that is, free writing 2-3 pages right when you wake up. i am spiritually, psychologically, creatively transformed by morning pages. you think it’ll just help you creatively but i feel much less in my head and more out in the world after dumping my thoughts out onto the page.
weekends depend on what i did last night and whether i have plans that day... sometimes you just wanna be in bed for absolutely too long
i've started waking up a little bit earlier because i have been doing morning pages; 3 (ok often it's only 2) pages of handwritten stream of consciousness brain dumping every day before doing much else.
i definitely recommend trying out morning pages, but lately i've been taking too fking long to finish them because i'm on that phone
Started a new habit where I wake up and immediately read a few pages of my book instead of getting lost in my phone for those first minutes of the morning.
Makes me feel more balanced and accomplished as I start my day.
on waking write 3 pages of stream of consciousness and get some protein and calories in you body for a functioning brain and body.
That’s what i try to do everyday (although I often get sucked into my phone first, and it’s almost impossible for the stream of consciousness writing to happen when I do, it really cuts off that post sleep brain action!). I do it while drinking a peanut punch that contains lots of protein and calories because I’m awful at breakfast and you just gotta pack in protein and calories to keep it all running.
Best thing I did this year. Forces me to work with a limited library of records, CDs, and cassettes, which makes me learn new music outside of an algorithm. I have joined Ann Arbor’s wcbn and it’s a great third space and a community full of different ages and life experiences. So wholesome and a great way to unwind!!
I have to take myself on a walk or I’ll get the zoomies late at night
I have to drink water even tho I’m like a cat and can go days without it…
I have to eat more than pasta and pastries or I’ll feel decrepid
I have to be stimulated or I’ll binge real housewives til my eyes hurt…
I’ll be anxious, feel negatively towards loved ones, and think of existential reasons I feel the way I do but for the most part these unmet necessities underly my agonizing condition
