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Rick Lewis's avatar

This would make a great short story, a writer who discovers a portal that gets them access to the room where all these brilliantly crafted word bits go when forgotten. The story could have this huge build up, where the main character approaches the entrance, dizzy with anticipation of recovering all these lost gems of thought, they start reading, and then of course the ideas make absolutely no sense, because you have to take 90% of your brain cells offline to appreciate the thoughts you had while you were chronically sleep deprived with an infant drooling on your chest.

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Brooke Smith's avatar

Same! I have so many one-liner Apple Notes littering my phone lol

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Karena's avatar

Ditto! I have full keynotes scribbled on the back of bill envelopes (though those are getting to be a rarer and rarer commodity as everything goes online!) Totally unfindable.

On the other hand, if you do find them, they are easier to save in that year's treasure box/memory box!

"I am not alone" is the thought this essay brought upfront and center!

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Charlie Bleecker's avatar

Does that say, Why is therapy so different?

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Emma Dorge's avatar

Challenge number 2: reading my notes. Lol. I think it says the energy…?!

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