Sitting down to finally write morning pages knowing full well it's going to be about what you don't want to write about, and instead finding yourself writing about that and three other things you didn't even know were still bothering you...
currently working through the artistâs way, and morning pages have quickly become a fav. Itâs a steam-of-thought/get everything on the page daily habit. I find itâs great to just get the momentum going if I want to work but Iâm stuck on what to do (you can even think through this conflict on the page and brainstorm solutions or figure out why you donât feel like it). I like to also look through stuff I wrote previously if I had any good ideas I didnât know what to do with at the time.
Form of Meditation: for self care, for anxiety, for creativity: EVERY morning write 3 pages. 3 pages of what? Anything. Everything. Nothing. Do it to get used to letting ideas stream out without being blocked by inner thoughts saying âthatâs weirdâ âthatâs not goodâ or âno one will careâ. Just do it. Just wrote 3 pages of whatever comes to mind to get into a self-regulated, non-toxic, affirmstive mode of thinking. To be brought closer to more easily having ideas, innovations, sparks. Just get rid of that negative self thought.
Before you guys ask, yes Iâve been doing the morning pages from âThe Artistâs Wayâ LOL
Real talk though, the structure of the book has been super helpful in structuring my own creative process, and one of the best possible things itâs done for me so far is to learn how to write and create, even when youâre ânot in the moodâ or youâre mentally blocked. On the days I canât think of shit, I just start rambling about gossip and chairs and people watching (or whatever misc thing is on your mind) and all of a sudden a new project idea hit me out of some random association in my brain from years ago that I never touched til now
Anyway yeah, GO WRITE AND CREATE EVEN IF YOU DONT FEEL LIKE IT bc youâll be surprised at what finds you!!!
For over a year I had the "world's tiniest ruggedized phone". I don't remember the brand but I bet you can google it. Regardless, I still found myself using Instagram and Facebook on the tiny little screen đĽ˛. When they say social media is made to be addictive I fully believe it. App blockers, making my screen grey scale after 6pm, none of it works. I delete the settings, I remove the blocker.
The best things I've done for myself that is SO much easier said than done is 1. remove the thing from your life that you're trying to avoid and/or 2. Embrace the thing you're trying to avoid.
For me 1. Was a terrible job and 2. Was silence and boredom
