what did you lose touch with in yourself?

something in you went quiet. not all at once, but slowly, until you noticed its absence like a room you stopped entering. you're not sure when it happened.

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 part of yourself you've lost touch with. maybe it's curiosity, playfulness, anger, desire, a sense of adventure. name it as clearly as you can. then try to trace backwards. when did you last feel it. what was happening in your life at that time. write about the circumstances around its fading. did something happen, or did life just layer over it. now write about what it would take to find it again. not a grand gesture, but a small one. a door you could open. sometimes the thing you've lost is still there, just buried under everything you built on top of it.

  • write about a time you felt fully like yourself, and what was present then that isn't now.
  • think about whether you lost this part of yourself or put it away for safekeeping.
  • ask yourself what you'd have to remove from your life to make space for it again.

this is for anyone who feels like they've drifted from themselves. for people who catch glimpses of who they used to be and feel a strange kind of homesickness.