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Summary

This web page titled "What would you do with an extra hour in your day?" is a weekly update from a publication called "The Brain is a Noodle," featuring shortform writing prompts, new pieces of writing, poetry prompts, and a list of top and flop articles of the week.

Abstract

The web page is a weekly update from a publication called "The Brain is a Noodle," which is a community of writers and readers who share their thoughts and ideas on various topics. The update includes a shortform writing prompt, which is "What would you do with an extra hour in your day?" The prompt encourages writers to reflect on their values and what they truly want to do with their lives. The update also features new pieces of writing from various authors, covering topics such as food, mental health, and personal experiences. Additionally, the update includes poetry prompts and a list of top and flop articles of the week. The top articles are celebrated, while the flop articles are given some love and attention. The update ends with a thank you to the Noodle Team and a challenge to pick three writers to get acquainted with their pieces.

Bullet points

  • The web page is a weekly update from a publication called "The Brain is a Noodle."
  • The update includes a shortform writing prompt, which is "What would you do with an extra hour in your day?"
  • The update features new pieces of writing from various authors, covering topics such as food, mental health, and personal experiences.
  • The update includes poetry prompts and a list of top and flop articles of the week.
  • The top articles are celebrated, while the flop articles are given some love and attention.
  • The update ends with a thank you to the Noodle Team and a challenge to pick three writers to get acquainted with their pieces.

What would you do with an extra hour in your day?

šŸ§ šŸœ Sunny Side Updates Week #16!!!

Photo by Lukas Blazek on Unsplash || this is SUCH A TINY CLOCK I WANT 10 pls take my money thanks

Shortform Theme of the Week

This weekā€™s shortform theme is: What would you do with an extra hour in your day?

I reflect on this as one way of thinking about where my values lie and what I truly want to do with my life for it to feel purposeful and meaningful. Often, I still get swept into othersā€™ expectations and what they want from me, so this question really helps me pause and think ā€” am I doing the things in my life because I want to, because theyā€™re valuable to me, or because I ā€œshouldā€ based on someone elseā€™s rules?

Submit your shortform piece (<150 words) now to share your thoughts!

This is just a guideline for inspiration! You may submit shortforms related to other concepts if other ideas come to you! :)

The Brain is a Noodle*

*This is factually incorrect. Please absolutely do not go out and eat brains.

šŸœ Piping Hot New(dle) Pieces of the Week

Challenge: *highlight* the ones you bookmarked/ read and make sure everyone gets highlighted at least once! ā¤

ravioli is SO GOOD and I love the way this piece is linked with emotion!!!!!!! by Jenine Bsharah Baines

pssst can I get crepes delivered bc I need some RIGHT NOW by Jen Eve

a FRUIT thatā€™s CRISPY ON THE OUTSIDE and ENVELOPED IN SUCH A CRISPY GOLDEN PACKAGING????? šŸŒ by Pretheesh Presannan

2021 may have been short, but this embodies the experience by Hyder Yahya

a bittersweet piece about cake by Kim McKinney

pandemic poetry to cracked technology screens šŸ“± by Connie Song

ā€œunsliced so you can cut a thicker wedgeā€ now THATā€™s a way to live šŸžšŸžšŸž by James G Brennan

what an interesting revelation, weaved into such a gorgeous piece of poetry! by Kasun Ranasinghe

LOVE how the poem makes a turn, a transformation! āœØ by Julia Appa

a deliciously simple self-care strategy! by Lori Lamothe

a coordinated clapping session? what an interesting idea! by Dr. Preeti Singh

ā€œThough very brief but it was magical and beautifulā€ by Hyder Yahya

I have these thoughts from time to time too, and how heartbreaking they truly are Caroline de Braganza

part of Dr. Greenwoodā€™s Insomnia collection! by Dr. Jackie Greenwood

Please send support and love šŸ§” by Not quite Steve Fisher

a gorgeous piece about nature! by Priyanka Mane

grab a snack because youā€™re going to be hungry reading this one šŸ³ by Carolyn Hastings

bc homemade bread is the BEST by Lori Lamothe

does anyone else put fish in their salads? by Dr. Preeti Singh

What if someone just randomly sent you toothpicks? Would you use them? by Dr. Preeti Singh

everyone loves rice, right? by Dr. Fatima Imam

Learn a new word with by Michael Burg, MD

CHUTNEY IS SO GOOD AND I AM SO HUNGRY AFTER THIS POEM OMG by Ruchi Thalwal

the #EggSquad is growing!! šŸ³ by Carolyn Hastings

YOU KNOW THE WAY TO MY HEART IS RICE AND EGG RIGHT ????? oops im yelling by Mil H.

sushi is SO GOOD and I truly believe everyone should try it sometime šŸ£ by Dr. Preeti Singh

this is such a cool tradition! I hope that in COVID we still find a way to celebrate this! by Allison Gaines

Itā€™s called a Hawaiian pizza BUT itā€™s actually Canadian! Iā€™ve always had pineapple on pizza and honestly until it became viral I didnā€™t know others didnā€™t!!! One vote FOR pineapple pizza from me! by Connie Song

āœ Weekly Poetry Prompts

Try your hand at these!

Re-envision the description of a common food from a different perspective

Food that brings people together

How is your mental health? What do you do for self-care?

Foods with ā€œedible packagingā€

Chalkboard Prompt: History

An unlikely combo

KTHT Friday Prompt: Honour Gaia

What food jokes/stereotypes do people associate with your generation?

šŸ”Š Amazing Voices to Amplify

We donā€™t have to let the algorithm decide what we get to read. Here are my manually saved faves!

Thank you to Kasun Ranasinghe, Imad, Daniel A. Teo, Somsubhra Banerjee & Suzanne V. Tanner for these amazing pieces! šŸ’œšŸ§”

The Eggcademic Corner

šŸ„“ Quick brEGGfast Bites

What Iā€™m watching: startup! I have so many tv shows Iā€™ve started but have to finish oops

What Iā€™m reading: back at it reading The Body: A guide for occupants by Bill Bryson

What Iā€™m listening to: TT by Twice

PlšŸ³t Developments

  • I realized that Iā€™m in the part of my twenties where Iā€™m obsessed with home decor and thatā€™s it, thatā€™s the update my brain got recently. You just wake up one day and turn 26 and suddenly youā€™re like MY CURTAINS NEED TO MATCH MY BEDSHEETS and I WANT CUTE PLANTS.
  • I made a homemade pizza alone (without my partner) and uh, it came out r e a l l y thick. Like. Really thick.

šŸŽŠ Top 3 articles of the week

Celebrate with me!

šŸ˜­ Flop 3 articles of the week

Give these a little love, will ya?

šŸ§ šŸœ Thank you to the Noodle Team!

challenge: pick 3 writers you havenā€™t met yet and get acquainted with their pieces!

New writers: Kele Mogotsi | Jessie London | Indubala Kachhawa | Radhika Ghose | Mil H.

Zeno Faber | Maziar Ghaderi | Julia Appa | Campbell Christensen | Allison Gaines | Lori Lamothe | Tima Loku | Kim McKinney | Baye Amina | SOULutionMan, aka Yohanan Gregorius | Tom Fenske | Johannes Mudi | Kasun Ranasinghe | Just a Slytherin hissing | Dr. Fatima Imam | Ntathu Allen | Somsubhra Banerjee | Veronica Georgieva | Life is Amazing with Books and Writers | Dandy Lioness | Bola Kwame | Haider Jamal Abbasi | Michael Ranjitsingh | Telling You Something | Krupesh Raikar | Muda El Masry | Rusty Alderson | Jennifer S. | Dr. Preeti Singh | Punch Drunk Cola | Melissa Speed | Ntathu Allen | Denise G | Carolyn Hastings | Tej | Vijini Mallawaarachchi | Amy Marley | Jac Gautreau | Caroline de Braganza | Roz Warren | Melissa Bee | Pretheesh Presannan | Erivaldo Ricardo | Daniel A. Teo | Anuradha Wickramarachchi | Niru | Priyanka Mane | Em Hoccane | Synthia Satkuna, MA Candidate | Alexandra Forsyth | R. Rangan PhD | Sruthi Korlakunta | Connie Song | Fathiyah Zb | Not quite Steve Fisher | Amna Asif | Jacobo the First | AimƩe Gramblin | A Fresh Pot of Coffee | Rebecca Stevens A. | Imad | James G Brennan | Mary Keating | Jay Avery | h.a wadi | Pablo Pereyra | Isaac | Jenine Bsharah Baines | Rochelle Silva | Jade-Ceres Violet D. Munoz | Ruchi Thalwal | Clare Almand | Dana Sanford | Naomi Leilani Acosta | Dr. Jackie Greenwood | Fathiyah Zb | Amna Asif | Not quite Steve Fisher

šŸ§ šŸœ Join us at The Brain is a Noodle! šŸ§ šŸœ

Finally, join us on our writerā€™s lift thread of the week!

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