desire

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 Sit down and write out all the things you want. They don’t have to be realistic or doable or even things you’d choose to follow, we just want to get them out of the back of your brain.

- I think i want the house to be fixed up and the shed with tools, and a place in the states and more time in the states, convince husband to move to the states, travel to see friends, travel to see family's, travel to see world, secure retirement, less broken body, i want to retire and spend time traveling and seeing people and helping where i can and doing random research and reading.
 

Imagine what your desire/wanting looks like and write a description or draw it. I imagine my desire as a storm spirit that uses a cloudy substance to shapeshift into different wild animals and humanoid forms. What does yours look like?

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What is the story you have about wanting? Where did you learn it? Journal about this and let yourself dive into the memories and feelings of wanting and having wants be denied.

- i don't know

 

What do you notice in your body when you want? Are there different sensations depending on the kind of want? 

- my head and chest?

 

What are the desires you are most afraid to honor and acknowledge? Why?

 
- i don't know
 

Put together a playlist of songs that evoke desire in you. This can be sexual desire, material desire, intimate/emotional desire, any kind of desire you can come up with.

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What does desire look like as a dance? How would you move your body to embody want?

 
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Make a collage dedicated to your wants/desires. Maybe this is a vision board, maybe it’s dreams, whatever feels right for you.

 
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Draw/paint/craft something that represents your wants and desires.

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Sit down with a friend and alternate sharing desires with each other. As you share, try to feel that desire deeply. As you listen, try to find a space of excitement and support for the desire. Notice what it’s like to just say it and not judge or be judged.

 
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Can you think of a character from a book/show/movie/play that lets themselves dive into their desires (and isn’t punished for it)? If so, dive into that story and put yourself in that character’s shoes.

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Pick one of your desires that you don’t know you COULD achieve/receive and write a story where you DO achieve/receive it. Try to include as many details as possible and pay attention to what happens in your body as you write it.

- to try another time?