As you mark the change of the calendar year, spend some time remembering the year that is finishing. It was a whole year. That’s a lot of minutes. On a blank page, draw a large grid that has exactly 12 rectangles in it. Label the rectangles with the months of the year. In each box, write notes about things that happened in your life during that month. Try to do this … [Read more...] about Finishing the Year
Get the Picture?
Pick something that’s in front of you that’s not going to move in the next half hour. Draw it. Can’t draw? No problem, draw it anyway. Drawing is the process of looking at something and making marks on paper. That’s all that’s required of you. (The rest is just judgement.) After you have drawn the thing once, draw it again. And again. You can draw the whole thing, … [Read more...] about Get the Picture?
Change of Season
A season is something that changes. The weather has seasons. So do careers, relationships, and lifetimes. What kind of season is changing in your life right now? Draw a vertical line and a horizontal line on a sheet of paper so that it is divided into four boxes. In the left-hand boxes you will write down information about the old season, the one that is leaving. In the … [Read more...] about Change of Season
I Forgot
Begin every line of your writing today by carefully writing the words, “I forgot…” There is so much to forget! Some things are forgotten forever. Other things we forget only momentarily, but with great consequences. We even forget how much we have forgotten. Try not to plan for what you will write before you actually put down the words, “I forgot.” Watch your hand … [Read more...] about I Forgot
Standing Up in Silence
Before you begin to write, move around a little bit in your chair and practice standing up without making the slightest grunting sound. See if you can feel like you are floating effortlessly upward. How can you do this? While you are still seated, alert your body to what’s coming. Get your feet underneath you. Shift your weight so your spine flexes a little bit. Scoot … [Read more...] about Standing Up in Silence