Collection of writing prompts

for the tender but hard month called July

Hi,

Hope you’re all taking care of yourselves in whatever way feels right for you. In the Northern Hemisphere, July is a month of rest and vacation because it is summer. Chasing the sun, lugging around bags heavy with all the books you meant to read, surrounded by a swirl of family or friends, organizing, planning. It’s sweet, but also a little bittersweet. There are quiet reminders of lost family moments from childhood, a tiny bit of anxiousness when thinking of all the things you could have done, not in control of food because you’re always at someone else’s house or somewhere traveling, the weird feeling of not doing things (should you check your e-mail, shouldn’t you be doing something all the time to be a real human—ugh I feel sorry for us that this is what it has come down to, when rest feels off), maybe a bit too much socializing, and a faint, constant nerve in your body all the time, at least in mine. Maybe it is the light. It is too much light, lol. Xx your favorite vampire. Or maybe I’m the problem, for real. (Everyone else seems to love summer! Comment if you don’t. I miss friends who don’t)

Read: In Norway, the sun never really disappears this time of year, the light stretches long into the night, and time becomes a little blurry. It’s magical for some, but for me, it’s a bit hard. I find comfort in the dark, in the stillness of winter. I don’t mean to complain, but I’ve never really been a fan of summer. It’s too many impressions. Too much light, too many smells, too many colorful clothes, too many flower patterns, too far away from routines. I’m appreciating it for what it is, but July is a weird month of reflection.

Writing prompts for July:

1. when dating apps aren’t working so you've got to
   example: start acting confused at car events

2. if we all more or less agree on what good design is, why are offices still built like no one cares, even though we spend most of our lives in them?

3. why do we spend most of our lives in offices working for others

4. redefine these words:
   success
   motherhood
   love
   rest
   growing older
   magnificent

5. you in July

6. you in November

7. if matriarchy ruled openly, describe the world

8. is it ok to gatekeep things, or should one share?

9. the constant need to reply and be available

10. the collective obsession with ‘never being alone’

11. the business model that thrives on the fear of being alone

12. what is your fairy tale

13. this activates my sense of self

14. growing older feels like

15. if periods were honored and the society were more matriarchal — how would it be? how would the feminine exchange with the masculine?

16. does constant change shape your perspective/re-inventing yourself

17. how to deepen your relationship with yourself

18. how to deepen your relationships to others

19. grieving the living (lost friendship, estranged parents)

20. is healing a destionation or just a way of life

21. what parts of yourself have you hidden to be understood

22. write your own ‘on my love for’, here is mine:

    
    On my love for a song: BigXthaPlug - All The Way feat. Bailey Zimmerman
    On my love for a clothing-item: My mans Arc’teryx pants that I borrow
    On my love for a film: Le Otto Montagne by Felix van Groeningen
    On my love for a TV-show: Gentleman Jack by Sally Wainwright
    On my love for a book: ‘Kun til navlen’ by Linea Maja Ernst, or in English ‘Waist Deep’
    On my love for a word: ‘Magnificent’ adjective, extremely beautiful, impressive, or outstanding in appearance or quality.
    On my love for a place I’d like to visit: Marseille (again and again and again)
    On my love for four images:

    

    

Xx,

Victoria (so much luv in dis club)