Glycemic Index of Sin, the Exercise!

So, as it says in the recording intro, the central part of the exercise is the worst thing you’ve ever done. This might not be a huge, obvious thing, or something that you even think of often. There might be several things in the running: if so, make a list. This might be enough of an exercise by itself. I strongly recommend taking time with this, doing free writes towards it over the course of several days.

If you want more structure, here are a couple of easy additions: Pick a place from your childhood that you remember really well. Write about the worst thing as though it had happened in that place.

And/Or, think about the worst thing that was done by someone else, who you personally know. Again, this may be something which to a casual observer would seem innocuous. Write into that, your feelings as an onlooker, the consequences, how those other people felt. For at least one ten minute freewrite, try to inhabit the voice of the “antagonist” in the event. Then, remove the other people. Relate the feelings or images back to your own worst thing, or cut them out.