Tag: personal essay

• Home

  

  The author reflects on the concept of home as a fluid and evolving feeling rather than a fixed place. Through memories of friendships and personal growth, they describe how comfort, safety, and love define home. Despite physical changes and distance, the essence of home remains, expanding as connections grow.

  Robert Hiraeth

  19th July 2026

  Prompts

  belonging, change, childhood friends, chosen family, comfort, coming of age, dailyprompt, distance, family, friendship, growing up, home, identity, life, life transitions, loss and change, love, memoir, moving away, nostalgia, personal essay, prompt, question, reflection, self-discovery, self-reflection, thoughts, writing, writing prompt

• What Friendship Means to Me

  

  This was a hard one for me. When I reach a space that is difficult to explore, I have a tendency to intellectualize my way through it. This allows me to detach myself from the idea, treating it as though it were something I was watching on TV, or a book written by someone else…

  Robert Hiraeth

  20th June 2026

  Prompts

  addiction recovery, emotional honesty, friendship, growth, healing, intimacy, mental health, personal essay, recovery, relationships, self-love, self-worth, sobriety, trauma, vulnerability

• Close Friends

  

  C has sent in their response to the latest prompt about friendship. This is what they had to say: Friendship truly means everything to me. I curate the life I want to live, the values that I want in my life through my friendships. Personally I find this especially prevalent and important to me because…

  Robert Hiraeth

  12th June 2026

  Prompts

  authenticity, boundaries, chosen family, close friends vs acquaintances, deep connection, emotional intelligence, everyday moments, family dynamics, found family, friendship, intimacy, love, meaning and purpose, mental health, personal essay, personal growth, personal values, platonic love, self-discovery, vulnerability