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The Honest Perspective Weekly Prompt — August 5th — 11th

See where the muse takes you

ADEOLA SHEEHY-ADEKALE
The Honest Perspective
3 min readAug 5, 2024

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Whether the ideas have slowed to a trickle or you’re just feeling curious and in the mood for a little reflection, The Honest Perspective weekly prompt is an invitation to ruminate on an idea and see what arises. A gentle nudge to look at things from a different angle and stay open to a new perspective.

Be it poetry or prose you’d like to submit to us, or a journal entry for your eyes only, take a moment to pause at some point during your week and set your pen free.

The Lure of Complacency

Summer is the season of timelessness. Without the boundaries and structure of normal life we seem to drift. Much like the winter holidays days, dates and times all melt into a rough feeling without clear lines, and I for one can easily find myself coming too at the end of an evening realising that nothing much really happened in my day, and hopes I had of being productive will be re-asigned to the next morning.

I recently encountered a piece that described the quiet, creeping nature of complacency and it reminded me of the feeling of long hot summer days. It made me consider how easily we can slip into a state of comfort and routine, mistaking it for contentment, while slowly losing the drive to…

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ADEOLA SHEEHY-ADEKALE
The Honest Perspective

Writing on female experience, race, motherhood & self-development. Columnist at Green Parent magazine & Parenting Top Writer. Follow me on IG @adeola_moonsong.