Before the Rush: A Gift for Yourself

​The holiday season is full.

​Full of plans. Full of people. Full of lists.

​Before it all begins, gift yourself two hours just for you.

​Two hours to sit down, slow down, and sort out your head before the weeks ahead.

​Join me in the cozy back room at O'Luain's for an afternoon of guided writing. No writing experience needed. Just bring yourself.

​You'll leave a little clearer, a little lighter, and carrying something you wrote for someone you love.

​Details

​🕙 Wednesday 2 December, 3–5 pm

​📍 O'Luain's Irish Pub, Rua da Palmeira 4, Cascais (the back room)

​✍️ €25 · writing materials and snacks included · drinks not included (coffee, tea and drinks available at the bar)

🎁 Plus a small gift from me to take home

​🌿 Places are limited. Register here to save your place

​About your host

​I'm Casey Schmidt, and I run The Way Back in Cascais.

​I spent 20 years in education, and I've kept a journal for most of my life. I'm a certified Journal to the Self® facilitator, trained by Kathleen Adams, who created the method, and the practices I teach there shape every writing session I lead. My own writing has appeared in poetry anthologies and Elephant Journal.

​I also run Writers' Circles and slow forest walks around Cascais. All of it comes back to the same idea: making time to hear yourself think.