100 Days of Fiction: Days 13 through 21

This sabbatical has been interesting. And certainly has led to me learning a lot of big and little lessons. It’s been harder than I thought it was going to be – harder to focus on my dream list of things I wanted to do, hard to admit to myself that I wasn’t prepared, hard to find out what my favorite restaurants are having as their special because they only update that info on their Facebook page…

But the thing is, all of these hard lessons have been good lessons to learn.

I’ve also picked up more than a little clarity around what I long for and what I need and what ingredients I am missing when it comes to actively cultivating and creating the kind of daily life I desire to lead.

More later on that – but for now, here’s the last week of snippets from my 100 Days of Fiction Project:

Day 13

Day 13 “Paula was tempted to break promises. Promises she knew she needed to keep in order to look at herself in the mirror. That was important and temptation.” #The100DayProject #100DaysofFictionByDebra

A photo posted by Debra Smouse (@debrasmouse) on Apr 18, 2015 at 7:28pm PDT

Day 14

 

Day 14. ” one of the most cathartic things a woman can do for her soul is clean her closet. It’s ripe with promises of peace.” #soultending #awareness #The100DayProject #100DaysofFictionByDebra

A photo posted by Debra Smouse (@debrasmouse) on Apr 19, 2015 at 12:20pm PDT

Day 15

Day 15 ” The one constant in life was that there was always laundry to be done.” #100DaysofFictionByDebra #The100DayProject

A photo posted by Debra Smouse (@debrasmouse) on Apr 20, 2015 at 6:32pm PDT

Day 16

 

Day 16. ” Paula knew that no matter what the experts said, there were really only three motivators: sex, power, or money. ” #The100DayProject #100DaysofFictionByDebra

A photo posted by Debra Smouse (@debrasmouse) on Apr 21, 2015 at 7:07pm PDT

Day 17

Day 17. “It had been such a long day that even Paula’s hair hurt after taking down her ponytail. ” #100DaysofFictionByDebra #The100DayProject

A photo posted by Debra Smouse (@debrasmouse) on Apr 22, 2015 at 4:39pm PDT

Day 18

 

Day 18 of the #The100DayProject : “The question Paula needed to ask herself wasn’t ‘what do you want?’ What she needed to ask is ‘what do you long for?’ Because there’s a difference. ” #100DaysofFictionByDebra

A photo posted by Debra Smouse (@debrasmouse) on Apr 23, 2015 at 3:03pm PDT

Day 19

Day 19: “Paula knew it was time to be a bigger person. ” #The100DayProject #100DaysofFictionByDebra

A photo posted by Debra Smouse (@debrasmouse) on Apr 24, 2015 at 7:21pm PDT

Day 20

 

Day 20 ” how does an 80 year old woman fall down a flight of stairs not being seriously hurt? Paula didn’t know the answer, she was just grateful her neighbor was okay.” #100DaysofFictionByDebra #the100dayproject

A photo posted by Debra Smouse (@debrasmouse) on Apr 25, 2015 at 2:40pm PDT

Day 21

Day 21. “While she didn’t like the figurines at first, ahe had to admit they were growing on her.” #The100DayProject #100DaysofFictionByDebra

A photo posted by Debra Smouse (@debrasmouse) on Apr 26, 2015 at 12:39pm PDT