Sunday, 27 July 2008

The Writing Life




I found this book at the library the other day and I decided to take it out, thinking it was a book designed to help you with writing. It turns out, the book's premise really is that you can use writing to help you lose weight. I'm not sure that I buy into it, but I do like the idea of the "morning pages" (aka freewriting). The book recommends that you write three pages in the morning based on your thoughts, no matter how stupid or whatever. It says that these pages can actually help you cut through the crap and change your life based on what you really want, deep down. So of course I thought that was a great idea, as lately I have felt terrible inside. I feel like something is missing, like I'm not doing something I should be. So I thought, why don't I freewrite a bit every day? Even if it isn't in the morning....
So I am going to try that, for a little while, to see how it goes. If I like what is happening in my life, then maybe I can try some of the other tips, too.

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