My to-do list gave me side-eye this morning.
My brain said “nah,” and my spirit said “not yet.”
So I poured coffee, took a breath, and chose gratitude instead.
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Welcome to #FreewriteFriday
A ritual, a rebellion, and a reset for cluttered minds.
Today’s prompt: What are you grateful for, really?
Not the safe answer. The real one.
Not the highlight reel. The hidden gem that’s kept you from breaking.
Me? I’m grateful for the Ls.
For the weird delays.
For being humbled by life...again.
I’m grateful for this space.
For the hard-fought 90 subscribers that didn’t just appear…
I fought to find y’all.
Every post, every rewrite, every time I thought “no one cares”…
You proved me wrong.
Thank you for reading.
Thank you for being here.
Gratitude isn't just about feeling good…
It literally rewires your brain for the better.
📈 It reduces cortisol. Boosts dopamine. Stabilizes your mind like spiritual scaffolding.
🧠 ADHD? Gratitude helps with focus and planning. Autism? It boosts social-emotional expression.
💡 It builds new neural highways in the prefrontal cortex, your brain’s decision-making hub.
📓 Daily journaling shifts your perception, rewiring your emotional response to stress and setbacks.
For us nonlinear thinkers, it’s not about perfect sentences.
It’s about releasing static so your soul can breathe.
Try sensory gratitude
Write about how your playlist hugged you this morning, or how tea felt like therapy.
Try visual journaling
Sketch it out if words feel heavy.
Or just drop three things in a list and let that be enough.
We write to remember who we are.
We reflect to see who we’re becoming.
So go write. Be gracious. And share it with me in the comments.
Let’s remind each other:
We’re still here.
Still writing.
Still becoming.
#FreewriteFriday
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