My Morning Routine

<p>If you search the topic morning routine- google will return 493 million results. Lots of people have one, are interested in one and have written about their morning routine. Here is mine.</p> <p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Podcast Transcript</strong></span></p> <p>My is 2 pronged – one is <a href= "https://www.vitaleveryday.com/" target="_blank" rel= "noopener noreferrer">Vital Greens</a> and two is Morning Pages – I got the concept of adding morning pages into my morning routine after reading <a href= "https://juliacameronlive.com/the-artists-way/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">The Artists Way  by Julia Cameron</a></p> <p>Prior to practicing morning pages – I used to sketch a bit, play guitar quite badly, and I had written three or four books whilst one was a serious hit (Exercise Danger) the others were ok</p> <p><strong>The bedrock tools</strong></p> <p>Morning Pages are the primary tool of a creative recovery. From my perspective they are the bedrock of a creative life. Three pages stream-of-consciousness writing done before the day “begins,”</p> <p>Morning Pages serve to prioritize, clarify, and ground the day’s activities.</p> <p>They let me clear my mind..</p> <p>It is a paradox of my experience that Morning Pages both take time and give time.</p> <p>It is as though by setting our inner movie onto the page, we are freed up to act in our lives. Suddenly, a day is filled with small choice points, tiny windows of time available for our conscious use.</p> <p>As we write Morning Pages, we tend to get things “right.” Our days become our own. Other people’s agendas and priorities no longer run our lives. We care for others, but we now care for ourselves as well.</p> <p>In fact I have become a much better person – At least I now like myself so much so that I honestly think that my morning pages are really what I like to call <a href= "https://www.inc.com/sean-kim/how-this-entrepreneur-built-a-billion-dollar-compa.html#:~:text='Thinkitating'%2C%20according%20to%20Tom,deeper%20in