it’s 5:00am and i’m sat in bed with my journal. this isn’t polished and it isn’t a perfect routine. it’s just something i come back to, again and again.
i don’t really see this as discipline, and it’s not just writing. i try to treat most things in my life the same way, as a practice. writing, running, speaking, even just how i move through the day.
i set intentions, not goals, and i come back to them when i can. i do try to set an intention each day, something that moves me toward the tomorrow i want to see. some days i follow through with it, some days i don’t, but i don’t stress about it.
i don’t carry it or turn it into something bigger than it needs to be. i just pick it up again the next day.
most days i’ll sit down with my journal and start with three things i’m grateful for. nothing complicated, just what’s there in the moment. then three affirmations, written as if they’ve already happened: i am in abundance. i am physically fit, able and capable. i am healthy, wealthy and loved.
then a prayer and an intention for the day. after that, i’ll write a few lines. sometimes creatively, sometimes not, and i leave it there. there’s no pressure to force it.
that’s what’s helped me most. not forcing it, not needing to get it right, just allowing it to be something i return to.
because life moves. things come up, plans change, energy shifts, and beating yourself up for that doesn’t help anything.
so i keep it simple. do what you can, do what you enjoy, and if it doesn’t happen today, you can always start again tomorrow.
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