Daily writing prompt What makes you nervous? View all responses The first thing that came to my mind while reading this prompt was an event that happened a few years ago. I like to "collect" views, and there was a rather large rock situation in northern Maryland that I had been wanting to visit. My husband and I arrived with our coffee and I climbed up the rock.

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I have been thinking about restarting this blog for at least six weeks. During that time I agonized about what to say, because I felt like I had dropped the ball, not posting in so long. A lot has happened though. For one thing, I had surgery, and I think that gives me a pass. A few days ago, I decided to write down what I was thinking in my journal, and this came out.

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As a lifelong journal writer, I find journaling and planning helpful to be able to manage all of the interesting curve balls that life throws my way. As I have shared in the Traversing Tuesdays podcast, I don't claim to be an expert -- everyone is different -- but building self-understanding about energy levels, mood patterns, and how they affect our decision-making, can help everyone.