what did you bury that keeps coming up?
you put it somewhere you thought was deep enough. and for a while it stayed there. but it keeps finding its way back, in odd moments, uninvited.
every day there's one live question, the same for everyone. answer it anonymously, see what other people said. it's all gone in seven days.
answer today's question →write about the thing. not the full story if that feels like too much, just enough to name it. a sentence or two. then write about how it comes back. what triggers it. a song, a place, a phrase someone says, a time of year. be specific about the most recent time it surfaced. what were you doing, and how did you notice it was there again? then ask yourself what burying it was supposed to achieve. protection, peace, moving on. write about whether it worked. finally, write one honest line about what this thing might need from you that putting it away cannot give it.
- write about the way it resurfaces. does it come as a feeling, a thought, a tension in your body, or something else entirely.
- ask yourself what you were afraid would happen if you didn't bury it.
- consider whether it keeps coming up because it is unfinished, not because you are failing to move on.
this is for anyone who did the work of putting something away only to find it keeps returning. especially if you are tired of being surprised by it.