Monday, October 21st

What happens when ice cream gets angry?

It has a meltdown. 🍦

This week is a little different—instead of drawing a prompt from a poem, today’s prompt is from an awesome conversation with my new pal

Julie Fontes

on my podcast, The Angsty Pod.

I met Julie right here on Substack and realized quickly how much we have in common.

• We’re both writers — check out Julie’s brand spankin’ new book Like A Normal Person by clicking here.

• We’ve both spent a lot of time working in the hospitality industry. When I told Julie about how hard it was to work in kitchens she understood immediately!

• We’re both sober. Although Julie doesn’t necessarily identify as “in recovery” the way I do, she does share a lot about her sobriety journey in this episode (and in her book!)

Listen now as

Julie Fontes

reads from this beauty — written in 1994 and stashed under her mattress.

It’s such a fun conversation full of giggles and insight. I’ve loved reading Julie’s substack, especially her ‘Quit-Litmus’ series, and trust all her book recommendations.

My copy of Julie’s book Like a Normal Person arrived today and I cannot wait to get into it! She talks about her process of writing this book (and getting sober) on the pod with such honesty and grace… I think you’ll really love this conversation!

Today’s prompt is from Julie’s last diary entry she read on the podcast, where she starts like this:

“Don’t forget the way you feel right now, Julie. This is what happens when you take him back.”

I thought this was such a profound way to start a page, and I invite you to start a page with any of these prompts today. If you do write something to it and decide to share it, don’t forget to include, after Julie Fontes, after the title. <3

• Don’t forget the way you feel right now…

• This is what happens when you __________ (take him back, drink again, skip therapy)

• This is what I want you to know…

Sending you all so much love with this prompt and I hope you enjoy the episode!