Bittersweet Paradox
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This week’s Writing Club entry & prompt is brought to you by running. That’s right: running.
“It’s been empowering and reassuring to realize that the actual moment or feeling is fleeting, especially compared to how much I was...”
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“It’s been empowering and reassuring to realize that the actual moment or feeling is fleeting, especially compared to how much I was...”
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November 20, 2025 at 8:11 PM
This week’s Writing Club entry & prompt is brought to you by running. That’s right: running.
“It’s been empowering and reassuring to realize that the actual moment or feeling is fleeting, especially compared to how much I was...”
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“It’s been empowering and reassuring to realize that the actual moment or feeling is fleeting, especially compared to how much I was...”
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This week’s Writing Club entry & prompt is brought to you by when one of my best friends helped me move halfway across the country.
“Present day me: Everything about these memories makes me smile and I’m forever grateful for Emily for agreeing to do...“
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“Present day me: Everything about these memories makes me smile and I’m forever grateful for Emily for agreeing to do...“
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November 13, 2025 at 4:28 PM
This week’s Writing Club entry & prompt is brought to you by when one of my best friends helped me move halfway across the country.
“Present day me: Everything about these memories makes me smile and I’m forever grateful for Emily for agreeing to do...“
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“Present day me: Everything about these memories makes me smile and I’m forever grateful for Emily for agreeing to do...“
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This week’s Writing Club entry & prompt is brought to you by my dad teaching me to drive a stick shift for the very first time.
“The first is him teaching me to tie my shoes in the small apartment in Blue Springs. The second is...”
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“The first is him teaching me to tie my shoes in the small apartment in Blue Springs. The second is...”
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November 6, 2025 at 5:17 PM
This week’s Writing Club entry & prompt is brought to you by my dad teaching me to drive a stick shift for the very first time.
“The first is him teaching me to tie my shoes in the small apartment in Blue Springs. The second is...”
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“The first is him teaching me to tie my shoes in the small apartment in Blue Springs. The second is...”
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This week’s Writing Club entry & prompt is brought to you by taking back the word “fine.”
“For now, I feel all of the things I described above and am happy and grateful to feel them in the present moment (or as close to the present...”
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“For now, I feel all of the things I described above and am happy and grateful to feel them in the present moment (or as close to the present...”
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October 30, 2025 at 4:10 PM
This week’s Writing Club entry & prompt is brought to you by taking back the word “fine.”
“For now, I feel all of the things I described above and am happy and grateful to feel them in the present moment (or as close to the present...”
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“For now, I feel all of the things I described above and am happy and grateful to feel them in the present moment (or as close to the present...”
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This week’s Writing Club entry & prompt is brought to you by extended quality time spent with my parents as an adult.
“Present day me: I used to love reading when I was younger, but was out of the habit of it before this time. I’m happy...
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“Present day me: I used to love reading when I was younger, but was out of the habit of it before this time. I’m happy...
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October 17, 2025 at 4:35 PM
This week’s Writing Club entry & prompt is brought to you by extended quality time spent with my parents as an adult.
“Present day me: I used to love reading when I was younger, but was out of the habit of it before this time. I’m happy...
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“Present day me: I used to love reading when I was younger, but was out of the habit of it before this time. I’m happy...
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This week’s Writing Club prompt is brought to you by fighting embarrassment, failures, and fears with logic.
Present day me: “I’m avoiding the question…” haha that’s exactly what I’m good at. I’m proud of myself for finally getting to address the...
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Present day me: “I’m avoiding the question…” haha that’s exactly what I’m good at. I’m proud of myself for finally getting to address the...
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October 10, 2025 at 6:48 PM
This week’s Writing Club prompt is brought to you by fighting embarrassment, failures, and fears with logic.
Present day me: “I’m avoiding the question…” haha that’s exactly what I’m good at. I’m proud of myself for finally getting to address the...
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Present day me: “I’m avoiding the question…” haha that’s exactly what I’m good at. I’m proud of myself for finally getting to address the...
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This week’s Writing Club prompt is brought to you by a writing workshop hosted by one of my favorite authors.
Your turn (but only if you feel like it): Make a list of what you did today. Does that list look like you’re living more in fear or in curiosity?
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Your turn (but only if you feel like it): Make a list of what you did today. Does that list look like you’re living more in fear or in curiosity?
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October 2, 2025 at 10:15 PM
This week’s Writing Club prompt is brought to you by a writing workshop hosted by one of my favorite authors.
Your turn (but only if you feel like it): Make a list of what you did today. Does that list look like you’re living more in fear or in curiosity?
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Your turn (but only if you feel like it): Make a list of what you did today. Does that list look like you’re living more in fear or in curiosity?
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This week's #WritingClub prompt is brought to you by our favorite things. Because it can't all be gripes and low moments vented in crinkly journal pages.
Your turn (but only if you feel like it): What's your favorite thing from last week?
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Your turn (but only if you feel like it): What's your favorite thing from last week?
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September 25, 2025 at 2:52 PM
This week's #WritingClub prompt is brought to you by our favorite things. Because it can't all be gripes and low moments vented in crinkly journal pages.
Your turn (but only if you feel like it): What's your favorite thing from last week?
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Your turn (but only if you feel like it): What's your favorite thing from last week?
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This week’s Writing Club prompt is brought to you by the phrase “tomorrow will be better.”
Your turn (but only if you feel like it): What’s been getting under your skin lately? And what do you try to do to get past those things?
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Your turn (but only if you feel like it): What’s been getting under your skin lately? And what do you try to do to get past those things?
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September 18, 2025 at 5:45 PM
This week’s Writing Club prompt is brought to you by the phrase “tomorrow will be better.”
Your turn (but only if you feel like it): What’s been getting under your skin lately? And what do you try to do to get past those things?
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Your turn (but only if you feel like it): What’s been getting under your skin lately? And what do you try to do to get past those things?
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September 12, 2025 at 1:32 AM
Breaking News!
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Writing Club 50% off Sale Alert!
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(Well, at least “news” in the loosest sense of how the word is used in headlines these days…)
Writing Club 50% off Sale Alert!
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This week’s Writing Club prompt is brought to you by a real unwanted visit from the norovirus bringing an unhealthy dose of “everything sucks” and “I just want to sleep for days until this is all over.”
And the way it goes, you’ll wake up feeling…
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And the way it goes, you’ll wake up feeling…
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September 12, 2025 at 1:29 AM
This week’s Writing Club prompt is brought to you by a real unwanted visit from the norovirus bringing an unhealthy dose of “everything sucks” and “I just want to sleep for days until this is all over.”
And the way it goes, you’ll wake up feeling…
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And the way it goes, you’ll wake up feeling…
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This week's Writing Club entry & prompt starts as an attempt to get over some regular, run of the mill, lack of inspiration with a side of writers block. My go-to remedy is to list what I ate last (or what I'm currently eating) and lo & behold that morphs into more.
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August 29, 2025 at 11:09 PM
This week's Writing Club entry & prompt starts as an attempt to get over some regular, run of the mill, lack of inspiration with a side of writers block. My go-to remedy is to list what I ate last (or what I'm currently eating) and lo & behold that morphs into more.
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Today’s #WritingClub entry & prompt starts with a throwback to my 35th birthday and the existential musing that only a milestone birthday can fuel. It’s a bittersweet paradox of a celebration mixed with a full-life reflection of what came before.
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August 21, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Today’s #WritingClub entry & prompt starts with a throwback to my 35th birthday and the existential musing that only a milestone birthday can fuel. It’s a bittersweet paradox of a celebration mixed with a full-life reflection of what came before.
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Does anyone else sometimes just make lists in their #journal when it feels too overwhelming to focus on anything else?
...Just me?
This week's #JournalClub entry is brought you by a day when I was determined to pull myself out of a rut and get things moving.
#journalsky #writersky #writingclub
...Just me?
This week's #JournalClub entry is brought you by a day when I was determined to pull myself out of a rut and get things moving.
#journalsky #writersky #writingclub
August 14, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Does anyone else sometimes just make lists in their #journal when it feels too overwhelming to focus on anything else?
...Just me?
This week's #JournalClub entry is brought you by a day when I was determined to pull myself out of a rut and get things moving.
#journalsky #writersky #writingclub
...Just me?
This week's #JournalClub entry is brought you by a day when I was determined to pull myself out of a rut and get things moving.
#journalsky #writersky #writingclub
This week's #WritingClub prompt is brought to you by a big lesson learned way back when I was a freshman in high school that I still think about today.
What lesson did you learn the hard way back when you were young?
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What lesson did you learn the hard way back when you were young?
#journalsky #writersky #journalclub
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August 10, 2025 at 3:25 PM
This week's #WritingClub prompt is brought to you by a big lesson learned way back when I was a freshman in high school that I still think about today.
What lesson did you learn the hard way back when you were young?
#journalsky #writersky #journalclub
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What lesson did you learn the hard way back when you were young?
#journalsky #writersky #journalclub
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Do you ever have those days where every. single. little. thing. just gets under your skin in the most obnoxious way?
This week’s #writingclub is brought to you by one of those days and is here to get it all down and get it all out so we can all get on over it.
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This week’s #writingclub is brought to you by one of those days and is here to get it all down and get it all out so we can all get on over it.
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July 31, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Do you ever have those days where every. single. little. thing. just gets under your skin in the most obnoxious way?
This week’s #writingclub is brought to you by one of those days and is here to get it all down and get it all out so we can all get on over it.
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This week’s #writingclub is brought to you by one of those days and is here to get it all down and get it all out so we can all get on over it.
www.patreon.com/BittersweetP...
Sometimes you need to let yourself get distracted to see something else going on…
Join the #writingclub on #patreon (there’s a link in the bio) to see the full entry + writing prompt & get your thinker thinking with the rest of the Bittersweet Paradox Writing Club crew.
#journalclub #journalsky
Join the #writingclub on #patreon (there’s a link in the bio) to see the full entry + writing prompt & get your thinker thinking with the rest of the Bittersweet Paradox Writing Club crew.
#journalclub #journalsky
July 28, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Sometimes you need to let yourself get distracted to see something else going on…
Join the #writingclub on #patreon (there’s a link in the bio) to see the full entry + writing prompt & get your thinker thinking with the rest of the Bittersweet Paradox Writing Club crew.
#journalclub #journalsky
Join the #writingclub on #patreon (there’s a link in the bio) to see the full entry + writing prompt & get your thinker thinking with the rest of the Bittersweet Paradox Writing Club crew.
#journalclub #journalsky
July 18, 2025 at 12:29 PM
This week's Writing Club entry is brought to you by a much needed road trip to visit childhood friends now spread across the country looking for a little help from the universe.
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#JournalClub #WriteSky #JournalSky
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#JournalClub #WriteSky #JournalSky
July 17, 2025 at 12:01 PM
This week's Writing Club entry is brought to you by a much needed road trip to visit childhood friends now spread across the country looking for a little help from the universe.
Join the Bittersweet Paradox #WritingClub here: www.patreon.com/BittersweetP...
#JournalClub #WriteSky #JournalSky
Join the Bittersweet Paradox #WritingClub here: www.patreon.com/BittersweetP...
#JournalClub #WriteSky #JournalSky
The Bittersweet Paradox Podcast is live!
We've got a couple deeply personal stories about both the light & dark occurring simultaneously, just waiting to be shared. Follow on your preferred podcast platform so you can be surprised when we show up with a new episode.
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We've got a couple deeply personal stories about both the light & dark occurring simultaneously, just waiting to be shared. Follow on your preferred podcast platform so you can be surprised when we show up with a new episode.
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July 11, 2025 at 7:09 PM
The Bittersweet Paradox Podcast is live!
We've got a couple deeply personal stories about both the light & dark occurring simultaneously, just waiting to be shared. Follow on your preferred podcast platform so you can be surprised when we show up with a new episode.
patreon.com/BittersweetParadox
We've got a couple deeply personal stories about both the light & dark occurring simultaneously, just waiting to be shared. Follow on your preferred podcast platform so you can be surprised when we show up with a new episode.
patreon.com/BittersweetParadox
There’s a new Writing Club entry and prompt that dropped today. Yes, this is a real journal entry of mine. Yes, this is a real opinion of mine. Yes, it’s cringy to share.
Isn’t that the whole point though?
Join the Writing Club on #Patreon if you want to read the full entry + prompt.
Isn’t that the whole point though?
Join the Writing Club on #Patreon if you want to read the full entry + prompt.
July 10, 2025 at 5:45 PM
There’s a new Writing Club entry and prompt that dropped today. Yes, this is a real journal entry of mine. Yes, this is a real opinion of mine. Yes, it’s cringy to share.
Isn’t that the whole point though?
Join the Writing Club on #Patreon if you want to read the full entry + prompt.
Isn’t that the whole point though?
Join the Writing Club on #Patreon if you want to read the full entry + prompt.
Bittersweet Paradox is not here to tell you what to do. It does not have the answers. But it does have stories. Real stories. Real people. Real life. Real darkness mixed with real light.
July 9, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Bittersweet Paradox is not here to tell you what to do. It does not have the answers. But it does have stories. Real stories. Real people. Real life. Real darkness mixed with real light.
The Bittersweet Paradox project has 2 components:
The Writing Club is a safe space where we can consider our own frustrations, anger, criticisms, & sadness while also acknowledging that they’re not the full picture.
The Podcast is the stories and the lessons learned of those that choose to share.
The Writing Club is a safe space where we can consider our own frustrations, anger, criticisms, & sadness while also acknowledging that they’re not the full picture.
The Podcast is the stories and the lessons learned of those that choose to share.
July 8, 2025 at 2:11 PM
The Bittersweet Paradox project has 2 components:
The Writing Club is a safe space where we can consider our own frustrations, anger, criticisms, & sadness while also acknowledging that they’re not the full picture.
The Podcast is the stories and the lessons learned of those that choose to share.
The Writing Club is a safe space where we can consider our own frustrations, anger, criticisms, & sadness while also acknowledging that they’re not the full picture.
The Podcast is the stories and the lessons learned of those that choose to share.
I wasn't joking about using my own actual journal entries for the basis of the Writing Club. Today's entry is from 2022. It's short. Not meant to take up too much of your time. And the writing prompt that follows is a nudge to simply reflect.
#writersky #writesky
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#writersky #writesky
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July 3, 2025 at 2:52 PM
I wasn't joking about using my own actual journal entries for the basis of the Writing Club. Today's entry is from 2022. It's short. Not meant to take up too much of your time. And the writing prompt that follows is a nudge to simply reflect.
#writersky #writesky
www.patreon.com/BittersweetP...
#writersky #writesky
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"I volunteer as tribute"
OK folks, I've had this idea for...well ok I don't know how long because time doesn't make any sense to me these days (is that age? Or brain health? Hypochondria?), but I've been thinking about it for a long time....
#writersky #writesky
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OK folks, I've had this idea for...well ok I don't know how long because time doesn't make any sense to me these days (is that age? Or brain health? Hypochondria?), but I've been thinking about it for a long time....
#writersky #writesky
patreon.com/BittersweetParadox
July 2, 2025 at 5:16 PM
"I volunteer as tribute"
OK folks, I've had this idea for...well ok I don't know how long because time doesn't make any sense to me these days (is that age? Or brain health? Hypochondria?), but I've been thinking about it for a long time....
#writersky #writesky
patreon.com/BittersweetParadox
OK folks, I've had this idea for...well ok I don't know how long because time doesn't make any sense to me these days (is that age? Or brain health? Hypochondria?), but I've been thinking about it for a long time....
#writersky #writesky
patreon.com/BittersweetParadox