Let it self-destruct

(or not, if you like what you write)

This message won’t self-destruct, but you might want to shred your writing after you finish with it today. Here’s the prompt: with it in your mind that you’re going to completely destroy whatever you write anyway, write about your darkest, weirdest, innermost hopes. Too shy to admit to a secret dream? Write it here. Feeling unworthy of a big adventure? Write. Secret crush? You know you gotta write that. Wild wish to sock your boss in the nose and go on a 50-tweet rant about your job? Let’s go.

If you want to actually destroy your writing at the end, have at it. If you want to keep it, that’s cool, too. What you did, though, was trick your brain into removing your inner “what if someone sees this” judgment and let you get these deep things on paper. There’s power in that. Repeat as needed.