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lil  ·  3674 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Today's Writing Prompt: What Anchors You?

    one psychic anchor every twenty-four hours
I enjoy every interpretation of the question - but yes, in the HST sense, the question might be what anchors you to the day --

travelling is potentially a joy because everything is jangled and every day is different -- but I tend to wake up in another city looking for something to anchor me to the day, to the coherent flow of time...a plan, a routine.

Lately I've been going for a walk first thing in the morning, around 7:00 a.m. -- that's a kind of anchor, because I know I'm awake and the day moves forward - in the sense that you speak.

Lately, too, when my classes start -- I try to anchor the class to the present: breathe (breathe in the present, breathe out the past) or do a short activity (going around the room, tell me in one word how your week was -- don't repeat any words used by a classmate.)