Life & Writing Tools: Writing or Not through Bad Times By Susan Hanniford Crowley

These tools are for everyone!

I didn’t want to post a photo here as you see it everywhere in the news. The people in California are in deep trouble with the wild fires. So I have researched news services that have information about donating to help. In my humble opinion, NBC did a great job regarding how to donate and to whom. Here is the link, scroll to the bottom to see the clickable links. https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/how-to-help-victims-los-angeles-wildfires-rcna187274

Now for the rest of us and those in a bad way (such as sitting in a hotel waiting out the fire), here is a way to vent your feelings. Getting emotions on paper, whether for publication or for freeing yourself of the pain, sadness, and anger, has been helpful to many.

If you had to run to save family, pets, and maybe a few other valuables, you may not have a notebook and pen or pencil. But I know you have your phone on you and hopefully your charger.

Write an email to yourself about what you are going through. Only do that if you want to. Some people prefer to be more analytical and write down what they need to do next. Write whatever helps you. Others like to dictate messages to themselves.

Writing does not help everyone. Here are some non-writing ideas.

Call a friend or family member who gives your comfort.Listen to music. Scroll through your photos on your phone. Note: Playing a game will usually run down the charge on your phone. Watching videos uses a lot of charge too. Do yoga poses if you know them.

My favorite things to do are to write but I also email friends. The main objective here is to do something that is calming for you. We all need something that keeps us going when the bad moments hit.

Be safe. Keep your loved ones close.

All the best always,
Susan
Susan Hanniford Crowley.

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Now we wait
for the return of the princess.