https://aaron.blog/tags/mindfulness/Recent content in Mindfulness on The Dangling PointerHugoen-usThu, 20 Jul 2017 12:42:04 +0000https://aaron.blog/vacuum-the-brain-with-morning-pages/Thu, 20 Jul 2017 12:42:04 +0000https://aaron.blog/vacuum-the-brain-with-morning-pages/<p>I've blogged a lot about my struggles with attention and focus over the years since I started working remote. I continue to find tools and adjust my behaviors tiny bits at a time to help align me with the world I work in. I've been doing mindful meditation daily, usually in the morning, to help calm the brain and prepare for the day.</p><figure><img src="pencil-and-paper.jpg" class="kg-image" alt="Pencil and Paper" loading="lazy" width="1024" height="1024"></figure><p>Just yesterday I was introduced to a fun practice called <em>Morning Pages</em> to help organize my thoughts in the morning to start the day. Julia Cameron, author of <em>The Artist's Way</em>, uses morning pages to spill out thoughts and ideas from her head onto three pages of paper. The daily practice involves stream-of-consciousness writing (or commonly called <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_writing" rel="noopener">free writing</a>) three full pages of handwritten text. Topic is unimportant - it's whatever comes to mind. Julia says some of her students call it "mourning pages" as it usually turns into a bitch session.</p>