A lesson I’m learning in my daily meditation practice, when thoughts rain down in my mind like the flurry of leaves that have been falling from our trees.
Return to the breath. Begin again.
It’s a lesson I’m applying to my writing practice this week as I reframe my daily routine and re-commit to daily morning pages (or morning notebooking, as I think of it.)
As I discovered in my Writing Rehab process, morning pages are extremely powerful. They help access the well of words within me, and teach me to write without censorship. They generate ideas I can expand on later. They prime the well of my creative brain.
For the past few weeks my morning writing time has been haphazard as I’ve been dedicating that time to reading and note taking on another project. With the advent of colder weather as well as new stay-home orders based on rising COVID cases, my days seem a little more spacious.
So I make sure to take time for all the things that sustain me: Reading, walking, meditating, and writing.
It’s a good way to begin the day.
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Write On Wednesday: Begin Again