Changing your stars is kind of a big deal.
It’s like in Scrabble, when you’re saddled with Z, D, D, Y, R, R, L. You cash in your chips for a new set. Surrender up what you have, and trust that whatever you pull out of the bag is to be than what you had.
Every month, I compile a post called 6 Words. Ernest Hemingway inspired it when he claimed you can tell a story in a six-word sentence. I call on bloggers, friends, strangers, and a few strange blogger friends. How will they respond to the prompt?
January is Change Your Stars month. What would you change in your life, sky’s the limit, in six words?
This prompt took right off from last month’s wishes for 2015. It’s almost like a reset button. What would have happened if stormtroopers got into disco? Talk about changing your stars. (They’d still be lousy shots, but could do The Hustle).
How would you change your stars?
1. Better health, focused writing and serenity.
Cathy C., of An Empowered Spirit blog
2. My health – I wanna do more
Stephanie-May, of Darky Blue blog
3. Own Parisian apartment again (and jet).
Letizia, of Reading Interrupted blog
4. Pack up, and move to Australia!
Alison L, of Writing Wishing blog
5. Grow heart,mind; Shrink stress, buttocks.
May, of Messy Money blog
6. Voice my feelings not eat them.
Kathy R., of My Dishwasher’s Possessed blog
7. More: Time, energy, peace, love, happiness.
Theresa, of Theresa’s Mixed Nuts blog
8. New concept takes off like wildfire!
Christine, of A Sprinkle of This and That blog
9. A car that never breaks down.
Jaded
10. To dance with my fear courageously!
Tara N., of Family Sport Life blog
11. Younger back and pain free runs.
Deb, of Deb Runs blog
12. Shape time to chase my passions.
Penelope G., of Penelope’s Oasis blog
13. I’d sing like a Broadway star.
Dana H., of Kiss My List blog
14. Twenty pounds of grief weight gone.
Kathy G., of Kissing the Frog blog
15. Get butt moving, lose 45 pounds!!!!
Lisa, of BlondiesBEARista blog
16. Change being overwhelmed; seems manageable – not.
Kate H., of Can I Get Another Bottle of Whine blog
17. Win the lottery, pay off med-school!
Jamie J., of Kreyv blog
18. Win the Powerball. Ponies for everyone!
Gina T., of Full of It blog
19. Reconcile with my wife and children.
Tony R., of A Way With Words blog
20. Get auto focus lens for brain.
Harmony H., of Harmony With Animals blog
21. Children wouldn’t be such picky eaters!!!
Lisa W., of The Golden Spoons blog
22. Believe in myself, today and always.
Kirsten P., of The Kir Corner blog
23. Time to relocate – destination Pacific Northwest!
Nancy W., of On the Home Front blog
24. Three-month relocation – Canada is cold.
Kim S., of Co-Pilot Mom blog
25. Change my dreams into my realities!
Jen W., of Pink When blog
26. Defeat depression and accept body image.
Roxy, of Unintentionally Brilliant blog
27. Every precious moment has a place.
Maggie M., of Maggie May Just Say This blog
28. Simplify life through organization and budgeting.
Michelle N., of A Dish of Daily Life blog
29. Dream bigger until it becomes reality.
Ashley M., of Post Grad Jitters blog
30. More time for everything I love.
Cynthia, of You Signed Up For What?! blog
31. Sparkle as I approach my goals.
Angela A., of Playing With Words blog
32. Learn to hold onto the moments.
Jennifer L, of Outsmarted Mommy blog
33. Stop procrastinating and write that book!
Kristen, of 31 Million Seconds blog
34. Beach dreaming while sipping Pina Coladas.
Janine H., of Janine’s Confessions of a Mommyaholic blog
35. Year-round Idaho temperatures of 80 degrees.
Aunie R., of Aunie Sauce blog
36. I’d stop worrying and just live.
Meredith E., of Perfection Pending blog
37. Move the scale to the left.
Sharon, of Mayor of Crazyville blog
38. Kids napping at the same time.
Kim, of Protean Mom blog
39. Direct the movie “Pigs Gone Wild.”
Bacon T., of Pig Love blog
40. Seek the silence, rediscover the beauty.
Les B., of Time Out for Mom blog
41. 2015: less chores, more me time.
Heather S., of Heather Christena Schmidt blog
42. Debt-free published author and home owner.
Allie T., of Sparkly Shoes and Sweatdrops blog
43. My negative attitude to positive gratitude.
Kristi M., of Moms Own Words blog
43. No wrinkles, no cellulite, win lottery!
Princess Rosebud, of Enchanted Seashells blog
44. Act more, think less, find balance.
Stephanie R., of So I’ve Been Thinking Blog
45. I’d accept my sweet, imperfect life.
Kristen, of Bye Bye Beer blog
46. Anxiety won’t feel like a noose.
Tamara B., of Tamara (Like) Camera blog
47. Must-have mommy vacation- total relaxation!
Jodi F., of The Noise of Boys blog
48. Start living a very wow life.
Eli P., of Coach Daddy blog
For some reason, I am not getting in my email when you have this challenge. This is the 2nd time I have missed it. 😦
Sorry Naila – they go out through the month to folks in my inbox and when I visit blogs (which I don’t get to nearly enough.)
Drop me an email tomorrow for February’s prompt!
The sky truly is the limit here and going to lie after the past few days’ weather never could my own be more wished for to be honest. Still thank you always for including me 😉
And to think I felt disappointed to learn this morning they took away the chance of winter weather here Sunday/Monday.
We still supposedly got more on the way towards the end of the week, but hopefully not as bad as this past storm.
Wow! I love these. Some great inspiration here from a whole bunch of lovely people! Thanks for having me join in on the fun.
Glad you like it Tara. There are a few I’d like to borrow. And a few new faces. Happy to have you along again!
Ooh, I like #47! 🙂 These are really deep. Great topic, Eli!
Jodi nailed it, didn’t she, Kate? And yeah, people got all contemplating on us. I worried the topic was too close to December’s, but everyone proved me wrong.
Oh I love these…wondered what this month’s was.
I often look at my Scrabble letters and think “well these are good, but I can’t DO anything with them for crying out loud.” But do I ever trade them? Noo…I’m convinced if I just hold on to those I was dealt, I’ll get my opportunity. Not always so, in Scrabble or life.
As always, a great collection of thought (I like the one with “think less” in it…I need to do that) and a bunch of new people to check out.
I wish I had included it in one of our emails! It’s tough to give in an start over. It might be the toughest thing ever to do.
There are some good new faces in this one … hope you find some new faves, Lisa!
Wonderful topic, Eli! It made me think. I love the one about changing a negative attitude to positive gratitude. I think it’s easy to be negative – I doubt myself a lot – but just having this life is something to be grateful for. And chasing passions? So fabulous. I love yours too…and I hope that wow life is what you’re living! 🙂
Thanks Shannon! This one got people thinking. Kind of a reset for New Year’s resolutions gone awry. The stuff that deserves gratitude is there, we often just don’t see it.
We have to have something fueling that fire within us. It doesn’t have to mean selling all your possessions to start a South American tribe, but there’s something. there has to be.
Glad you liked mine too … a very wow life would be awesome.
Still waiting for a sponsor to fund Pigs Gone Wild – snorts and rolls with laughter. XOXO – Bacon
We need to get a kickstarter started for you, Bake!
I love this one, all of them are wonderful!! Thank you so much for including me!! And I am sending good thoughts that your intention sees the light!
Not a bad crop, eh Kathy? So glad you were in it again. I think a very wow life is within my reach.
These are great! Love the negative attitude to positive gratitude.
Thanks JJ! I think the move to positive gratitude will stick with all who read this.
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A wonderful collection of “How We’d Change Our Stars, in 6 Words”.
So glad you were part of it, Ashley. And thanks for reblogging it! It’s an honor to be on your site.
Anytime!
A very wow life – I love it! I try to do that too. It may not be wow for everyone, but wow for me. I also love the varied sentences – some big, some small, some lighthearted, some serious. And quite a few comment on the cold – I can relate. I spend the winter under an electric blanket!
I love it too, Dana. We can all go for something like that. Wow is quite personal.
So many different perspectives … and I think a valuable element of this project is that no one sees anyone else’s response until they’re posted.
People brought up the cold like they usually do chocolate and wine.
Wishing you a year full of wow, Eli!
I’d like for you to find a little wow yourself, Letizia – thanks!
Thanks, Eli; always looking for some additional wow in my life 🙂
We have 11 months left to do just that!
I like ‘less chores, more me time’ I sign up for it where..?
The good thing about the less this / more that wishes is that a small amount is already there. Up to us to figure out how to increase the ‘more’ and decrease the ‘less’!
What makes your life WOW, E?
There has to be some sort of outsourcing, Tamara – or a movement to just refuse to do the chores. We do have the key to most of this, don’t we? We just have to move that direction.
To be heard, to be loved, and to hear and love … that makes a life wow, T.
Love these – I really like yours – living a wow life!!!
Not just a wow life – a very wow life!
Maybe “A very wow life” description should be a prompt…I’ll bet those sentences would be something. Thanks again for including me, this is one of my favorite collections. And I’m sensing a theme of “bigger, better, healthier, stronger, happiness and gratitude” – I like it. I like it a lot.
Now you’re on to something … there are months that don’t lend themselves easily to a prompt. I’ll keep “a very wow life” available for then!
Glad you were in it, Stephanie. There’s a lot of momentum here. And you’re a part of that.
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I contributed a six-word sentence to Coach Daddy’s blog this week.
Tony – thanks for taking part, and for sharing on your blog!
i always love these, and #30 is it for me )
Cynthia really nailed it with No. 30. Do you read her?
How in the world did I not send you an invite? Inexcusable.
it’s all good, you have to spread the love around a little bit.
There’s something serendipitous about it.
A Wow Life. Yes, I love that. What a great thing to which to aspire.
Thank you for inviting me to join again, Eli. It’s always fun and so interesting to read the other contributions.
A very wow life, even. I love it too. It can mean so much. I’m glad you were along again, Kim. always fun to see what everyone comes up with, and you make such great contributions.
Love it, as usual. Here’s to a great 2015, everyone!
Thanks Kim! Your 2015 is going to be quite a ride.
Read great blogs like yours more.
I really, really like your sentence, Ann!
So much inspiration! Thanks for letting me play along!! 🙂
Thanks for being part of it, Meredith. Join me again next month?
I hope so!!
Email me tomorrow – I’ll have the next one ready by then!
I really love a lot of these. I feel so inspired! Thanks for inviting me to play along. It was a lot of fun to come up with a grand plan in just six words.
Not a bad collection, right Kristen? Let’s go through them one by one. You’re getting good at this.
Thanks for inviting me to play; it was a lot of fun to read all the contributions!
Welcome to the tribe, Rosebud.
I think my favorite is “Sparkle as I approach my goals.” I like the use of sparkle! It was fun reading through them.
Dads usually don’t sparkle, though, but I think it works for women. Only way I’ll sparkle is if the girls paint my nails.
Got your email – watch your inbox tomorrow, Dawn.
Another great set Mate. I love the baby picture though.
Ain’t it good? Glad you liked it, mate.
I always like your 6 words, love the baby though.
Here’s to everyone “changing their stars!”
I don’t know what it says; but I can find a little bit of myself in each of these.
I am choosing to believe it means I am in the most excellent of company!
YOU had the best one! That is SO perfect! Thank you for the invite, Eli and as always your kind words & friendship!
Thanks Jodi! I love the idea of very wow. Glad to have you along for this one, and I hope, next one, too.
Oh, your wraps this up nicely! LOVE IT. How do I get another invite?
Thanks Tiffany! Very wow is something special. Just send me an email for the February prompt.
“A few strange blogger friends” – I mean that’s really only me, right?
Well, I certainly hope Alison moves to Australia so I can visit her!
May you get your wow life, in many wow ways.
It is you, and everyone knows it, Tamara.
You’ll have to make sure there’s a farmer’s market with kale, and a cookie shop, wherever Alison lands.
Very wow, I’m after a very wow life!
There’s always kale here if everything else fails. Everyone here has great skin. And great hair.
I saw a Twitter pic of grocery stores in the northeast before the storm. Everything was gone. Except for the kale.
Haha!! Remind me to show you something SO funny! We have an “only in Northampton” Facebook page here. Somebody submitted a photo of all the kale completely gone, but the bread and milk still on shelves.
As for the rest of the Northeast, they don’t live in our kale bubble.
I’m already feeling so positive! 🙂
It’s kind of instant, isn’t it?
Oh….I LOVE these! I’m adding several to my list of “Things to do in 2015”
Your call-out is fabulous! I just got a nice note from a friend yesterday with a quote that said, “Always believe that something wonderful is about to happen.”
Sounds like a WOW life to me 🙂
Great set, right Michelle? It’s like a ready-made new-year’s list. I’m humbled at how well my ‘very wow’ was received – if only I could take credit for it!
Your friend’s attitude is a key ingredient in a wow life. Love it.