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Some seasons are about adding things to our lives. And then there are seasons where you start asking, “What can I let go of?” I’m in one of those seasons right now. I’m downsizing into a small space on my son’s property, and every box I’ve packed has forced the same question: keep it, or…
Some seasons are about adding things to our lives. And then there are seasons where you start asking, “What can I let go of?” This week’s Pen Your Past prompt is about downsizing in midlife and the quiet, practical, sometimes emotional choices we make to simplify life and focus on what really matters now. 👉…
Some memories don’t live in photos. They live in what our hands still know how to do.This week’s prompt is about the skills and creations that shaped you. 👉 Grab the free Pen Your Past Starter Kit and write your first story today. This Week’s Pen Your Past Prompt What’s something your hands remember how…
Life moves fast, but sometimes it helps to pause and notice this exact moment. This week’s prompt invites you to capture today. The details, worries, hopes, and routines that make up your life right now.👉 Need a little structure or support? Check out the Pen Your Past Starter Kit. It’s the easiest way to get…
Sometimes the people who shape us don’t even realize it. This week’s prompt invites you to write a note to someone from your past who left a mark, even if they never knew how much they mattered. 👉 Need a little structure or support? Check out the Pen Your Past Starter Kit. It’s the easiest…
Some lessons stick with us for life. This week’s prompt is about the wisdom that keeps echoing in your head — the kind you find yourself repeating when life gets tough. 👉 Need a little structure or support? Check out the Pen Your Past Starter Kit. It’s the easiest way to get started today! This…
Some memories hide in photographs, but others live in the air around us. This week, we’re writing about the smells that pull us straight back to another time. 👉 Need a little structure or support? Check out the Pen Your Past Starter Kit. It’s the easiest way to get started today! This Week’s Pen Your…
Each week we take a pause to write down one story that matters — the kind that might slip away if we don’t capture it.👉 Need a place to begin your stories? Check out the Pen Your Past Starter Kit. It’s the easiest way to get started today! This Week’s Pen Your Past Prompt If…
This week’s Pen Your Past™ prompt is here to help you pause, reflect, and write just one story that matters.👉 Need a little structure or support? Check out the Pen Your Past Starter Kit. It’s the easiest way to get started today! This Week’s Pen Your Past Prompt Write about a trip you took that…
Each week we pause and capture just one story that matters — a small moment that deserves to be remembered.👉 Need a little structure or support? Check out the Pen Your Past Starter Kit. It’s the easiest way to get started today! This Week’s Pen Your Past Prompt Write a letter to a car, truck,…
This week’s Pen Your Past™ is to compare your mornings then vs. now — and discover what those little shifts say about your life story.👉 Want other prompts? Check out the Pen Your Past Starter Kit. This Week’s Pen Your Past Prompt Compare a “morning then” to a “morning now.” What do the differences say…
This week’s Pen Your Past™ prompt is here to help you pause, reflect, and write just one story that matters.👉 Need a little structure or support? Check out the Pen Your Past Starter Kit. This Week’s Pen Your Past Prompt What is a favorite recipe or other creation you want to pass down?Is there a…
This week’s Pen Your Past™ prompt is here to help you pause, reflect, and write just one story that matters.👉 Need a little structure or support? Check out the Pen Your Past Starter Kit. This Week’s Pen Your Past Prompt What’s something you’re learning the hard way — but you’re still glad you did?What did…
Hi again, and welcome to Episode 4 of One Fix at a Time,the podcast for midlife women who are ready to clear out the digital noise, build better habits, and make meaning from the life they’ve already lived. If this is your first time here—hi, I’m Kari.I turned 50 not long ago, and like a…
✍️ One Small Prompt, One Personal StoryThis weekly series is part of the Pen Your Past™ Project – a legacy-writing practice for women who want to leave something real behind. 💌 Want the printable journal pages that go with these prompts? 📥 Download the Free Pen Your Past Starter Kit here » This Week’s Pen…
One small prompt, one personal story — that’s what Pen Your Past™ is all about.👉 Need help getting started? Download the Pen Your Past Starter Kit This Week’s Pen Your Past Prompt If this chapter of your life had a soundtrack, what would be on it?What songs match your current mood, rhythm, or season? What…
This week’s Pen Your Past™ prompt — a gentle way to write what matters, one prompt at a time.👉 Need help getting started? Download the Pen Your Past Starter Kit This Week’s Pen Your Past Prompt Write about something you saved – and why?It doesn’t have to be valuable. It just has to matter to…
This week’s Pen Your Past™ prompt — a gentle way to write what matters, one prompt at a time.👉 Need help getting started? Download the Pen Your Past Starter Kit This Week’s Pen Your Past Prompt ☀️ What was your first summer as a teenager like?Thirteen is an in-between age — no longer a kid,…
This week’s Pen Your Past™ prompt — a gentle way to write what matters, one prompt at a time.👉 Need help getting started? Download the Pen Your Past Starter Kit This Week’s Pen Your Past Prompt What’s something you used to love doing as a girl — that you’ve stopped doing?Would you bring it back…
A gentle reflection practice for midlife women who want to reconnect with the parts of themselves they’ve quietly set aside Have you ever looked back at an old version of yourself and thought,I didn’t realize how much I was carrying.Or how much I had already survived? In midlife, there’s a natural pull to reflect. Not…
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