How Daily Morning Pages Accelerated My Growth as a Person and Content Creator

Pouring down my thoughts on the pages of a journal unlocked life-changing breakthroughs

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I’m driving to the beach with my wife and our 18-month-old son. A peaceful and sunny day is ahead of us.

And I’m crying.

A wall of tiers floods my eyes. I can barely see the road.

It has nothing to do with our trip to the seaside. A memory surfaced from my childhood. I realized how it damaged my self-esteem (which is a shipwreck).

I’m sad, but it’s an achievement. That connection remained hidden for 30 years.

I was able to understand this thanks to the Morning Pages.

What are Morning Pages?

It’s a journaling technique described by Julia Cameron in her book: The artist’s way. It’s simple (yet not easy!):

• every morning, write about whatever comes to mind,
• don’t correct, don’t censor,
• write longhand,
• stop after filling 3 pages.

In 2020 I practiced it for months (I had to stop when my son started waking waaay too early). I didn’t always write 3 pages, but I…