I confess my love for the Fortune Cookie. If you know me, you know I have an ongoing fondness for this brilliant invention- much more so than say, the invention of the Brasierre, which I am certain was invented by a man! However I will not go on about my disdain for the invention and inventor of bras (truly a needful abomination- possibly a prompt for another day) but instead share my love for the delightful union of cookies and words that can be found at most Chinese Restaraunts (and also Amazon).
When I have led my journaling workshops, one of my favorite ways to get people writing is with an innocent little Fortune Cookie. Funny thing about these tiny writing bombs…they will surprise you with their prufundity and stupidity, it’s true. But I also guarentee if you sit down with a fortune cookie on your desk, you will write about things you didn’t know you knew you needed to write about! Like any good writing prompts, you need to set the judgements aside when you set the timer and pick up your pen to write. As Bilbo Baggins said, “It’s a dangerous business, Frodo, going out your door. You step onto the road, and if you don’t keep your feet, there’s no knowing where you might be swept off to.” Honestly, I see a Fortune Cookie in exactly this light!
Let’s make the last day of our journaling journey amazing, shall we?
Option 1: Order Chinese for lunch or dinner -what else would you do? I suppose you could run into a local Chinese Takeout place and kindly ask for a Fortune Cookie. I’ve always wanted to do this, as it sounds so…well ridiculous as I write it, but fun, when I think about it! I want everyone reading this to just walk in a Chinese food place and ask for one measley Fortune Cookie and see what the response is. It sounds like an interesting social experiment to me. However, since Chinese is a favorite, we are rarely in want of these fabulous little word-hiding treasures. Ha! I digress.
Be sure and save your Fortune Cookie(s)- and sit at the ready to write. Choose your cookie (a sacred choice which cannot be undone once the cookie has been chosen), unwrap and crack it open. Read and respond to your prompt. Remember, write your first response, then continue to write what comes!
Option 2: Respond to my Fortune Cookie image, which has the words: “Enjoy the small things you find on your path.”
Option 3: Food and memories are so often connected- Write about your favorite Chinese Food Takeout memories from childhood or adulthood.
Option 4: Write about one of the following (as related to the theme or not):
a fortune you that found you or you found
a cookie you enjoy (or hate)
a place in time (Chinese retaurant or otherwise)
a small thing you found on your path today, yetserday or recently
As you may know, today is the last day of our 21-Day journaling journey! Congratulations! I will be posting a conclusion next Sunday here on the blog. Kindly let me know any questions you have about journaling, the prompts, or your epiphanies, victories along the way…I will share them (with your permission) in my concluding post! Meanwhile use this week to look over your writing, check prompts you missed or just enjoy your egg rolls. Thank you for joining in!
Happy Journaling!
Enthusiastically, Dawn
Enthusiastically, Dawn 
5 responses to “Fortune Cookie (Day 21)”
All good things must come to an end, and it’s always a good thing to leave a glimmer of yearning for more. I have enjoyed, no treasured, these 21 days of prompts; they felt like an October Advent Calendar crafted for journal enthusiasts with Writing Prompts as the gift tucked inside the calendar. Whether I’ve already shared my responses or still have some to draft, I’ve relished each daily post with anticipation. Admittedly, I often linger over the prompts before formulating my replies, rather than jotting down quick thoughts. Perhaps this suggests for me to embrace a more liberated approach to my journaling practice. Nevertheless, these prompts are journaling gems that I can revisit, each offering new avenues for exploration sparked by the alternative questions posed each day.
While I’m saddened to see our journey come to a close, I look forward to what lies ahead. I do miss your presence on social media; however, I completely understand your need to break that relationship. There are moments when I feel overwhelmed by social media rather than feeling in control. I recognize the necessity to curtail my time spent online and have made strides to do so, though balancing business demands can make it challenging. In the coming days, I plan to catch up on the prompts I haven’t yet explored. This experience has been an absolute delight! Thank you for dedicating your time to create and organize such thoughtfully curated posts.
I have a few questions: Are you considering hosting this again in the near future? Would you think about compiling these wonderful prompts and the others from the 200 Prompt Journey into a book? And are there any new non-journaling books on the horizon?
Cynthia
Write On! 📖✒️ @thewritingwhisperer
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I did it! And I’m so proud of myself for showing up and writing each day. I was wondering how you typically use journaling? Do you prefer the more random prompts that are discussing a quote or the more introspective prompts that take you into your own thoughts and feelings? I think sometimes I struggle with journaling “about a time when…” or my thoughts about a quote. Maybe because I’m not much of a storyteller and I have a hard time getting the details out. And it almost makes me wonder why I’m talking about this random thing. Does that make sense? So I guess I was just wondering what time of journaling you find to be most meaningful for you? Thank you for this challenge and this journey! I have really enjoyed it.
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*type not time
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Absolutely loved doing this. I actually did every day! GO ME LOL
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Fantastic! Congratulations, and thanks for sharing!
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