Tag: loneliness

• Seven Days Left

  

  Here is my response to this week’s prompt: The world ends in seven days. No one will believe you. What do you do with the time you have left? I want very much to talk about this as though I were not in here. The last seven days of your life (and the lives of…

  Robert Hiraeth

  15th April 2026

  Prompts

  apocalypse, loneliness, mental health, prison blog, prison writing

• This Week’s Prompt: Can You Live a Fulfilling Life Without Being “In Love”?

  Prompt runs until 22nd March 2026 We talk about love constantly. In songs, in films, in the advice we give each other at kitchen tables and over text messages at midnight. And yet, for all the words we pour into it, love remains stubbornly hard to pin down. This week’s prompt asks you to sit…

  Robert Hiraeth

  10th March 2026

  Prompts

  autonomy, blogging, connection, dailyprompt, emotions, fulfillment, happiness, identity, life choices, loneliness, love, meaning, mental health, partnership, personal growth, Philosophy, prompt, relationships, romance, self-reflection, wellbeing, writing prompt

• To those thinking of giving up

  I spent Christmas day watching a marathon of Anthony Bourdain specials. An imperfect, broken hero of mine. He took his own life and the world is poorer for it. I don’t judge him for his final action, any more than I would judge any one person for any one action in the vast tapestry of…

  Robert Hiraeth

  26th December 2025

  Essays & Reflections

  Anthony Bourdain, community, compassion, connection, depression, don’t give up, encouragement, existentialism, grief, healing, hope, keep going, life is worth living, loneliness, meaning, mental health, perspective, reaching out, solidarity, suicide prevention, support, tapestry of life, universal experience, you are not alone