The One-Minute Writer

The premise of The One-Minute Writer is simple (and on the tin): You have 1440 minutes available each day. Use one of them to write.

And lest you find yourself unable to come up with something to write about (which is generally half the battle), they have a topic each day, AND a timer. For example, here's today's writing prompt:

Is there a number that holds special meaning for you?

(My answer: 27, which is my birth date. It feels like a good number, too, solid, quite far along from 0, and odd. Yet divisible by 9 and 3.)

And the one from the day before:

What is the last really good surprise you experienced?

(Something one of my kids did, but I can't exactly remember what it was or who did it. But it was still a really good surprise. Someone spontaneously hugging me and saying, "I love you, Mommy!" Or the older one writing his younger brothers' name for the first time.)

Ha, that was kind of fun for me to write about!

And now you know a few silly things about me. Go and find out some more about yourself.

Sarah Western Balzer

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Sarah Western Balzer is the editor of HITC Life. She grew up in Tampa, Florida, and lived in Washington, DC and New York before moving to London, where she lived for seven years. She now lives in Toronto with her husband and two sons. Her background is in the music industry, lifestyle relocation, and journalism. If you'd like to contribute to HITC Life, and work in banking or a field related to finance, please drop her a line (sarah.balzer@hereisthecity.com).