Longing
And the dozens of ways we perceive it
Today, write about longing. Not so much about the achievement or person or situation you long for (though by all means include that if you like), but rather on the act of longing itself.
I’ve been thinking lately about the different ways to think about longing and all its different manifestations. There’s reassuring longing like missing someone who also misses you, there’s desperate longing for a situation like a career achievement or other big dream, there are attitudes around longing that suggest it’s silly and not ideal, and attitudes around it that consider it an act of dedicated care. Dig into all that today and see where you land. Let’s go.
