welcome to my happy place

a newsletter in which I journal about when & where I am happiest

structure:

1 journal prompt: ”I am happiest when…”
10 lines minimum
0 editing, pure flow

written on a sunny autumnal SF afternoon (5 October 2024, to be precise); published unedited

my happy place

a stream of consciousness on when & where I am happiest

I am happiest when I allow myself to love. I am happiest when I allow myself to feel. I am happiest when I allow myself to be. I am happiest when I allow myself to be me— all of me, including the “ugly” or messy bits. I am happiest when I am tender with the parts of myself that are still tender & in pain.

I am happiest when I am alone, in a beautiful, quiet, peaceful place to call my own. I am happiest in my own energy. when I get to soak up my love, my heart & my soul. when I get to rest. when there is nowhere to be & no one else to be with. I am happiest when I am showing myself love of…