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My fastest way to connect in with my inner child is to listen to the music she loved. Which, to be fair, I still love as an adult. Whether itā€™s The Beatles or Britney Spears or Good Charlotte, something about tapping into that deepest sense memory of sound knocks down all my ā€œgrown-upā€ walls. Thanks for the prompt and way to think about unleashing ourselves with joy!

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I love this, Emi! I also listen to my high school bands often. Itā€™s amazing how music can transport you right back to the feelings you felt as a kid/teen. Thanks for sharing šŸ™‚

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I love this! I always remember finger painting in kindergarten being so much fun. I have zero artistic skill today beyond hilarious stick figures, but it's nice to remember a time when none of that mattered. It was just pure joy to create somethingā€”anythingā€”out of nothing.

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Try finger painting again and see how it goes! haha Kindergarten Ana would love it :)

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This is great! That moment when you just bring an idea to play and enjoy, no need to have a world built around it, just a movie trailer that allows you to engage with the feeling and daydream

What Ill do is then Ill just write them down like you say and then whenever there is a time for them will see what else is happening there.

I like the way King explained it, its a fossil and you have the opportunity to dig it out, dind out how big or how weird it is.

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I like that explanation as well! However big or weird :)

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Precious child .....you are

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<3 <3

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Brilliant strategy for being kinder to our inner child as a writer. Thank you.

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I'm so happy it resonated with you <3

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Just reread this tonight, and I did not realize how much it would answer a question I didnā€™t realize I had. Thank you, Kailey! Right now Iā€™m pondering if and how I want to disintegrate the structures Iā€™ve built around writing, and this informs that. I want to feel inspired by my work and enjoy it. I want to write purely, exclusively because I feel like it. Thank you for the reminder <3

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Inner child work is fascinating! Its a hard practice for sure, but it can inform so much. Glad this was helpful :)

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