
93. My library/ shrine
94. Finishing what I started
95. The start of new relationships
96. Longevity
97. The timeless
98. The once in a lifetime
99. Lions in the wild
100. You
