Day Six (of Seven)

I frequently use writing prompts in my teaching and coaching. In fact, when the pandemic lockdown began in the Northeast, I had a regular weekly group and later developed a course under the umbrella of Prompted Expression. In the spirit of sparking my own creativity and getting ideas for my students and clients, I’ve decided to write from a prompt for seven consecutive days and share the results. The prompts are from a deck of cards called Actually Curious.

Writing Prompt Six: Name one thing that makes you nervous or uncomfortable and explain why.

I was at a networking event with a close male friend once. We met a guy who sold real estate in our town and he struck up a conversation. My friend mentioned he was going to be looking for a home soon. The realtor guy hired me as his life coach.

These all seemed like separate things to me on that evening over wine and appetizers. But a month or so into our coaching, the realtor mentioned my husband talking about buying a house. As I told him I wasn’t married, I suddenly made the connection — he thought my friend was my husband and that “we” were going to need a realtor. It was clear from the light dawning on his face that that was why he’d hired me as his coach.

I found it funny.

Sales. Selling.