Strategy for getting stuff off my mind (sorry this only works if you live near a body of water that goes to the ocean)
Step one: find a semi-wide piece of natural wood, small enough to hold in your hand but big enough to write on. (driftwood ideally. You can’t break off the wood yourself. Idk why, to me it messes with the neutral vibe of the process)
Step two: You can use dissolvable ink or whatever else is present, just something more permanent than pencil lead (again idk why it’s just a vibe). Write whatever it is on the wood. The thing you remember in the middle of the night, something you shouldn’t have said, something you wish you did. The wood sorta owns those thoughts now. You can have those thoughts but the burden is shared? Idk how my brain works.
Step three: Go to your nearest body of water that leads to the ocean. If it doesn’t lead to the ocean then there’s no potential for the wood to truly drift away
Thrown the wood as far as you can. Or lightly place it, however you want to send it off.
Whenever the thoughts come back again, remind yourself “it’s on the wood. I’ve taken action to put those thoughts to bed.”
