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Eulogy for old me
calm ritual 20 min +100 XP
Write a short eulogy for the version of yourself you no longer are.
Why this matters
We usually either miss our former self or feel ashamed of it. A eulogy allows a third option — to say goodbye.
What to do
Pick one specific version of yourself that no longer exists: you at twenty, you before the move, you in that marriage, you before the illness. Write in the third person and the past tense — it makes the truth easier to say. Give dates, say what that person did, what they believed, what they feared, what they were good at. Make sure to write what you are grateful to them for, and what still embarrasses you about them. Finish with one sentence about what is left of them in you today. Read it aloud once and put it away without showing it to anyone.
Afterwards
What did you throw away from that person that you should have kept?
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