I find the concept of Morning Pages, which I read about in Julia Cameron's book The Artist's Way, extremely useful.
Morning Pages are three pages of longhand, stream-of-consciousness writing,
done first thing in the morning. There is no wrong way to do Morning Pages –
they are not high art. They are not even “writing.” They are about
anything and everything that crosses your mind.
This is the nonsense I wrote today 😬
Sitting in an AC coffee shop, drinking cold coffee and complaining about the heat!
Having so much to do that I end up doing nothing
Trying to go in the past to see what worked only to realise that going in the past was the one thing that did not work!
Forgetting how to write jokes is a real thing
Wearing a cap in a coffee shop because I don’t want to be disturbed
Being recognised at the coffee shop and feeling reassured about my career
Oscillating between optimism and pessimism at the speed of light.
Waiting for the past to show up!
Giving up on the day at 9:38 am
Wanting to buy an Apple watch knowing that I don’t use the one that I have
Feeling happy that there is a match with Afghanistan tonight! It’s a new low!
Thinking that comedy can change the world when love can't, is a bit of an overreach
A day that starts with coffee and ends with wine is a good day. The opposite is a problem!
I am not interested in politics anymore. The World Cup is over.
Some of the etiquettes were invented for no reason at all. How does it matter where I rest my elbow?
Sometimes I miss myself
I have opinions but I am not opinionated
Wokeness has now become stupid
Two wokes were sitting together. Neither could say anything.
There are people who talk about people. There are people who talk about things. There are people who talk about ideas. Stick with the last group.
If an influencer is your role model. Buy a flip phone, throw away your router and invest in books.
If Harsha Bhogle were commentating on my life right now he would say something like this: “A quiet period of play where nothing is happening. This is heading towards a draw”
It’s a good thing Harsha Bhogle is not commentating on my life.
2 big recordings of Clarity have gotten screwed - in one Video got messed up and in the other Audio! I am beginning to feel there is a cosmic play involved. In the last one, ironically the audio did not have clarity!
How many comebacks do I have to make on CLARITY before I change the name to COMEBACK?
Old music is always great because we have memories attached to it.
I just wasted my time and now I will post this and waste others too!
Back to some real comedy writing!
Love morning pages too! I've been doing Morning Pages for several years though inconsistently and love all of Julia Cameron's work especially her more recent book on writing Write for Life - what a fab book! Morning pages help me clear my thoughts, sort my emotions, get new ideas, write a new blog post, plan my life and much more. Glad you find them helpful too.
Nice, authentic. When it’s real and relatable, it resonates. My 2 bits & 3 R’s…