In late 2019 and early 2020, I tried Morning Pages. I know a lot of people swear by these quickly written pages, done first thing in the morning. They are 3 or more pages of pure stream of conciousness writing to clear or organize the mind. Orginated by Julie Cameron in the book The Artist’s Way, Morning pages are meant to be quickly written and then never really looked at again. More a form of meditaion and creative jump start than a journal of thoughts and ideas. Many of the productivity experts I follow think they are part of the key to suceess. So I tried them.

But not having read the book and not having any real clear goal with them, I didn’t really “follow the rules” and I didn’t really keep up with them. Now, in 2021, I am reading The Artist’s Way and I’m giving them another try!

The idea of Morning Pages is extremely simple but people swear by the results. They say productivity and creativity soar after incorporating this daily practice. I’m interested to take this experiment a bit more seriously this go around and see what happens.

Have you utilized this tool? What are your thoughts?