I’ve been doing morning pages for a couple of years. Now, if I skip a few days I really miss it! This practice has been a lifesaver to my mental health!!
I actually miss doing morning pages. They honestly do help.Mornings are hard, more than a few medical problems plus anxiety got in the way. I became too rigid with the routine. It didn't even cross my mind to mold the practice into something that would work better for me. Huge thanks from a chronic over thinker that for some reason needed permission to hack the system 😂 I'm in Australia so we're heading into our winter, cant think of a better time to start again.😊
It has been quite a while since I completed Morning Pages. I often think of restarting, but my writing project may get in the way. I want to write early in the morning. I plan to reduce my work hours later in the year, which will help. Journalling once a week sounds like the way to go and would be perfect for early Saturday mornings.
I think the key for me to truly “write anything that comes to mind” is knowing that no one will EVER read these pages. So, after every session, I burn or shred the pages. Knowing that I’ll destroy these pages when I am finished TOTALLY frees me to write everything and anything.
Good idea if that works for you. I tend to keep mine, but there's no real reason to. I have told my wife to not look in them if anything should happen to me.
Hi Martin! It's been half a year since I came across your UA-cam channel and I have been writing Morning Pages ever since. Actually, I had been writing them even before that and I had stopped it for some time, but I got inspired again after coming across your channel six months ago, and decided to restart this habit. Although it doesn't really bring a lot of difference to my life, I got to see some instances where my mind was trying to break its own tedium whenever my writing got repetitive, and I could get glimpses of untapped creativity within myself. The only thing is, I'm not able to make that window open for long. Is there some way I could achieve that? My writing gets too repetitive and it is at times, quite demotivating. And I don't mean I'm trying to write some meaningful story. I know that Morning Pages is just about naked stream of consciousness writing. It's just that my thoughts get too repetitive and I end up filling pages with "I don't have anything else to say/write", "What else?" etc. That makes me demoralised and uninspired. What can I do to break this pattern and make the most out of this practice?
Hi, Abhilash. Thanks for the comment, and for supporting the channel. I've noted your comment and will come back to you soon - probably in the form of a video! Many thanks 🙏
Any tips for getting over the "hump"? For me this is starting page 3. Pages 1 & 2 are easy - I get my mind all cleared out, but then when the well of minutia dries up, it's just too easy for me to stop. I know from my experience that most of the time it's the page 3 stuff that ends up having the juicy bits & interesting thoughts. But so often I just stop.
I’d love to know what type of “nuggets” you take from your morning pages - not the private specifics, just the general insights. I stopped writing mine a few months ago because it took me a really long time to fill in 3 pages and I needed that extra time 😅 I didn’t feel I was gaining much from them! Having said this, I’m currently listening to The Artist’s Way and might change my mind and go back to them…
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I’ve been doing morning pages for a couple of years. Now, if I skip a few days I really miss it! This practice has been a lifesaver to my mental health!!
Great to read! Keep going! Let me know if you want me to cover anything in particular.
I actually miss doing morning pages. They honestly do help.Mornings are hard, more than a few medical problems plus anxiety got in the way. I became too rigid with the routine. It didn't even cross my mind to mold the practice into something that would work better for me. Huge thanks from a chronic over thinker that for some reason needed permission to hack the system 😂 I'm in Australia so we're heading into our winter, cant think of a better time to start again.😊
Seems like a plan. Customisation is key, I think. Good luck! Let me know how you get on.
It has been quite a while since I completed Morning Pages. I often think of restarting, but my writing project may get in the way. I want to write early in the morning. I plan to reduce my work hours later in the year, which will help. Journalling once a week sounds like the way to go and would be perfect for early Saturday mornings.
Yeah. I think I overdid it, to be honest. There's a balance to be had.
I think the key for me to truly “write anything that comes to mind” is knowing that no one will EVER read these pages. So, after every session, I burn or shred the pages. Knowing that I’ll destroy these pages when I am finished TOTALLY frees me to write everything and anything.
Good idea if that works for you. I tend to keep mine, but there's no real reason to. I have told my wife to not look in them if anything should happen to me.
Hi Martin! It's been half a year since I came across your UA-cam channel and I have been writing Morning Pages ever since. Actually, I had been writing them even before that and I had stopped it for some time, but I got inspired again after coming across your channel six months ago, and decided to restart this habit. Although it doesn't really bring a lot of difference to my life, I got to see some instances where my mind was trying to break its own tedium whenever my writing got repetitive, and I could get glimpses of untapped creativity within myself. The only thing is, I'm not able to make that window open for long. Is there some way I could achieve that? My writing gets too repetitive and it is at times, quite demotivating. And I don't mean I'm trying to write some meaningful story. I know that Morning Pages is just about naked stream of consciousness writing. It's just that my thoughts get too repetitive and I end up filling pages with "I don't have anything else to say/write", "What else?" etc. That makes me demoralised and uninspired. What can I do to break this pattern and make the most out of this practice?
Hi, Abhilash. Thanks for the comment, and for supporting the channel. I've noted your comment and will come back to you soon - probably in the form of a video! Many thanks 🙏
Any tips for getting over the "hump"? For me this is starting page 3. Pages 1 & 2 are easy - I get my mind all cleared out, but then when the well of minutia dries up, it's just too easy for me to stop. I know from my experience that most of the time it's the page 3 stuff that ends up having the juicy bits & interesting thoughts. But so often I just stop.
Hi Joe. Thanks for the query! It's an interesting one 🤔. I'll record a video this week and try to provide some pointers...
Hey, Joe! Thanks for the question: my response goes live on Sunday, 15:00 BST (10:00 EDT). I hope it helps, and thanks for the inspiration 🙏
@@sketchley Thanks! I am looking forward to it!
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I’d love to know what type of “nuggets” you take from your morning pages - not the private specifics, just the general insights. I stopped writing mine a few months ago because it took me a really long time to fill in 3 pages and I needed that extra time 😅 I didn’t feel I was gaining much from them!
Having said this, I’m currently listening to The Artist’s Way and might change my mind and go back to them…
Leave it with me - I'll make a video answering this just for you... 👍
@@sketchley thanks! I’ll look out for it 🙂