I experimented with morning pages for a month late last year on the recommendation of IINRL** Friend Carmen.
To say I was extremely skeptical of any positive impacts from the exercise would be an understatement. A week-and-a-bit in and I was surprised to discover that it wasn’t entirely terrible – possibly even helpful!
I have a lot of thoughts and feelings at the minute (good ones! growth ones!), so I’m planning to give it another crack and, despite having a large number of lovingly crafted handmade blank books available to me, have bought myself a cheap notebook for the occasion.
I have enough pages for 66 days.
Will update on progress.
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I am terribly cynical about stuff like this but during a particularly difficult point in my life I did morning pages and kept it up for around two years. I found it really painful to begin with but it was ultimately life-changing. It helped me make some very difficult decisions which proved to be be very positive. Good luck with it.
Thank you! And thank you for sharing – I’m really encouraged by your experience.
I think the first thing to do once I get into a rhythm is to get myself a journal with pages bigger than A5. I don’t think my current notebook has enough space over 3 pages for really digging in, which I feel like I’ll need to do.
I share your cynicism! I’m trying to step out of that just a little bit as an experiment.