What is something ordinary you think is secretly beautiful?
Write for five minutes without editing yourself.
the little things room
A collection of tiny distractions for the chronically curious.
A movie from a decade you normally ignore.
Pick one at random. Afterwards, write exactly three sentences about it.
Learn the origin of one word you use every day.
Bonus points if the answer sends you into another historical rabbit hole.
Seven things you would put in a time capsule.
Not seven things you think you should choose. Seven things that are genuinely yours.
Pick an object on your desk and investigate its history.
Who invented it? When did it become common? What did people use before it? You can turn the most interesting answer into an essay later.
Read something you disagree with, slowly.
Try to summarize the strongest version of the other person's argument before deciding what you think.
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