I've been so busy this week, I haven't had a chance to comment until now. I've kept up my morning pages, artist dates, and walks, but the quota is too much for me so I gave up on that. I don't feel bad about it since writing isn't really what I'm hoping to get from this.
The morning routine feels transformative for me, and if I take away nothing else, I'll feel successful. I wrote this in my morning pages today about this new routine and I wanted to share it. I know, the pages are supposed to be private, but I'm a rule breaker. 😄
"It's nice to take quiet time for myself before anything else. I need that. I enjoy it. It helps me to find myself first instead of just floating away into everything else I have to do. I can let my found self take the lead and not just go through the motions of this task, then the next, and the next. "
Anyway, that felt like a big moment for me in this process.
I hope you all had a great week. Amy, thanks again for leading this process and for sharing your experiences with ask of us.
I am so happy to read this - and so glad you shared this excerpt from your pages. That's wonderful - and well put. That the morning routine has been "transformative" is awesome. I agree, this, alone, is worth it. I hope the coming week is good and calmer, if possible, but I'm glad to know that the morning routine offers a new window of calm in its own way. Yay!
I had a hard time with that week. I've been horribly sick (still), and I just can't keep up with anything. I did read the chapter, and my inner editor was frustrated with it. Lol. The repetition drove me crazy. But I did appreciate the idea of laying the track. I realize that I did that a lot, unconsciously, when I was writing a serial story for a mythology blog. I'd write something and not really know why. I'd add a certain passage, but then later, I had it as a bread crumb to build upon. I started to really trust that inner voice, and it was great at the time. I'd really love to get back in that zone.
I did do several rounds of morning pages. I also took a couple of hours on a day I was feeling quasi-okay, and I went on an artist date (of sorts). I volunteered to man a table at a local festival (letterpress, printmaking, and book arts). I helped people to fold/create a one-page zine, and it was a lot of fun and inspiring.
Kimberlee - I'm so sorry you have been sick. I noticed you hadn't posted and was concerned. I hope you start to feel better .... that whatever is going on is in hand. I'll admit that my inner editor had a lot going on, too. The day at the festival sounds like a fantastic artist date - I'm sure that was super inspiring on many levels. I'm glad you got to do that. As for the writing.... I hope you find your way back to that zone. But be gentle with yourself.... you're not feeling well! I hope that at least fitting in the morning pages when you can feels good and helps you get things on the page.
Thank you so much. I'm hopeful that things are going to be balancing out and not causing the problems I've been having. It's ridiculous that I've been sick for weeks and when the treatment makes you feel worse than the original problem. I'm not beating myself up about keeping up with things right now. I'm just trying to get better and focus on small wins. Big hugs.
I've been so busy this week, I haven't had a chance to comment until now. I've kept up my morning pages, artist dates, and walks, but the quota is too much for me so I gave up on that. I don't feel bad about it since writing isn't really what I'm hoping to get from this.
The morning routine feels transformative for me, and if I take away nothing else, I'll feel successful. I wrote this in my morning pages today about this new routine and I wanted to share it. I know, the pages are supposed to be private, but I'm a rule breaker. 😄
"It's nice to take quiet time for myself before anything else. I need that. I enjoy it. It helps me to find myself first instead of just floating away into everything else I have to do. I can let my found self take the lead and not just go through the motions of this task, then the next, and the next. "
Anyway, that felt like a big moment for me in this process.
I hope you all had a great week. Amy, thanks again for leading this process and for sharing your experiences with ask of us.
I am so happy to read this - and so glad you shared this excerpt from your pages. That's wonderful - and well put. That the morning routine has been "transformative" is awesome. I agree, this, alone, is worth it. I hope the coming week is good and calmer, if possible, but I'm glad to know that the morning routine offers a new window of calm in its own way. Yay!
I had a hard time with that week. I've been horribly sick (still), and I just can't keep up with anything. I did read the chapter, and my inner editor was frustrated with it. Lol. The repetition drove me crazy. But I did appreciate the idea of laying the track. I realize that I did that a lot, unconsciously, when I was writing a serial story for a mythology blog. I'd write something and not really know why. I'd add a certain passage, but then later, I had it as a bread crumb to build upon. I started to really trust that inner voice, and it was great at the time. I'd really love to get back in that zone.
I did do several rounds of morning pages. I also took a couple of hours on a day I was feeling quasi-okay, and I went on an artist date (of sorts). I volunteered to man a table at a local festival (letterpress, printmaking, and book arts). I helped people to fold/create a one-page zine, and it was a lot of fun and inspiring.
Kimberlee - I'm so sorry you have been sick. I noticed you hadn't posted and was concerned. I hope you start to feel better .... that whatever is going on is in hand. I'll admit that my inner editor had a lot going on, too. The day at the festival sounds like a fantastic artist date - I'm sure that was super inspiring on many levels. I'm glad you got to do that. As for the writing.... I hope you find your way back to that zone. But be gentle with yourself.... you're not feeling well! I hope that at least fitting in the morning pages when you can feels good and helps you get things on the page.
Thank you so much. I'm hopeful that things are going to be balancing out and not causing the problems I've been having. It's ridiculous that I've been sick for weeks and when the treatment makes you feel worse than the original problem. I'm not beating myself up about keeping up with things right now. I'm just trying to get better and focus on small wins. Big hugs.