I wrote morning pages for years and I had an amazing life. Then I moved. Had culture shock. Stopped writing morn pages because it was all negative. My life tanked. Dug myself out of the hole. Started writing morn pages again and my life significantly improved. Significantly.
I've had, and have others, dramatic changes just by doing morning pages. I wrote 20 min. Then close the book. I write in fragments, unclear thoughts, proper and improper grammar. I just write whatever comes out for 20 min. I don't have to finish sentences, or worry about details. I just write then, close the book after 20 minutes. Changes happen that are quite dramatic. It's not intentional it's just like miracles happen when making morning pages part of your life. Do them everyday or no less than 5 days a week. I don't always do them in the morning but it's recommended. I still get results. It does help clear the mind for the day. Ty for your video. Very nice.
@@TheRealTommyR clearer thinking more solid personality.less uncertain in my daily routine more present for each moment and somehow things just fall in to place. Seem to take risks more like entering a writing contest, being more assertive, learning a new skill revisiting old dreams that are important and things come your way with them . more aware of synchronicity and better intuition. These sound simple but are dramatically life changing
That seems better than the "finish a page no matter what and don't think about it, just keep writing nonstop" I tried to do today. Half of what I wrote was "I hate this. My hand hurts. This exercise is stupid."
I still have a questions, one of them is, after we wrote the morning pages, should we refle t, contemplate, analyse, the writing, or just leave them as they are, without thinking too much? I just started today.
@@Angelea-77 The original principle is that these pages should be discarded, not reviewed in any way. But if they offer up useful nuggets or insights, I do note these. It's a personal choice, I guess. I'd say glance over them if you want to, but don't spend too long or try to analyse them. The benefit is all in the unconscious mind. Does that help? How are you getting on?
I have been doing Morning Pages for 8 years now. I am not a writer but a painter, mixed media artist and thoroughly enjoying this daily ritual of writing in the early morning quiet with my cup of tea. I often have my latest painting in front of me and discuss it in my writing , critiquing and figuring out where to go next. It actually is almost a meditative process and one I will indulge in for the rest of my life.
It is a form of meditation, and not a tool only for writers: anyone can benefit, as you attest! Thanks for watching and taking the time to leave a comment 🙏
I ❤ writing Morning Pages. Now going on 2 years. Experienced freedom from past trauma, write nagging thoughts, and jot down creative or business ideas, prayers and revelation knowledge.
@Ladida386 Have been writing about that long myself. It changed my life. Then it changed my life again. They're are many answers to your question. The writing allows you/ makes you leave the relatively safe confines of your ordinary and approximately safe everyday thinking. What happens is that the YOU who is hiding in there will finally get a voice. Though, once that happens, there's really no going back. Give it a fair try.
I had a middle school teacher (25 years ago) who taught me the "write without thinking" technique. We'd start every morning (first class of the day) spending 15 minutes doing this exercise. I didn't understand at the time what the point was, but I picked it back up years later after school and it's more or less become a life-changing habit. It clears my mind in the morning and makes me far more productive and creative. I'm only just now realizing where she got the idea from!
I'm just learning this "morning pages" concept from this video, but my English Teacher for senior year of high school, '89-'90 made us do journaling exercises with a similar exercise - if we couldn't think of anything to write, we had to write "I can't think of anything to write" etc. but we couldn't stop writing. I've never had a consistent journaling habit but I'm still trying
@@noonedidthistome keep at it and let me know how you get on. I'd suggest that telling you to write "I can't think of anything to write" is a flawed approach as it unconsciously reinforces the fact that you can't think of anything to write, making it difficult to think of anything to write! Try "so what else..? That's what I write now when I'm in danger of stalling.
@@ABB14-11 Still going strong and absolutely having a profound effect with doing more and ruminating less. I feel like there's a deeper self love in the process that reduces insecurities, anxieties, worry about direction over time - gradually mapping out the thinking each day - especially the parts that need to be expressed most.
I love your video style, everything abut it. No stupid distracting music, a clear voice ina great quality. I love the comic style and how you sorted the clues, thank you so much 🚀
I first read "The Artists Way" in the 90s when it was first published. I have continued to do Morning Pages...... off and on.... for the past 30 years. I usually do Morning Pages when I have things "on my mind." Morning Pages always help me work things out in my mind and... they act as a meditation practice. I do them for 2 or 3 years at a time and then take a few years off. Back to Morning Pages for a few more years, take a break and so on. I wish that I had done them at least 5 mornings a week for the past 30 years, but... alas... I haven't. Your video popped up on my CZcams feed this morning. It's a "sign" 🙂 that its time for me to get back in the habit. Thank you. I needed that push. BTW, your explanation of how to do them is excellent !!! I always have been "nervous" about anyone reading what I have written because very often it is very very very personal and I really don't want anyone to read the pages. I have never found a need to go back and read anything that I've written. So... as soon as I have finished my morning writing, I immediately shred the pages. Anxiety about anyone reading them is then gone !!!! Works for me......
Brilliant story, and thanks for the kind words 🙏 I've taken the odd break of a week now and then, but you've been doing them a lot longer than I have. Look out for more videos coming soon... Thanks for taking the time to comment 👍
Yes! exactly that was my issue too ppl reading my thoughts!😅 So I guess I will have 2 journals then, a safe one and the intimate one that I will shred?😂. oh boy! Thanks for bringing this one up! 😄🙏🫶
Great video, well done. Perfect timing, i need to release a lot right now. I read Julia’s book 30yrs ago and recently saw it in my bookcase. Now after seeing your video, I’m inspired to start morning pages again and will review her book again. Thanks for the inspiration!!
Glad it was helpful! Thanks for taking the time to leave a comment. Lots more to come: this week two videos: a morning pages poem, and how to write with confidence!
Great video, I’ve been doing the pages consistently for like 3 or 4 years and more recently I’ve felt resistant to doing it and haven’t read the book in so long so I sometimes feel like I’m “doing it wrong”, but this video was a good refresher. The only thing I’m doing wrong is looking at my phone too much in the middle of writing and taking a 20 minute task and stretching it to like an hour
Thanks for the lovely comment. 🙏 I guess other things are maybe sometimes easier. I find my phone a blessing and a curse. I leave it downstairs when I go to bed and never look at it until after I've done my morning pages because I don't want my mind to be polluted by the outside world. My routine has changed a little recently, so do subscribe if you haven't already: lots more to come! 👍
I bought that book back when it came out. It helped me with a project. Mostly it helped my Boss who became very ill with ALS. He managed to write and publish a book before he died . That's what the book can do
Thank you so much…I have been writing in black and white compositions notebooks since the seventies in the mornings when I lived alone. But now I know how really meaningful the uplifting value of Morning pages since I three months ago was given Julia Cameron’s fantastic book. You really made it very clear to me.
Thanks for such a lovely comment, Alex. Such writing really gives us huge insight, even though it is sometimes difficult to see. Thanks for watching! 🙏 Do consider subscribing if you haven't already: more to come!
THANK YOU!! I had "The Artist Way" years ago and forgot about it! LOVE the morning pages as well! I had "clarify of mind" at various points in the day and I haven't really thought, no pun intended, in writing them down at that moment!
This is invaluable information. My take, my method has evolved since I first started doing this. I set an alarm on my phone for 30 minutes and during that time i write as much ------of anything that comes into my head as I possibly can. I do it on the computer. it's an exercise to be done first thing everyday that pays off in very subtle ways breaking down so called writer's block. Or at least it has for me. Additionally, I copy pages for an hour, this time in long hand, of authors I admire. These two exercises will absolutely break through any stagnation a writer might come up against--especially if a timer is set, along with the intention of flexing your literary muscles like this at the same time each day. It makes writing for yourself later in the day, when ever that is, much easier and more fun.
I've heard of the copying concept; we all do it, especially when we're starting out. Direct copying isn't really for me, but I can see it could help people learn language, expression and style. Ultimately, though, it's your own distinct style that has real value. I always write morning pages longhand, even though my handwriting's not great: tapping keys just isn't the same, and it's not about quantity. Thanks for watching, and taking the time to leave a comment 🙏
I've been doing morning pages for a few years now. As you say it's private and not for wider consumption. I release worry about anyone seeing anything, regardless of the content by shredding it as soon as a sheet it done. I don't use a bound book but a clipboard with loose sheets. That helps to free my thoughts. It is usually rather mundane and simply "brain dump" time but it does allow me to get some thoughts out and worked through. If something important does come up, I'll write a separate note as a to do before I shred it. This was an excellent walkthrough.
A clipboard and loose sheets is a great idea! As is separate notes. MPs are a valuable tool. And if we don't get rid of them they build up! Thanks for watching and taking the time to comment 🙏
Ich liebe die Morgenseiten und schreibe sie seit 20 Jahren (leider 😢mit Unterbrechungen)Jetzt habe ich mir das neue Buch von Julia Cameron gekauft (für Künstler ab 60 😊 Jahren) Den Video hat mich ermuntert, noch 1Seite mehr für die Reflexion zu schreiben. ❤
Ich freue mich sehr, dass Sie das Video nützlich fanden! Ich wusste nicht, dass Julia Cameron ein neues Buch hat - ich werde es mir ansehen! Vielen Dank, dass Sie sich die Zeit genommen haben, einen Kommentar zu hinterlassen. 🙏 Abonnieren Sie uns, falls Sie es noch nicht getan haben: Es folgt noch viel mehr! 👍
When I'm stuck, I write theses questions, "What do I want from this hour...from this morning...from this day...week ...month ...year? I often experience what I call Page Three Magic.
Thank you. I'm new to the morning pages (day 5). I work night sleep days (3 -4 days a week) so I was stressing because my morning pages are really my middle of the night/shift pages. You helped me to let go of the stress and just enjoy the process.
Lovely to hear, thank you! The important thing is perhaps to do them after sleep: that's how to tap into the unconscious. We do a lot of thinking when we're asleep. Thanks for watching, feel free to share, and do subscribe if you haven't already: lots more to come 🙏
Fascinating. A great takeaway is “and so it goes”. I had not realised the importance of writing WITHOUT stopping to think. Your idea of the two little lines in the margin, marking where you might like to take a thought further, is also a great tip. I’ve been meaning to get back to or restart writing morning pages as I only did a few weeks and it took me over an hour each time - due to stopping to think or research. 20 minutes sounds ideal. I use different coloured pens I discovered recently called “Pilot Frixion Ball” as I can rub out mistakes. I also chose to change the way I write specific letters, (like “e”) in order to have more legible writing, because I keep a Dream Journal and upon waking I am too groggy to write very well. Thank you very much for this video. 😘
thank you so much! I've been doing morning pages for 10 years now but I have made various breaks like 2-3 month without them and I started feeling depressed without them. now it feels much better to be back
Great stuff. I will admit that I do take a break from them if I'm feeling depressed, but their value is such that I always come back to them. Thanks for watching and taking the time to comment! 🙏 Do subscribe if you haven't already: lots more to come! 👍
Agree with your concept of 'highlighting' if for no other reason that having a reference point to carry forward. Also your evening wrap up is genius to reinforce the day...good - or -bad. Thanks for the effort.
Just researching morning pages. Love your hints here for making useful discoveries within the writing. Double line highlighting etc. Also evening ck in seems useful too
So not having got the Artists way book yet ( I’m still undecided) I wanted to try the morning pages…your video is the best clear explanation for how to do it that I’ve found on CZcams so far! Thanks 🙏 I’m now a subscriber 👍🏼
CZcams suggested this to me, and I've never heard of this concept before. However, back around 1979/1980 when I was 19/20, I started doing this sort of thing, inspired by Jack Kerouac's method of taking a roll of newsprint and just start typing a story, without putting much thought into it. That's how he wrote "On the Road". So I started doing it, and ended up with more of a Bob Dylan or John Lennon type prose. Sensible nonsense, really, lol. To the average person it's gibberish, BUT... there are moments in those writings that are thought-provoking. It starts out weird, but my mind locks into something deeper, and out comes some good stuff. I haven't even thought about writing like that for many years. Now that I've found out about Morning Pages, perhaps it's time to start again.
I'm sure it's a technique used by many. Check out Julia Cameron's The Artist's Way (link in the description). Thanks for watching and taking the time to leave a comment 🙏
That's a great summary of Morning Pages! However, in one point I can't agree - A4 is much closer to US letter size than A5. Basically, A4 is only 1,7 cm taller than US letter size and that's about the amount of page that it lacks in width. Of course, you are free to choose the paper you want. But you need to be aware, that Julia Cameron's recommendation of three pages US letter size is about the same surface as three A4 pages. Three A5 pages (including the Leuchtturm1917) are therefore only half of what she recommends. I also love the Leuchtturm1917 notebooks - except that I use them for Journaling, not for Morning Pages. Journals are for me something you want to keep for many years. In my understanding the purpose of Morning Pages is in the writing not in the keeping and rereading.
Interesting point about the sizes. I'll revisit this. I find B5 works well for me, but you're right: 3x A5 is not enough (but as much as most people want to do...) Thanks for watching and taking the time to leave a comment 🙏
I like the way you did your video with a little drawings and stuff, very cool. First time I’ve seen you on here. Funny how stuff comes up on my feed in. Perfect timing. Thank you!
I started doing morning pages and it’s interesting what comes out. I always get to a point where I’m writing from a different perspective. Like I’m looking over my shoulder telling me what I need to be doing. I get introspective but from outside myself. I just let the pen tell me what I need to do next. I used to have to write two whole pages to get anything useful out on the third. Now I can take a blank page and by the last third I’m in the zone letting my subconscious figure me out. I need to start writing again.
Yes, very interesting! I often lose myself in morning pages, forget that I'm writing. It is like a form of meditation. Keep going. Start writing again. Consider subscribing if you haven't already: more videos about writing on the way! Thanks for watching and taking the time to leave a comment 🙏
Yes. I have found the same thing. I write 3 letter size pages (A4) and I find that the first two pages are just garbage spilling out of my brain and then on the 3rd page I start getting some insights.
I read Julia Cameron's book and I very much liked doing the morning pages and I also tried evening pages but I felt like the morning pages were more therapeutic for me.
This was absolutely incredible!! I loved how you captured the whole fundamental reason for morning pages through your amazing sketching ideas 💡 I loved it! Thank you for explaining the whole concept! Cheers
Thanks for this, Martin. I like the idea of writing "and so it goes". Although, I've just started, and find that I can't shut myself up! But maybe I'll hit a dry point and will want to write that. I would love to go to Moniak Mhor, but it's a little far from Southern California! x
Thank you so much . I couldn't begin to write becouse didn't find the way which fit me. But this is exactly fit me. I start from this morning, and I feel very nice！
I write them almost every day, and I keep finding gems as I plow through the year. I use a lot of “and” starts to sentences like improv “yes and” technique. Sometimes I don’t use punctuation in order to keep things going quickly.
@@sketchley I actually heard of this concept from Rainn Wilson's podcast called soul boom. Specifically an episode he did with comedian Bobby Lee. You should check it out if you Into that sort of thing.
Loved it, thank you for all the ideas. Very useful. I love the highlighter idea n the two lines on the side and the reflection in the evening on what’s written too. Thank you for sharing these with us
Thank you for watching and for the lovely comment 🙏 Do subscribe if you haven't already: lots more to come! 👍 A future video will be "I didn't do my morning pages one day - and this is what happened...!"
When I wrote them at the recommended time of the morning, I began with hand written text and then -- since I can type as quickly as I write by hand -- changed to word processor pages, so that I could read what I had written :-)
If it works for you, that's fine. But I feel strongly that typing is nowhere near as effective as writing by hand. Typing is repetitive. Tap-tap-tap. It's electronic. The words are caged in the machine. This is not about speed or legibility. It's about expression and discovery. My handwriting is very poor. It doesn't matter.
@@sketchleyApparently they've done studies that show that handwriting, onto paper, activates creative centers in your brain that other methods like typing, or using electronics, don't seem to activate.
Love this! Thoughtful and easy to understand. I just started the book and that contract in the beginning has got me feeling nervous as to what I’m getting myself into.
Don't feel nervous! Just use the bits you want to use and do it your way. You haven't signed a contract for a job, just a personal journey of exploration. Check out czcams.com/video/ENHSk6Ziakk/video.html, which you might also find useful. Thanks for watching and taking the time to comment! 🙏
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Thank you! This is the first I’ve ever heard of this, and I like the idea very much. I would definitely have to destroy the books as I finish them, which is what I currently do with my “day books” (inspired by Thomas Jefferson!) I don’t want anyone to stumble upon them, or my kids to have to decide what to do with them, when I die. I also don’t want to have to lug around many heavy cartons of ultra-personal writing whenever I move, as a friend does with her years of journals. But I may just try this.
Great tips! I've been writing morning pages for a couple of years with some breaks, but been back on it now for 6 months, been doing 3 pages of A4 so it takes a bit longer, didn't know about the American sizing, not sure I want to go smaller! highlighter pen def a good tip, my main challenge is that cos I write so much so quick I sometimes can't read the bits I've marked to go back to so have been noting them on a sep bit of paper but that does break the flow.
At the moment I'm using B5 composition size - a Moleskine Cahier - really nice and slim, and I think the extra room allows more time for things to emerge. I sometimes can't read my writing either! But I don't go back and highlight until I've finished. Thanks for watching! 🙏
I wrote morning pages for a while and I was going through a difficult time in my life, I was depressed and I found that writing morning pages was making me feel worse, not better so I stopped. I think I will start writing them again.
Good that you stopped if you felt they weren't working for you at the time. It's important to monitor how you're feeling, and if you're focussing on negative aspects of your life, it's OK to steer these pages towards positive affirmations. Let me know how you get on. 🙏
That was really helpful. I do know about morning pages and have tried a few times but this video gives me a bit of structure now. Good tip about the pages size, I had been using A4 and yes it is too big!
Glad it was helpful! Start off with A5 and build up if you can/have the time/feel it would be useful. Look out for a video on that coming soon! Thanks for watching and taking the time to leave a comment 🙏
Thank you ,I wonder , do you keep all of your morning pages ? Are there sometimes when you really wish to rant and then decide to throw those pages away afterwards ,especially if you have cursed and have been deeply negative ? Maybe such rantings have the seeds of truth within , could be used in a poem ,a play ,a drawing or an idea to build dance or movement chorography ? How do you decide what to keep and what to release ? Has the practicality of having enough space to house your creations been a challenge for you ?
I keep them, but rarely look back on them. And when I do it's very briefly. I recently burned some! czcams.com/video/exzoVipEOeQ/video.htmlsi=yhBaxX8wNgp9QqCC But I can generally spot when things are important.
I write Classic Rock songs in my Daily Business Journal at work. Names of songs, lines of Lyrics & Riff melodies don't last as long in my mind as they use to. But Agents of the Corporation (Supervisors) can use what they read for Business purposes, as far as the Daily Business Journal is concerned. But I do it at work because of the Harassment & Discrimination. And I can also decide best practices. Learned to do that from an Internet Stock Trading school, a Daily Business Journal.
Great little instructional video on the MP. However, Julia Cameron did specify that the MP be A4 size. I see you use smaller pages with the A5. Less to full. "They are three, single-sided, 8.5x11 pages (so in other words, not 6 pages). Yes, they must be done in the morning. Yes, they must be done by hand." - Julia Cameron
I have mentioned this in another video. I now use B5, but because of a change in lifestyle (I got a proper job!) I can't do them every day: maybe two or three times a week. One thing I've learned about morning pages: a lot of people say "Julia Cameron says..." and then say something different to other people who have said it! 😃 People can also be very passionate about it. Personally, I say do what's right for you. I'm working on two videos right now: how to capture your thoughts.... Thanks for watching and taking the time to leave a comment 🙏
@sketchley Thanks for your response. The page measurements I gave you are a direct quote from her book "Living the Artist's Way" so, when you explained in your video that A5 was the English measurement, I was surprised and confused as that was misleading. Of course, one can adapt the paper size used to what works for them. Currently I'm writing on paper myself that is not quite as long as A4. But in your video, you are explaining Julia's way, from her book. I am not new to the MP, but am revisiting them after a long break and have just purchased Julia's latest book, which focuses on the Guidance. Overall, it is a clear and enjoyable, well explained video and getd to the point. Go well.
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Cameron advises us to make the pages loose and put them in an envelope rather than notebooks. Do not read them immediately afterward. One could make an envelope a week and the place where one wrote them as well as the date. You can collage the weeks.
I started doing this, this morning. There’s things I want to write down that I was scared to because ‘what if I die, who might end up reading this?’ So I acknowledged the likely candidate for that job and treated the pages like a sort of advice manual for them (sometimes being a bit crude !). Now I’ve heard it shouldn’t necessarily be done that way. I also don’t want to clutter my place up with yet more stuff so maybe I should just chuck my writing out every month ?
I've told my wife to burn my notebooks and not look inside them. You might be interested in the video for 15 October: the working title is "I Burned My Morning Pages and This is How I Felt!" -- and one of this week's videos is a poem about morning pages! Two are live on Sunday -- check 'em out! 🙏
You mentioned that if we had something we’d like you to cover, to make a comment. Well, I’ve been doing morning pages for nearly two years now. But in the Artist’s Way, she also talks about the Artist Date. Perhaps you could discuss that, because I just don’t get it!
So glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for the lovely comment 🙏 Get in touch if you have any questions. And do subscribe if you haven't already: more to come, with another video later today! 👍
Good video. I need to regroup as I am thing too much as I write. I started MP to give me the chance to use my fountain pens. Each day is a diff ent color. Thanks
Sounds like a good incentive! Try not to think. Do subscribe if you haven't already: lots more to come! This week's video is called When to Write Morning Pages?! 🤔 Thanks for watching, and taking the time to leave a comment 🙏
Hi Gina! Thanks for watching and taking the time to leave a comment 🙏. I've found morning pages transformational. More videos coming, so do subscribe if you haven't already -- thanks! 👍
My routine is simular .. I start at 3 am ... After coffee, I play my 4 string bass, then switch to my 5 string bass.. By 4:30 the ideas are coming, so I design a network or web page.
I like your visials, I assume you use a tool to generate the visuals, do you mind sharing that.... I am a visual person and love info graphics, especially RSA cartoons that convert lectures into visual experiences like you just did in this video. Thanks for sharing your process.
I haven't read the book, but this was very succint - so thank you! Could you explain a bit what the Notes/Check-in/Q section is about? Thanks a lot again!
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Urgh thank you for visual layout if fabulous !!! x as a mum with adhd its been a struggle to jist sit I start writing and ny list of to dos co.e in and I go do them and come back some days it takes till 11am ! I'm upat 5am. -
The fact that you're making such an effort is fantastic and will be rewarded 👏👏👏 Keep going! Thanks for watching and taking the time to leave a comment 🙏
I'm going to play hard and say I think not. So many people seem to want what morning pages have to offer without actually writing the pages.; I'm preparing a video on this. But, speech to text would be useful for a more traditional journaling practise, giving you a foundation to revisit and rewrite when it's more convenient to do so. Does that help? Thanks for watching and taking the time to leave a comment 🙏
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I'm New to morning pages. Thank you Martin, a Great video. I am a great fan of hand writing as there is a connection in hand writing that isn't pin typing! But , just for the sake of it , I am going to ask ( you & anyone else who wants to reply ) What is the difference between Hand Writing three pages & Typing three pages? is the process different? is the desired outcome any different?? As I said , I like hand writing ut also curious about Handwriting V Typing on a document!
Hi, Johnny. Thanks for the compliment; I'm glad you enjoyed the video 🙏 For me, there is a considerable difference between hand-writing and typing for this kind of thing. In fact I've had a video on it in the back of my mind for a while -- you may have just prompted me to make it! 👍 Do subscribe if you haven't already: lots more to come!
@@streetcinematography I own a vintage (1940s) typewriter that I love to use, but.... for Morning Pages I always hand write them. There really is a difference. Writing with a pen or pencil on a piece of paper provides a real body/mind connection that you don't get... even on an old-fashioned typewriter.... let alone a computer keyboard.
@@SusanMJB45 YESSSSS.... I agree with you Susan. It's irreplaceable. you put it very aptly that it creates Body/mind connection. I also use a little notebook to hand write payers . Bible verses that I find inspiring. I have always written those. I do use a keyboard for some writing but 100% prefer pen & paper .Thank you .
If I may ask, how do you manage to only spend 20 to 25 minutes to write 3 pages?? I've been trying to do morning pages, and admittedly my notebook has no lines or margins so I probably end up writing a little more than I would if it did have those things, but it takes me 60 to 70 minutes to write 3 pages, even when my mind doesn't go blank wondering what to write next. Also I'm doing this as this is supposed to be beneficial regardless of what art you're into but I get a sense this is more beneficial to writers. I'm a musician so I don't always understand the benefits of it.
Hi Jean-Loup. Really great question - thanks for asking. Quite a lot to unpack. This feels related to something I've been thinking of making a video about. Let me think and get back to you. In the meantime I would say morning pages are most certainly not just for writers. You could, for example, write about your music... Thanks for watching 🙏 Leave it with me!
@@sketchley Thanks for replying. I've been mostly concerned about the benefits of it as this has started to take a huge chunk of my morning routine which has impacted other things I used to do (which I also didn't benefit much from). I'm not terribly awake let alone productive at the best of times first thing in the morning but I would like to make the most of my day. So far morning pages have felt like a bit of a chore but I only started a couple of weeks ago so I'm reluctant to give it up entirely so soon as such things can take time to see the benefits of.
Okay. I'm going to read between the lines a little here. I think at the moment you're finding morning pages frustrating. It's taking too long, and you're not sure what you're going to get out of it. If three pages is taking you an hour or more, that is too long. I wouldn't do it if it was taking an hour! My suggestion would be to start small: do a page and a half. Logically this should take about half an hour, yes? It shouldn't feel like a chore. But I think it's important - crucial, even - that you're not "awake". You don't want to be polluted by the day, external influences. It's the unconscious mind you're tapping into. Just start writing and keep writing. Don't stop. This can be difficult at first because we're so used to editing ourselves, but you'll soon pick it up. Looking at some of my morning pages from previous years, I'm surprised they didn't take more than five minutes! The margins were wide and the words big. If a blank page isn't working for you, try a lined book. Get an inexpensive one to begin with just in case that doesn't work out either. I can't say what benefits you might see. They may well be different for everybody. Thanks for watching and thanks for the comment 🙏. Do subscribe if you haven't already: I'm going to make that video...
Maybe just set a timer for 20 minutes and write until it goes off? Instead of helping me at the moment, this three pages is making me anxious because as it is, I can’t seem to get going in the morning and start being productive but hopefully it’ll work out. As for yourself and feeling like maybe it won’t be useful, try for a month and then stop if you still don’t see any benefit ?
Loved the video. Not being a nay sayer but I keep trying to figure out the benefits. Ive read the book twice. I tried it for two,weeks, i dont see why writing my,morning thoughts is any different than having my cup of coffee and pondering all that is going on in my head. Either way im letting random thoughts scurry around in my head. Why is writing them more beneficial? PS… I journal what went on each night in a journal.
Hi! I've been writing morning pages for over two weeks but the only issue that I've found is that it takes me over 40 minutes to finish writing my 3 pages. (I use A5 as well) I wonder if that's a problem and I just should write 20-25 minutes. Great video by the way!
That's great that you've started! Just keep going. It can be difficult at first. Check out my latest video: How to Start Morning Pages and Boost Your Creativity czcams.com/video/yJkcDmAwUGI/video.html
I wrote morning pages for years and I had an amazing life. Then I moved. Had culture shock. Stopped writing morn pages because it was all negative. My life tanked. Dug myself out of the hole. Started writing morn pages again and my life significantly improved. Significantly.
Great story. Glad things improved for you. Glad you found it useful. Thanks for watching and taking the time to leave a comment 🙏
What do you make of it now?? Why do you suppose the writing had such an effect on you??
I've had, and have others, dramatic changes just by doing morning pages. I wrote 20 min. Then close the book. I write in fragments, unclear thoughts, proper and improper grammar. I just write whatever comes out for 20 min. I don't have to finish sentences, or worry about details. I just write then, close the book after 20 minutes. Changes happen that are quite dramatic. It's not intentional it's just like miracles happen when making morning pages part of your life. Do them everyday or no less than 5 days a week. I don't always do them in the morning but it's recommended. I still get results. It does help clear the mind for the day. Ty for your video. Very nice.
What are the dramatic changes? Very curious to know.
@@TheRealTommyR clearer thinking more solid personality.less uncertain in my daily routine more present for each moment and somehow things just fall in to place. Seem to take risks more like entering a writing contest, being more assertive, learning a new skill revisiting old dreams that are important and things come your way with them . more aware of synchronicity and better intuition. These sound simple but are dramatically life changing
That seems better than the "finish a page no matter what and don't think about it, just keep writing nonstop" I tried to do today. Half of what I wrote was "I hate this. My hand hurts. This exercise is stupid."
I still have a questions, one of them is, after we wrote the morning pages, should we refle t, contemplate, analyse, the writing, or just leave them as they are, without thinking too much? I just started today.
@@Angelea-77 The original principle is that these pages should be discarded, not reviewed in any way. But if they offer up useful nuggets or insights, I do note these. It's a personal choice, I guess. I'd say glance over them if you want to, but don't spend too long or try to analyse them. The benefit is all in the unconscious mind. Does that help? How are you getting on?
I have been doing Morning Pages for 8 years now. I am not a writer but a painter, mixed media artist and thoroughly enjoying this daily ritual of writing in the early morning quiet with my cup of tea. I often have my latest painting in front of me and discuss it in my writing , critiquing and figuring out where to go next. It actually is almost a meditative process and one I will indulge in for the rest of my life.
It is a form of meditation, and not a tool only for writers: anyone can benefit, as you attest! Thanks for watching and taking the time to leave a comment 🙏
In conversation with people who don't know morning pages, I call them writing meditation.
I ❤ writing Morning Pages. Now going on 2 years. Experienced freedom from past trauma, write nagging thoughts, and jot down creative or business ideas, prayers and revelation knowledge.
That's exactly it. You write by hand?
I love that!
I’ve been doing morning pages for over 30 years! It’s ingrained in my daily routine and I love it!
What is the point of this? Is it therapeutic? Why do you do it?
@Ladida386 Have been writing about that long myself. It changed my life. Then it changed my life again. They're are many answers to your question. The writing allows you/ makes you leave the relatively safe confines of your ordinary and approximately safe everyday thinking. What happens is that the YOU who is hiding in there will finally get a voice. Though, once that happens, there's really no going back. Give it a fair try.
I had a middle school teacher (25 years ago) who taught me the "write without thinking" technique. We'd start every morning (first class of the day) spending 15 minutes doing this exercise. I didn't understand at the time what the point was, but I picked it back up years later after school and it's more or less become a life-changing habit. It clears my mind in the morning and makes me far more productive and creative. I'm only just now realizing where she got the idea from!
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I'm just learning this "morning pages" concept from this video, but my English Teacher for senior year of high school, '89-'90 made us do journaling exercises with a similar exercise - if we couldn't think of anything to write, we had to write "I can't think of anything to write" etc. but we couldn't stop writing. I've never had a consistent journaling habit but I'm still trying
@@noonedidthistome keep at it and let me know how you get on. I'd suggest that telling you to write "I can't think of anything to write" is a flawed approach as it unconsciously reinforces the fact that you can't think of anything to write, making it difficult to think of anything to write! Try "so what else..? That's what I write now when I'm in danger of stalling.
@@sketchley Brilliance!!!
@@FishOutofWaterTarot thank you 🙏
6 days in a row now, never really journaled before. Profound interest to keep going!
👏👏 KEEP GOING!
how has it been now three weeks in?
@@ABB14-11 Still going strong and absolutely having a profound effect with doing more and ruminating less. I feel like there's a deeper self love in the process that reduces insecurities, anxieties, worry about direction over time - gradually mapping out the thinking each day - especially the parts that need to be expressed most.
Seems like you're doing really well; keep going! 🚀
I love your video style, everything abut it. No stupid distracting music, a clear voice ina great quality. I love the comic style and how you sorted the clues, thank you so much 🚀
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I absolutely loved your video. So re-affirming. I have done morning pages for years. It’s so freeing! Thanks for sharing!
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I first read "The Artists Way" in the 90s when it was first published. I have continued to do Morning Pages...... off and on.... for the past 30 years. I usually do Morning Pages when I have things "on my mind." Morning Pages always help me work things out in my mind and... they act as a meditation practice. I do them for 2 or 3 years at a time and then take a few years off. Back to Morning Pages for a few more years, take a break and so on. I wish that I had done them at least 5 mornings a week for the past 30 years, but... alas... I haven't. Your video popped up on my CZcams feed this morning. It's a "sign" 🙂 that its time for me to get back in the habit. Thank you. I needed that push. BTW, your explanation of how to do them is excellent !!! I always have been "nervous" about anyone reading what I have written because very often it is very very very personal and I really don't want anyone to read the pages. I have never found a need to go back and read anything that I've written. So... as soon as I have finished my morning writing, I immediately shred the pages. Anxiety about anyone reading them is then gone !!!! Works for me......
Brilliant story, and thanks for the kind words 🙏 I've taken the odd break of a week now and then, but you've been doing them a lot longer than I have. Look out for more videos coming soon... Thanks for taking the time to comment 👍
Yes! exactly that was my issue too ppl reading my thoughts!😅 So I guess I will have 2 journals then, a safe one and the intimate one that I will shred?😂. oh boy! Thanks for bringing this one up! 😄🙏🫶
Long- time pages writer here. Lovely description! Bet you help many to find their way to their notebooks. Good onya. Aloha
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I just learned about morning pages and it really feels good to find your page.
Thank you 🙏 Let me know how you get on!
Great video, well done. Perfect timing, i need to release a lot right now. I read Julia’s book 30yrs ago and recently saw it in my bookcase. Now after seeing your video, I’m inspired to start morning pages again and will review her book again. Thanks for the inspiration!!
Glad it was helpful! Thanks for taking the time to leave a comment. Lots more to come: this week two videos: a morning pages poem, and how to write with confidence!
Great video, I’ve been doing the pages consistently for like 3 or 4 years and more recently I’ve felt resistant to doing it and haven’t read the book in so long so I sometimes feel like I’m “doing it wrong”, but this video was a good refresher. The only thing I’m doing wrong is looking at my phone too much in the middle of writing and taking a 20 minute task and stretching it to like an hour
Thanks for the lovely comment. 🙏 I guess other things are maybe sometimes easier. I find my phone a blessing and a curse. I leave it downstairs when I go to bed and never look at it until after I've done my morning pages because I don't want my mind to be polluted by the outside world. My routine has changed a little recently, so do subscribe if you haven't already: lots more to come! 👍
I bought that book back when it came out. It helped me with a project. Mostly it helped my Boss who became very ill with ALS. He managed to write and publish a book before he died . That's what the book can do
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Thank you so much…I have been writing in black and white compositions notebooks since the seventies in the mornings when I lived alone. But now I know how really meaningful the uplifting value of Morning pages since I three months ago was given Julia Cameron’s fantastic book. You really made it very clear to me.
Thanks for such a lovely comment, Alex. Such writing really gives us huge insight, even though it is sometimes difficult to see. Thanks for watching! 🙏 Do consider subscribing if you haven't already: more to come!
A way to learn to stop self-censoring before I even know I had the thoughts! Brilliant!!!
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THANK YOU!! I had "The Artist Way" years ago and forgot about it! LOVE the morning pages as well! I had "clarify of mind" at various points in the day and I haven't really thought, no pun intended, in writing them down at that moment!
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Great stuff. I never thought about writing when I wake up, but it makes perfect sense. Thank you!
It's an incredibly useful tool! Thanks for watching 🙏 Don't forget to subscribe if you haven't already: more on the way!
This is invaluable information. My take, my method has evolved since I first started doing this. I set an alarm on my phone for 30 minutes and during that time i write as much ------of anything that comes into my head as I possibly can. I do it on the computer. it's an exercise to be done first thing everyday that pays off in very subtle ways breaking down so called writer's block. Or at least it has for me. Additionally, I copy pages for an hour, this time in long hand, of authors I admire. These two exercises will absolutely break through any stagnation a writer might come up against--especially if a timer is set, along with the intention of flexing your literary muscles like this at the same time each day. It makes writing for yourself later in the day, when ever that is, much easier and more fun.
I've heard of the copying concept; we all do it, especially when we're starting out. Direct copying isn't really for me, but I can see it could help people learn language, expression and style. Ultimately, though, it's your own distinct style that has real value. I always write morning pages longhand, even though my handwriting's not great: tapping keys just isn't the same, and it's not about quantity. Thanks for watching, and taking the time to leave a comment 🙏
Very clever - mind mapping, sketching, forming habits, brainstorming - brilliant coaching video
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This was very useful, love the tip about marking with the two lines at the side. Thank you :)
Glad you liked it - thanks for the comment! 😌
I've been doing morning pages for a few years now. As you say it's private and not for wider consumption. I release worry about anyone seeing anything, regardless of the content by shredding it as soon as a sheet it done. I don't use a bound book but a clipboard with loose sheets. That helps to free my thoughts. It is usually rather mundane and simply "brain dump" time but it does allow me to get some thoughts out and worked through. If something important does come up, I'll write a separate note as a to do before I shred it. This was an excellent walkthrough.
A clipboard and loose sheets is a great idea! As is separate notes. MPs are a valuable tool. And if we don't get rid of them they build up! Thanks for watching and taking the time to comment 🙏
Ich liebe die Morgenseiten und schreibe sie seit 20 Jahren (leider 😢mit Unterbrechungen)Jetzt habe ich mir das neue Buch von Julia Cameron gekauft (für Künstler ab 60 😊 Jahren) Den Video hat mich ermuntert, noch 1Seite mehr für die Reflexion zu schreiben. ❤
Ich freue mich sehr, dass Sie das Video nützlich fanden! Ich wusste nicht, dass Julia Cameron ein neues Buch hat - ich werde es mir ansehen! Vielen Dank, dass Sie sich die Zeit genommen haben, einen Kommentar zu hinterlassen. 🙏 Abonnieren Sie uns, falls Sie es noch nicht getan haben: Es folgt noch viel mehr! 👍
When I'm stuck, I write theses questions, "What do I want from this hour...from this morning...from this day...week ...month ...year? I often experience what I call Page Three Magic.
Great questions to ask yourself. Do you also look back to see if those desires were met?
Thank you for the excellent video. Really helpful to someone who want to begin their journey on Morning pages.
Thank you for the lovely comment - glad you enjoyed it 🙏 Much more to come!
Thank you. I'm new to the morning pages (day 5). I work night sleep days (3 -4 days a week) so I was stressing because my morning pages are really my middle of the night/shift pages. You helped me to let go of the stress and just enjoy the process.
Lovely to hear, thank you! The important thing is perhaps to do them after sleep: that's how to tap into the unconscious. We do a lot of thinking when we're asleep. Thanks for watching, feel free to share, and do subscribe if you haven't already: lots more to come 🙏
Fascinating. A great takeaway is “and so it goes”. I had not realised the importance of writing WITHOUT stopping to think.
Your idea of the two little lines in the margin, marking where you might like to take a thought further, is also a great tip. I’ve been meaning to get back to or restart writing morning pages as I only did a few weeks and it took me over an hour each time - due to stopping to think or research. 20 minutes sounds ideal. I use different coloured pens I discovered recently called “Pilot Frixion Ball” as I can rub out mistakes. I also chose to change the way I write specific letters, (like “e”) in order to have more legible writing, because I keep a Dream Journal and upon waking I am too groggy to write very well.
Thank you very much for this video. 😘
great video, thank you Martin. this will motivate me to do the morning pages more regularly. I just started a group with this book. Well done.
Thanks for watching and taking the time to leave a comment - glad it helped! 🙏
thank you so much! I've been doing morning pages for 10 years now but I have made various breaks like 2-3 month without them and I started feeling depressed without them. now it feels much better to be back
Great stuff. I will admit that I do take a break from them if I'm feeling depressed, but their value is such that I always come back to them. Thanks for watching and taking the time to comment! 🙏 Do subscribe if you haven't already: lots more to come! 👍
Agree with your concept of 'highlighting' if for no other reason that having a reference point to carry forward. Also your evening wrap up is genius to reinforce the day...good - or -bad. Thanks for the effort.
Thank you.
Just researching morning pages. Love your hints here for making useful discoveries within the writing. Double line highlighting etc. Also evening ck in seems useful too
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So not having got the Artists way book yet ( I’m still undecided) I wanted to try the morning pages…your video is the best clear explanation for how to do it that I’ve found on CZcams so far! Thanks 🙏 I’m now a subscriber 👍🏼
Thanks for the compliment. Just give the book at try. You don't have to read it all at once, and when you've bought a copy it's yours to keep forever.
CZcams suggested this to me, and I've never heard of this concept before. However, back around 1979/1980 when I was 19/20, I started doing this sort of thing, inspired by Jack Kerouac's method of taking a roll of newsprint and just start typing a story, without putting much thought into it. That's how he wrote "On the Road".
So I started doing it, and ended up with more of a Bob Dylan or John Lennon type prose. Sensible nonsense, really, lol. To the average person it's gibberish, BUT... there are moments in those writings that are thought-provoking. It starts out weird, but my mind locks into something deeper, and out comes some good stuff.
I haven't even thought about writing like that for many years. Now that I've found out about Morning Pages, perhaps it's time to start again.
I'm sure it's a technique used by many. Check out Julia Cameron's The Artist's Way (link in the description). Thanks for watching and taking the time to leave a comment 🙏
That's a great summary of Morning Pages!
However, in one point I can't agree - A4 is much closer to US letter size than A5. Basically, A4 is only 1,7 cm taller than US letter size and that's about the amount of page that it lacks in width. Of course, you are free to choose the paper you want. But you need to be aware, that Julia Cameron's recommendation of three pages US letter size is about the same surface as three A4 pages. Three A5 pages (including the Leuchtturm1917) are therefore only half of what she recommends.
I also love the Leuchtturm1917 notebooks - except that I use them for Journaling, not for Morning Pages. Journals are for me something you want to keep for many years. In my understanding the purpose of Morning Pages is in the writing not in the keeping and rereading.
Interesting point about the sizes. I'll revisit this. I find B5 works well for me, but you're right: 3x A5 is not enough (but as much as most people want to do...) Thanks for watching and taking the time to leave a comment 🙏
I like the way you did your video with a little drawings and stuff, very cool. First time I’ve seen you on here. Funny how stuff comes up on my feed in. Perfect timing. Thank you!
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I started doing morning pages and it’s interesting what comes out.
I always get to a point where I’m writing from a different perspective. Like I’m looking over my shoulder telling me what I need to be doing.
I get introspective but from outside myself. I just let the pen tell me what I need to do next.
I used to have to write two whole pages to get anything useful out on the third. Now I can take a blank page and by the last third I’m in the zone letting my subconscious figure me out. I need to start writing again.
Yes, very interesting! I often lose myself in morning pages, forget that I'm writing. It is like a form of meditation. Keep going. Start writing again. Consider subscribing if you haven't already: more videos about writing on the way! Thanks for watching and taking the time to leave a comment 🙏
Yes. I have found the same thing. I write 3 letter size pages (A4) and I find that the first two pages are just garbage spilling out of my brain and then on the 3rd page I start getting some insights.
@@SusanMJB45 having moved to B5 I won't be going back to A5! Thanks for taking the time to comment 🙏
Subscribed. This video popped up on my home page and boy am I grateful. I'm off to view your other videos. Thank you!
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I read Julia Cameron's book and I very much liked doing the morning pages and I also tried evening pages but I felt like the morning pages were more therapeutic for me.
I'm reading The Artist's Way again now. Yes, they are very different practises. Coming soon: The Artist's Date! Thanks for watching 🙏
This was absolutely incredible!! I loved how you captured the whole fundamental reason for morning pages through your amazing sketching ideas 💡 I loved it! Thank you for explaining the whole concept! Cheers
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Thanks for this, Martin. I like the idea of writing "and so it goes". Although, I've just started, and find that I can't shut myself up! But maybe I'll hit a dry point and will want to write that. I would love to go to Moniak Mhor, but it's a little far from Southern California! x
Lots to say is a good thing! Just keep going. Thanks for watching and taking the time to leave a comment 🙏
Interesting idea. Thank you CZcams for suggesting this
Thank you, CZcams... and thank you @selbermachenguru for taking the time to leave a comment 🙏 Look out for more videos coming soon... 👍
Thank you so much . I couldn't begin to write becouse didn't find the way which fit me. But this is exactly fit me. I start from this morning, and I feel very nice！
Wonderful! Keep at it and let me know how you get on. Thanks for watching 🙏 and do subscribe if you haven't already: more to come!
I write them almost every day, and I keep finding gems as I plow through the year. I use a lot of “and” starts to sentences like improv “yes and” technique. Sometimes I don’t use punctuation in order to keep things going quickly.
Great tip! Thanks for watching and taking the time to leave a comment 🙏
You're welcome. Looking forward to more of your videos. :-D @@sketchley
Ty for this video, it was entertaining and full of info. I will do this soon, love the accent
Thanks for the comment 🙏 Good luck! Let me know how you get on...
@@sketchley I actually heard of this concept from Rainn Wilson's podcast called soul boom. Specifically an episode he did with comedian Bobby Lee. You should check it out if you Into that sort of thing.
Loved it, thank you for all the ideas. Very useful. I love the highlighter idea n the two lines on the side and the reflection in the evening on what’s written too. Thank you for sharing these with us
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I always say 'bye for now' and not 'Goodbye'. Nice brisk pace, im hereby launching into this new habit
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When I wrote them at the recommended time of the morning, I began with hand written text and then -- since I can type as quickly as I write by hand -- changed to word processor pages, so that I could read what I had written :-)
If it works for you, that's fine. But I feel strongly that typing is nowhere near as effective as writing by hand. Typing is repetitive. Tap-tap-tap. It's electronic. The words are caged in the machine. This is not about speed or legibility. It's about expression and discovery. My handwriting is very poor. It doesn't matter.
@@sketchleyApparently they've done studies that show that handwriting, onto paper, activates creative centers in your brain that other methods like typing, or using electronics, don't seem to activate.
Love this! Thoughtful and easy to understand. I just started the book and that contract in the beginning has got me feeling nervous as to what I’m getting myself into.
Don't feel nervous! Just use the bits you want to use and do it your way. You haven't signed a contract for a job, just a personal journey of exploration. Check out czcams.com/video/ENHSk6Ziakk/video.html, which you might also find useful. Thanks for watching and taking the time to comment! 🙏
love this video! i felt a bit stuck in the process while doing the morning pages and this helped a lot!!
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Thank you! This is the first I’ve ever heard of this, and I like the idea very much. I would definitely have to destroy the books as I finish them, which is what I currently do with my “day books” (inspired by Thomas Jefferson!) I don’t want anyone to stumble upon them, or my kids to have to decide what to do with them, when I die. I also don’t want to have to lug around many heavy cartons of ultra-personal writing whenever I move, as a friend does with her years of journals. But I may just try this.
Let me know how you get on!
Great tips! I've been writing morning pages for a couple of years with some breaks, but been back on it now for 6 months, been doing 3 pages of A4 so it takes a bit longer, didn't know about the American sizing, not sure I want to go smaller! highlighter pen def a good tip, my main challenge is that cos I write so much so quick I sometimes can't read the bits I've marked to go back to so
have been noting them on a sep bit of paper but that does break the flow.
At the moment I'm using B5 composition size - a Moleskine Cahier - really nice and slim, and I think the extra room allows more time for things to emerge. I sometimes can't read my writing either! But I don't go back and highlight until I've finished. Thanks for watching! 🙏
as I just commented above - A4 is much closer to US letter size than A5. Better stay with it.
I wrote morning pages for a while and I was going through a difficult time in my life, I was depressed and I found that writing morning pages was making me feel worse, not better so I stopped. I think I will start writing them again.
Good that you stopped if you felt they weren't working for you at the time. It's important to monitor how you're feeling, and if you're focussing on negative aspects of your life, it's OK to steer these pages towards positive affirmations. Let me know how you get on. 🙏
This was an excellent explanation of morning pages - thanks so much!
Thanks for the lovely comment 🙏 Makes it all worthwhile. Look out for more videos on the way!
@@sketchley Looking forward to them. I'm a new sub and about to start trying morning pages 🤩
Let me know how you get on!
great tips
Thanks for watching 🙏
That was really helpful. I do know about morning pages and have tried a few times but this video gives me a bit of structure now. Good tip about the pages size, I had been using A4 and yes it is too big!
Glad it was helpful! Start off with A5 and build up if you can/have the time/feel it would be useful. Look out for a video on that coming soon! Thanks for watching and taking the time to leave a comment 🙏
Thank you so much for this excellent and practical tutorial! ❤❤❤
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@@sketchley Do you think it’s a good idea to at least do one page a day to get ease into the practice?
@@FishOutofWaterTarot I'm preparing a video on this very subject now! (Quick tip: the answer's "yes"... 😉)
Thank you ,I wonder , do you keep all of your morning pages ? Are there sometimes when you really wish to rant and then decide to throw those pages away afterwards ,especially if you have cursed and have been deeply negative ? Maybe such rantings have the seeds of truth within , could be used in a poem ,a play ,a drawing or an idea to build dance or movement chorography ? How do you decide what to keep and what to release ? Has the practicality of having enough space to house your creations been a challenge for you ?
I keep them, but rarely look back on them. And when I do it's very briefly. I recently burned some! czcams.com/video/exzoVipEOeQ/video.htmlsi=yhBaxX8wNgp9QqCC But I can generally spot when things are important.
I liked it, very entertaining also with the drawings. Thank you for that.
Glad you enjoyed it - thanks for watching, Erica!
such an informative and well made video thank you!!
Thank you 🙏
Free writing.
I write Classic Rock songs in my Daily Business Journal at work. Names of songs, lines of Lyrics & Riff melodies don't last as long in my mind as they use to. But Agents of the Corporation (Supervisors) can use what they read for Business purposes, as far as the Daily Business Journal is concerned. But I do it at work because of the Harassment & Discrimination. And I can also decide best practices. Learned to do that from an Internet Stock Trading school, a Daily Business Journal.
Interesting stuff! Thanks for watching and taking the time to leave a comment 🙏
Great little instructional video on the MP. However, Julia Cameron did specify that the MP be A4 size. I see you use smaller pages with the A5. Less to full.
"They are three, single-sided, 8.5x11 pages (so in other words, not 6 pages). Yes, they must be done in the morning. Yes, they must be done by hand." - Julia Cameron
I have mentioned this in another video. I now use B5, but because of a change in lifestyle (I got a proper job!) I can't do them every day: maybe two or three times a week. One thing I've learned about morning pages: a lot of people say "Julia Cameron says..." and then say something different to other people who have said it! 😃 People can also be very passionate about it. Personally, I say do what's right for you. I'm working on two videos right now: how to capture your thoughts.... Thanks for watching and taking the time to leave a comment 🙏
@sketchley Thanks for your response. The page measurements I gave you are a direct quote from her book "Living the Artist's Way" so, when you explained in your video that A5 was the English measurement, I was surprised and confused as that was misleading.
Of course, one can adapt the paper size used to what works for them. Currently I'm writing on paper myself that is not quite as long as A4. But in your video, you are explaining Julia's way, from her book.
I am not new to the MP, but am revisiting them after a long break and have just purchased Julia's latest book, which focuses on the Guidance.
Overall, it is a clear and enjoyable, well explained video and getd to the point. Go well.
Thank you.
Going to get back to do this. ❤️
Great stuff! Another video on morning pages coming soon... 👍
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This is very helpful. Thank you for sharing.
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Thanks Martin I will try this tomorrow morning before I make the tea
Thanks for watching! Let me know how you get on... 👍
Cameron advises us to make the pages loose and put them in an envelope rather than notebooks. Do not read them immediately afterward. One could make an envelope a week and the place where one wrote them as well as the date. You can collage the weeks.
A great, creative idea! A collage or word cloud. Very interesting! Thanks for watching and taking the time to leave a comment 🙏
Have you tried bookbinding? I love making my own notebooks that I sketch and write in. They also make great gifts.
I haven't, but someone else has mentioned it; maybe a hobby...?
I started doing this, this morning. There’s things I want to write down that I was scared to because ‘what if I die, who might end up reading this?’ So I acknowledged the likely candidate for that job and treated the pages like a sort of advice manual for them (sometimes being a bit crude !). Now I’ve heard it shouldn’t necessarily be done that way. I also don’t want to clutter my place up with yet more stuff so maybe I should just chuck my writing out every month ?
I've told my wife to burn my notebooks and not look inside them. You might be interested in the video for 15 October: the working title is "I Burned My Morning Pages and This is How I Felt!" -- and one of this week's videos is a poem about morning pages! Two are live on Sunday -- check 'em out! 🙏
Hello from Malaysia Martin! I'm inspired to give this a try... and experience the benefits . Thanks for sharing :)
Hi, Marina. Go for it! Thanks for watching and taking the time to comment 🙏. Do subscribe if you haven't already: lots more to come! 👍
You mentioned that if we had something we’d like you to cover, to make a comment. Well, I’ve been doing morning pages for nearly two years now. But in the Artist’s Way, she also talks about the Artist Date. Perhaps you could discuss that, because I just don’t get it!
I made one... The Artist's Date - the BENEFITS and HOW!
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That was great. Thank you! Im on it!
Let me know how you get on! And do subscribe if you haven't already: lots more to come! 👍
am now eager and excited to begin morning pages when my books arrive wednesday, thank you for this video!
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what a great vid and I love the animations . Well done, thanks , very helpful ✨
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I do them by creating a text document called “morning pages” a few years ago called and never opening it again.
So why watch the video? Do morning pages still call you? They shouldn't be written on a computer. Try by hand. Start small. Or don't. It's up to you.
Good video. I need to regroup as I am thing too much as I write. I started MP to give me the chance to use my fountain pens. Each day is a diff ent color. Thanks
Sounds like a good incentive! Try not to think. Do subscribe if you haven't already: lots more to come! This week's video is called When to Write Morning Pages?! 🤔 Thanks for watching, and taking the time to leave a comment 🙏
Thank you for your content❤
You are so welcome
Thank you!
You're welcome!
Very clear and informative presentation
Thanks for watching 🙏 Check out some of my other videos on morning pages...
Brilliant!
~N
Thank you! 🙏
I am new to this. Sounds interesting. Love yr sketches too.
Hi Gina! Thanks for watching and taking the time to leave a comment 🙏. I've found morning pages transformational. More videos coming, so do subscribe if you haven't already -- thanks! 👍
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My routine is simular ..
I start at 3 am ...
After coffee, I play my 4 string bass, then switch to my 5 string bass..
By 4:30 the ideas are coming, so I design a network or web page.
Sounds like a great creative routine!
Really enjoying your videos Martin great content and animations are ace
Glad you like them! 🙏 Thanks for watching. Do subscribe, if you haven't already. Thanks!
Love this thanks for sharing 😊
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I like your visials, I assume you use a tool to generate the visuals, do you mind sharing that.... I am a visual person and love info graphics, especially RSA cartoons that convert lectures into visual experiences like you just did in this video. Thanks for sharing your process.
Check out VideoScribe.
I haven't read the book, but this was very succint - so thank you! Could you explain a bit what the Notes/Check-in/Q section is about? Thanks a lot again!
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A great informative article thank you.
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Lovely sketches thanks
Urgh thank you for visual layout if fabulous !!! x as a mum with adhd its been a struggle to jist sit I start writing and ny list of to dos co.e in and I go do them and come back some days it takes till 11am ! I'm upat 5am. -
The fact that you're making such an effort is fantastic and will be rewarded 👏👏👏 Keep going! Thanks for watching and taking the time to leave a comment 🙏
Liked your content on this - new sub here
Welcome aboard!
Thanks a lot, it was great and motivating!
Glad you found it useful. Thanks for watching! 🙏
Would using speech to text on my phone/pc be as good an alternative?
I'm going to play hard and say I think not. So many people seem to want what morning pages have to offer without actually writing the pages.; I'm preparing a video on this. But, speech to text would be useful for a more traditional journaling practise, giving you a foundation to revisit and rewrite when it's more convenient to do so. Does that help? Thanks for watching and taking the time to leave a comment 🙏
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I'm New to morning pages. Thank you Martin, a Great video. I am a great fan of hand writing as there is a connection in hand writing that isn't pin typing! But , just for the sake of it , I am going to ask ( you & anyone else who wants to reply ) What is the difference between Hand Writing three pages & Typing three pages? is the process different? is the desired outcome any different?? As I said , I like hand writing ut also curious about Handwriting V Typing on a document!
Hi, Johnny. Thanks for the compliment; I'm glad you enjoyed the video 🙏 For me, there is a considerable difference between hand-writing and typing for this kind of thing. In fact I've had a video on it in the back of my mind for a while -- you may have just prompted me to make it! 👍 Do subscribe if you haven't already: lots more to come!
@@sketchley Thank you Martin! Look forward to it & yes I have just subscribed. 😊
@@streetcinematography I own a vintage (1940s) typewriter that I love to use, but.... for Morning Pages I always hand write them. There really is a difference. Writing with a pen or pencil on a piece of paper provides a real body/mind connection that you don't get... even on an old-fashioned typewriter.... let alone a computer keyboard.
@@SusanMJB45 YESSSSS.... I agree with you Susan. It's irreplaceable. you put it very aptly that it creates Body/mind connection. I also use a little notebook to hand write payers . Bible verses that I find inspiring. I have always written those. I do use a keyboard for some writing but 100% prefer pen & paper .Thank you .
Great Video, great draws
Thank you! Cheers!
If I may ask, how do you manage to only spend 20 to 25 minutes to write 3 pages?? I've been trying to do morning pages, and admittedly my notebook has no lines or margins so I probably end up writing a little more than I would if it did have those things, but it takes me 60 to 70 minutes to write 3 pages, even when my mind doesn't go blank wondering what to write next. Also I'm doing this as this is supposed to be beneficial regardless of what art you're into but I get a sense this is more beneficial to writers. I'm a musician so I don't always understand the benefits of it.
Hi Jean-Loup. Really great question - thanks for asking. Quite a lot to unpack. This feels related to something I've been thinking of making a video about. Let me think and get back to you. In the meantime I would say morning pages are most certainly not just for writers. You could, for example, write about your music... Thanks for watching 🙏 Leave it with me!
@@sketchley Thanks for replying. I've been mostly concerned about the benefits of it as this has started to take a huge chunk of my morning routine which has impacted other things I used to do (which I also didn't benefit much from). I'm not terribly awake let alone productive at the best of times first thing in the morning but I would like to make the most of my day. So far morning pages have felt like a bit of a chore but I only started a couple of weeks ago so I'm reluctant to give it up entirely so soon as such things can take time to see the benefits of.
Okay. I'm going to read between the lines a little here. I think at the moment you're finding morning pages frustrating. It's taking too long, and you're not sure what you're going to get out of it. If three pages is taking you an hour or more, that is too long. I wouldn't do it if it was taking an hour! My suggestion would be to start small: do a page and a half. Logically this should take about half an hour, yes? It shouldn't feel like a chore. But I think it's important - crucial, even - that you're not "awake". You don't want to be polluted by the day, external influences. It's the unconscious mind you're tapping into. Just start writing and keep writing. Don't stop. This can be difficult at first because we're so used to editing ourselves, but you'll soon pick it up. Looking at some of my morning pages from previous years, I'm surprised they didn't take more than five minutes! The margins were wide and the words big. If a blank page isn't working for you, try a lined book. Get an inexpensive one to begin with just in case that doesn't work out either. I can't say what benefits you might see. They may well be different for everybody. Thanks for watching and thanks for the comment 🙏. Do subscribe if you haven't already: I'm going to make that video...
Maybe just set a timer for 20 minutes and write until it goes off? Instead of helping me at the moment, this three pages is making me anxious because as it is, I can’t seem to get going in the morning and start being productive but hopefully it’ll work out. As for yourself and feeling like maybe it won’t be useful, try for a month and then stop if you still don’t see any benefit ?
Loved the video.
Not being a nay sayer but I keep trying to figure out the benefits. Ive read the book twice. I tried it for two,weeks, i dont see why writing my,morning thoughts is any different than having my cup of coffee and pondering all that is going on in my head. Either way im letting random thoughts scurry around in my head. Why is writing them more beneficial?
PS…
I journal what went on each night in a journal.
great video, thank you, subbed and liked right away.
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Hi! I've been writing morning pages for over two weeks but the only issue that I've found is that it takes me over 40 minutes to finish writing my 3 pages. (I use A5 as well) I wonder if that's a problem and I just should write 20-25 minutes. Great video by the way!
That's great that you've started! Just keep going. It can be difficult at first. Check out my latest video: How to Start Morning Pages and Boost Your Creativity
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