Today, write about self-discipline. You could write about your own self-discipline (or lack of it in some way; though I encourage you to do so lovingly) or about a way in which you have observed it showing up in someone else’s life. Push beyond the echo chamber of conversation on this topic, and see if you can write against the dominant narrative; not necessarily as an either/or but from an entirely new frame, something fresh that isn’t being said.
Hustle culture, I’m coming for you and your “get up at 5 am to crush it, brah” vibe today. Not as an either/or but in a reframe with historical context of the evolution of corporate culture and gender. See what I mean? You can take this (and every) prompt many directions. It can be journal-like, reporting-mode, commentary, essay… anything. Let’s go.