I’d you’re reading this…
it means I didn’t fall asleep on the keyboard…
If you’re reading this it means I didn’t fall asleep on the keyboard.
I am on a bed, my body aching from the gym earlier today, and being outside in the torrid heat, that is a word isn’t it, torrid? I’m not sure what it means but it sounds right. I’m using my last ounce of energy to, slowly type this email.
I just put down
’s book, meditation for mortals. I read the chapter where he talks about setting quantity goals and mentions freewriting.10 minutes a day that’s your quantity goal.
Do the thing for 10 minutes a day.
You train yourself to be able to go for ten minutes no matter what. Make it fun so you want to do it!
I read of this Olympic swimmer who employed all kinds of tricks to keep going, just 10 more meters she might say, 10 meters later, just 10 more meters. Master small increments of quality work, then do them as often as you can.
And do them when you can’t too!
Ten Minute Artist Prompt
Free write for 10 minutes. Start a timer. Grab a piece of paper and start writing, you can go slow but don’t stop writingndf (← where I fell asleep)
PS: I’ve been fussing over what to send new readers for some time, here’s what I landed on.
I've been doing the artist way morning pages. That takes 30 minutes but I'm SO consistent with it. Once the artist way is done, I'm going to whittle my mornings to 10 minutes of writing and 10 minutes of sketching ANYTHING That pops in my mind like what I do for the morning pages -- if it's scribbles, then it's scribbles. Showing up for that word or line dump "to dream, to try, and to rest" just gave me a whole new approach to sketching :)
I'm glad you posted this and made it and I hope you slept well!