The Artist's Way and Morning Pages

I forgot to talk about this in my last post!

I have FAILED miserably in doing the Artist's Way. I have actually read through 5 weeks, and do some (very little) of the exercises. I am trying to keep an open mind about it, but it is hard. This goes so against my logical/rational thinking. To think by doing these exercises and writing three pages in the morning, it is going to unlock some powerful things. For one, many of these beginning chapters mainly have tasks focused on reviewing your childhood. That is a problem. I do not remember most of my childhood, and can barely answer most of these questions. Favorite toy? I was told I played with my Barbies a lot. Favorite Movie? Does seeing the Lion King around 14 count? From about 12ish on, I can sort of remember, and from 15 on, my memory is pretty good. I can't get in touch with the past, because I don't remember it.

Another thing. About those morning pages. I've done about 4 or 5 pages in 3 weeks. Obviously I have failed on that end. I have my journal next to my bed with a pen...but I REALLY REALLY REALLY hate mornings. I barely make it to work every day on time (and I live 3 minutes away), and only roll out of bed when I realize I have approximately 4.5 seconds to shower and get to work. My brain does not function like a normal human's would in the morning. No matter how much I tell myself that I WILL get out of bed when my alarm goes off, therefore giving me plenty of time to wake up and get ready, I never do it. I half-remember turning off my alarm (and yes, its far away enough to make me get up), and cuddling right back under the covers. Somehow I most of  time wake up with just enough time to scramble in the shower, brush my teeth, make coffee and run out the door.

So, for those of you who have done and really seen benefits of doing these morning pages, what can I do? I really just want to do them at night. I am such a night owl. It would be a million times easier for me to write them before bed. I would do them every night. She swears in the book that in the morning is the best time, and I can understand, I just don't know how feasible it really is.

HELP.

Artist's Way

I have read so many positive reviews of this book/workshop for unlocking creativity. I was interested and researched more about it. I stopped researching at "A spiritual path to higher creativity."

No thanks!

I might be the least spiritual person you will ever meet. I don't need to read anything that talks about looking to God!

Time passed and I kept reading positive results from this book. I thought to myself "Well, you can just ignore the God bits and see what happens." Right now I am trying VERY hard to do anything I can to help me unlock creativity that I really want to be deep inside me. To help lead me to some sort of happiness, freedom. What do I have to lose? Nothing. I really don't.

I received the book from the library tonight. Maybe this will be as awesome as people have said. At the very beginning, Julia Cameron says "Do not call it God unless that is comfortable for you. Do not pretend to believe when you do not. If you remain forever an atheist, agnostic-so be it. You will still be able to experience an altered life through working with these principles."

Perfect! Onwards and Upwards.