On Monday I gave my newsletter readers a way to come up with and develop ideas and challenged them to start writing every morning. Three pages of anything that comes to their minds, no censoring, with the intent of dumping their brains on paper (plop).
I got this from reading Julia Cameron’s The Artist’s Way a few years ago and whenever I do my Morning Pages regularly, things start clicking, ideas start flowing, I get stuff done.
When I was younger, I did this without knowing about the Artists Way. I wrote in my journal daily. Not much of it was interesting or even coherent. A lot of it was whining and complaining but there really is something to getting all that gunk out of my brain and making room for the good stuff.
This was as much a challenge for me as for my awesome newsletter subscribers. So far I’ve done my Morning Pages every day. Nine pages of scribbles.
If you’re on my list, have you done your Morning Pages?
If you’re not on my list (and if you want to be, sign up here), will you take up the challenge and let me know how it goes next week?
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I have been doing morning pages for almost a year now and it really has helped me. At the end of each session i write down my affirmations and help set the tone for my day. Love them!
It’s funny how, when you don’t do your pages, you sort of feel it..as if writing them gives you some kind of energy for the day! Must have been the point, right? Get it out, so that the rest of the day, you can get it down!