what would you do if no one would ever find out?
strip away the audience. the judgement, the reputation, the story people tell about you. underneath all that, there is something you want to do that you have not let yourself name.
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 the thing down. the thing you would do if absolutely no one would ever find out. do not edit it, do not soften it. it might be kind, it might be selfish, it might be strange or plain. once it is on the page, sit with it. ask yourself why secrecy is the condition. what is the consequence you are afraid of. is it someone's opinion, a relationship, your own self image. write about what it says about you that this is the thing you chose. then write about whether there is any version of it you could actually do, openly, even partially.
- write the thing plainly, then write why you need no one to know.
- describe who you are most afraid of finding out, and what you think they would say.
- write about whether the desire is something to act on or something to understand.
this is for anyone who senses there is a gap between the life they are living and the one they would choose if the room were empty.