Skip to main content

Morning Pages

 We are barely three months in, and yet 2026 has already been a year of beautiful transformation. I know this opening statement will spark some curiosity, and yet I'm still holding a lot of the vulnerable truths I've been working on close to my heart for now, even while I so badly want to write about them here. (Writing here also feels a lot to me like shouting from the rooftop to the entire world, even though my readership is very limited). 

The fact that I even opened up Blogger this morning is somewhat miraculous. I just finished a practice I hope to continue called "Morning Pages" from The Artist's Way. It's pretty simple in that you just write your thoughts down on paper as they cross your mind. Pen and paper is key, because it encourages a slowing down and noticing of the thoughts. The goal is that by the end, your thoughts have a place to go and no longer clutter the mental space. And let me tell you as a very overactive thinker (I often joke that I can even think my way into feeling) this morning's Morning Pages was a game changer. 

I used to practice meditating on the Head Space app a lot. And the one thing that really stuck with me was the notion that we are not our thoughts. Meditating is like watching those thoughts pass by like a TV show and not giving much time and attention to each one. I gave up on Head Space because it was too hard to just "watch" my thoughts float by. But writing them down is a game changer. I literally thanked my journal for holding what felt like a brain full of "stuff" when I was finished writing. What I wrote felt dark, childish, narcissistic. And now that's for my journal to hold, not me. 

Growth is slow. It's like compound interest. When I look back to one or two or ten years ago, I'm astonished at what I see. My hope with Morning Pages is that I will reach the core goal of re-discovering what my true self/soul is telling me. The most discouraging part of "growth" for me has been that I can't seem to find out my true self really is. That Me who was there before I got lost in a whirlwind of numbing, dissociating and trauma. I want there to be a sudden "aha there she is" moment. But my new hope with Morning Pages is that I can compound my way back to me. 

For anyone interested in learning more about morning pages, here is a helpful link: https://intentioninspired.com/the-artists-way-morning-pages/


Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Soul-Level Joy

Lately I’ve been blessed to notice myself experiencing soul level joy more and more. The best way I can describe it is just feeling happy at every level. Physical, emotional spiritual. It almost takes my breath away when I stop and soak it up. I wanted to capture one such moment here.   Lately Allie has been doing SUPER kind things (that I can not fathom myself doing at her age). For example, she brought one of her Happy Meal toys to dinner with us the other night at a restaurant and decided on her own that she wanted to give it away to a little girl sitting nearby. The joy on the girl’s face was priceless. Her grandma was stunned. Allie has such an incredibly generous spirit. She loves making others feel loved and special in her own 3 year old way. Sometimes she will also share her beloved French fries with Matt and I. 😱 Today we took Allie to the Denver Aquarium. This girl just loves to explore and “go somewhere” and we live in a great city to indulge her adventurous spirit. The...
Post a Comment
Read more

Colorado Craft Beer Week

Matt and I decided to join some of our favorite local breweries yesterday at a craft beer festival to help kick off Colorado Craft Beer Week. It's no secret that craft beer is a huge part of the Colorado economy. Everybody just does it so well out here. It was nice to go to a smaller festival than the Great American Beer Festival where there are too many breweries to even get to every booth. Yesterday's festival felt more like a back yard barbecue. I even got to meet the hosts of the Craft Beer Radio show on AM760. There is a picture of me with Turk and the "Gubna" below. In addition to some good beer sampling, our tickets also included a meal of either beer can chicken roasted for hours on the grill (my choice) or a spicy brat (Matt's choice). The chicken was amazing. I even let Matt try some. :) I also had some fun and took some pictures at the light rail. (We were responsible and walked/rode the train to and from the event.) What a fun day! Even better was c...
4 comments
Read more

Political Aside

I’m going to apologize in advance for making this blog political for today. There is just one recent development I can’t help but post about. Last week, Congress passed a bill that made it a lot harder for credit card companies to take advantage of people through late fees and overlimit fees. Sounds great, huh? This bill would have been a lot better if there hadn’t been a certain “add-on” bill piggy backing on to the credit card legislation, making it legal for concealed weapons to be carried in national parks, as long as they are licensed and registered. Now unless you are going into a national park to shoot condors or bald eagles (which is ILLEGAL!), I cannot think of a single reason why you would need to have a concealed weapon in a national park. It’s not like they are huge hot spots for gangs, thugs and violence. National Parks are set up as a refuge for endangered species and a place where wildlife can live uninhibited. Where a hunting license would be required to shoot wildlife ...
5 comments
Read more