March’s Ides….
5:5:10pm: First ten words that come to mind…. Just write them down, let us respond. Could take any form.
ME:
Not rushing.
Don’t want that.
Ease is what me frees.
5:10-5:40pm: Self-talk in writing. Why. What does it do. Is that what our authors are doing? Why do it at all?
A self-talk that is written is a realized realization.
Talking to yourself is when you find stories, understandings and lively realities you may have dismissed at one point.
5:40-6:05pm: Irby update…. What are you seeing, learning, feeling?
I’m feeling a reassuring statement to not care so much, take life as it comes and embrace everything that you are.
She tells me to look more into what is stressing me, why overthink… why think at all.. just live and enjoy who you are.
6:05-6:20pm: How are YOU? Tel us about you, your story, what’s been happening in your story. Help us get to know your story better…
6:20-6:30pm: Tonight’s page…. What’s there?
For me: Self, Self-talk, learning from immediate sight.
STRIP STRESS OF ITS STRENGTH AND SIGNIFICANCE.
Essays should be YOU. Not “extensions”. Fly to the page and love MADLY.
Read to find something you need…. Read to perpetuate curiosity, not find answers.
***ASSIGNMENT: Keep reading Irby….. Start a conversation with me over email, about Irby….
#professormikey 
On my way to the vet’s office with my dog might be a little late with my responses but will keep track. Just a little heads up. Looking forward to all the comments. Love x
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Hey Annica!!!!
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time spent on yourself is never wasted. love yourself more.
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YES!!!!!
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The first thing that came to mind was a quote from a movie I watched yesterday called midnight in Paris. “You can fool me but you can’t fool Hemingway.” Be true to yourself. If you know midnight in Paris, you know the exact meaning of it. If you don’t know the movie PLEASE PLEASE watch it. Its great.
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Love that movie… like, LOVE it. Obsessed actually…
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SAAAAAME!!!
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🙂
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Helllooooo Allll
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I thrive when others think that I will mess up
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YES!!!!!!!!!
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I’M HERE!!!!!! Holy F/CK what a day… In a good way. lol … How are you all???
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What’d you do?
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Wrote some new business, did some writing… lots on the horizon for #professormikey… stay tuned.
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Hello everyone!
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Dont overthink. it is not that big of a deal.
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Hey Nina!!! Yes…. Overthought is idea death.
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If it was easy everyone would do it
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oops thats not 10
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Quality… not quantity. All good!!
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Slow down, Take in the enjoyable moments in our lives.
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Yes!!! Like how it’s “our” and not “your”!!
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Keep pushing through the storm, sunny days are coming soon.
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There is a quiet wonder in the world when you stop and look
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That’s awesome..
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I wrote a page on my day last night…It was part of it.
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Thank you so much for sharing!!! Great to see you!!
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Happy to be here!!
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doing well professor, defiantly an interesting book, Irby has no filter and it is hilarious.
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Everything will be ok!
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hey y’all
chicken, salamander, crotchet, window, salmonella, clouds, happy, ponies, neighbors, dogs
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Love the no-capitalization and no period at sentence-end!!!
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Potato, carrot, escalator, quesadilla, I’m hungry, space, cosmos, pokemon, nuzlocke….. First 10. The next couple are about how I’m starving and want a potato quesadilla.
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First 10: Anxiety sucks, focus on better times, comfort food coming soon (Body decided to have an anxiety attack today so I’m a bit flustered currently)
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That’s great!! Good to see you!!
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Mix I can be anything and pretend you’re good at it.
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Yep!!! Lawson remains!!!!
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It’s tough. Thats why I need to get it done.
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Perfect!!
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“yesterday was history, tomorrow is a mystery, and today is a gift, that is why it is called the present”.
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OTP: Write more crazily. Seriously. Be crazy. Be free. Find love in your own words. Find a new way to be in love with YOU and your story.
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You can talk yourself out of any mood. Start talking.
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Hello!! 10 words popped up: Inquiries, by and large, continue to cycle how to solve.
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Hey Dais!!!! Great words here, love the contemplative contour…
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In a pensive state.
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Yep.
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Who is a self-talker??
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aren’t we all?
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🙂
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Self talk is always a good thing to do
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Tell me why a ton of people did 10 words in a sentence that made sense, and my brain thought “oh, lets spout gibberish”. Am I a nonsense person?
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Not at all! And who’s to say it’s gibberish?
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I’ve always thought that talking to yourself is the most enriching dialogue. No shit… There are not expectations, at least when I do. Only exploration, and more decisions, more certainty. I’m not saying I see myself as some sagacious person or anything, Just find more sense when writing to myself. So, no, when I say self-talk that doesn’t mean having rich back-and-forth’s with yourself walking down 4th Street. Though, if that works for you I say keep talkin….
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Hello everyone,
sleep, crazy, catching up, homework, work, time, late, thirsty, water.
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Yep…. Hey Tiffany. Good to see you!!
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We are officially open for dine in and it feels so weird seeing people without masks.
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most of my self-talk is just things that I need to get done or if I am doing something I will walk myself through it, if that makes sense.
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I talk to myself all the time not even going to lie. It’s kind of a natural habit for me now.
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Good!! Do you ever write it?
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I dont, I dont think I’ve even tried because I dont really remember the conversations I have, usually there just in a random moment not when I writing for myself or I just don’t remember that part of the day I’m writing about. I should try.
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Dude, talk into your phone… carry a notebook!!!! Please try!! If you wan to that is… just saying, it helps!!! Enjoy!!
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Sorry for being a little late Mickey. I’m at work right now, good thing it’s really slow
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*Mikey … lol … Welcome!!
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Self comes before the talk, and not just in the way it’s written…. Think about that.
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I talk to myself when I am stressed, or when ever there is something out of my control in life, writing down my feelings dose help, it hlps me retain my peace of mind.
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Self talk is how I gain perspective. Talking things out helps me not only understand how my words come across, but how they could potentially affect someone as well. In terms of stories for the day, chipping away at class, homework, and winding down after a distanced hang out with some friends that I had not seen in months
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I feel like I talk to myself a lot, but I don’t.
I don’t know if that makes sense.
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If it makes sense to you, that’s what matter. And if it doesn’t, maybe it’s not supposed to.
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Inward jots are invaluable.
Some of you have heard me say this before….
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I self-talk myself a lot when under stress/anxious. I also write down things and say them out loud to myself to remind myself of certain things.
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I talk to myself all the time. All my thoughts come out when I’m angry and feeling down.
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Whenever you have a minute, ask yourself a question. Write it down. Answer the question, then answer. Another, then do it again…. There so much you don’t know about YOU…
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I do this a lot out loud. Mostly, what happens though, is my girlfriend notices something is wrong before I do and she asks me to narrate my thoughts out loud. I end up saying the questions and worries in my mind and either answer them and find a resolution myself, or we work on it together. Its hard to realize that sometimes you need to narrate and self talk.
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She sounds DOPE
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I talk to myself a lot when I’m stimulated to think about something, my thoughts will snowball and I will think about something someone talked about a video I watched at 12 pm 10 hours later when I’m lying in bed. Sometimes this also comes out in text form as I’ve been known to send long rants about things to my close friends or boyfriend when I get to thinking.
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One of my main points of having a journal is so that I can read it in the future to remind me of how much work I’ve done. So in a way that’s self talk. It also brings an opportunity for self reflection. When I REALLY talk to myself it’s usually when Im trying to remember something, keep myself on track, or like yell at the tv. But I know hearing something out loud helps with memory! In writing, I think self talk gives us a more personal experience and possibly a better connection with the writer. It’s a direct reflection into the actual thought process of the person who is writing. Rather than reading a strategically mapped and planned version of them. I do think Lawson and Irby portray self talk in their writing and it’s a major part of what makes their work readable and often relatable. Lawson does it as a way to connect and help by showing her readers that we aren’t the only ones having these thoughts and feelings.
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I feel like I only talk to myself when I do something really stupid and I want to really tell myself to do better next time
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Whatever helps YOU.
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For me self talk is also anxiety driven, whenever something brings me anxiety I overthink and self talk a lot over that time.
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I can relate to that part of self-talk as well.
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Sometimes self talk is good for me because it can help me figure something out or let me vent when I need to.
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Examples?
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Usually at night after winding down I find myself thinking about my day and how I could have acted or done something differently, especially on days where I get into a argument or are just having a rough day. I also talk to myself sometimes when i’ve encountered something unnerving like having to walk out into my grandmas pitch black backyard to get firewood, or playing a scary game. I do not know if that counts as self talk though.
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I talk to myself when I’m stressed and have a lot to do. It makes me feel more relaxed. I think Lawson mostly talks to herself in her book when Irby talks to herself sometimes but is also talking to her reader.
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Every word we utter has had a thought before it first. Sometimes they feel like an automatic script running in my background, sometimes it feels like a voice in my head. Interestingly, both sound to me like my voice sounds to others.
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Yes!!
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I believe self talk is import to understand and validate your own feelings. Our authors both do it and adds more meaning to the books.
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Agreed. Meaning, and instruction, urgency…
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When I actually think about it, I talk to myself a lot more than I thought. It’s usually little things like sometimes I just ask myself where I left something when I’m trying to find it. But when I actually talk to myself, it gets hard to listen. I usually don’t like listening to what I say about myself so it’s more of a love hate relationship between us.
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Duality is delicious…. and, rewarding!!! Keep listening, and focus on that love.
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Self talk is like your own personal therapist. It helps get you through anxiety and neg situations, and be your biggest cheerleader.
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I think sometimes my words sound better in my head then when I actually write them down, but I also think when you don’t write your thoughts down you then you’ll never know when you have a thought that really sticks.
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