Vocabulary — Art & Creativity
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Code word
Spells: C-o-d-e-w-o-r-d
What it means: an agreed word or message that signals a trusted person to help you leave a situation.
A sentence to remember it by: Write your three exits: early, mid-scene with its sentence, and rescue with its code word and trusted person.
Exit plan
Spells: E-x-i-t-p-l-a-n
What it means: a written plan, made in advance, for avoiding or leaving the situations that led to trouble.
A sentence to remember it by: An exit plan fails when it exists only as good intentions in your head during a calm moment.
Fresh start
Spells: F-r-e-s-h-s-t-a-r-t
What it means: a new pattern of kept commitments, built over time, that becomes the truest description of you.
A sentence to remember it by: Finally, a fresh start is allowed to be quiet.
Measurable goal
Spells: M-e-a-s-u-r-a-b-l-e-g-o-a-l
What it means: a goal with an action, an amount, a deadline, and proof it was done.
A sentence to remember it by: Measurable goal — a goal with an action, an amount, a deadline, and proof it was done.
Reference
Spells: R-e-f-e-r-e-n-c-e
What it means: an adult who can truthfully describe your work and character to a school, program, or employer.
A sentence to remember it by: Reference — an adult who can truthfully describe your work and character to a school, program, or employer.
Relapse (into old patterns)
Spells: Relapse (into old patterns)
What it means: sliding back into the behaviors and scenes that produced trouble; a slip to correct, not an identity.
A sentence to remember it by: Empty time in the exact hours when old patterns ran is the most common setup for relapse into trouble.
Repair
Spells: R-e-p-a-i-r
What it means: finishing what the past still owes: apologies, repayment, obligations, done through safe and legal channels.
A sentence to remember it by: Small, safe repairs first, done completely, build momentum.
Support team
Spells: S-u-p-p-o-r-t-t-e-a-m
What it means: the trusted adults and professionals, each with a clear role, who back your plan.
A sentence to remember it by: This is a beginning, not a graduation from support.