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8 powerful ways to inspire your authentic writer within
Stefan Zweig
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The subconscious writer
We sometimes have to get out of our own way.
Too much conscious thinking about anything will become a source of stress; it makes us anxious and over-cautious as the fear piles up.
Get into daily rituals
Use them to support your body, your emotions, and your intellect.
For this to happen, make sure you:
- sleep well
- eat nutritiously and intentionally
- exercise
- read and find intellectual stimulation
- connect with others
- do things that excite you and give life meaning
- live your values.
Get into journaling
It helps you in the process of developing the right mindset of a writer.
Journaling makes you reflect on your life, imagine future possibilities, and you get to play with words because this is also a writing exercise.
Rest and recuperate
Creativity takes a lot of energy and requires a great deal of recuperation. Make sure you take time to:
- Be with your loved ones
- Read
- Enjoy movies and listen to music
- Move (be it dance, walk, cycling, etc.)
- Cook and eat healthily
- Daydream.
Change your inner world
When we change how we think, the world alters with us.
Inner harmony gives us clearer thinking and intellectual rigor.
Understand flow
For flow to happen, we need:
- Intrinsic motivation and goals
- Feedback
- A good and balanced mix of challenge, skills and confidence.
Focus on the art of being
When we are in being mode, we are more aware of senses and emotions, as well as thoughts. When we pay attention to qualities and inner states, we:
- Pay more attention to the process than product
- Feel calmer, less fearful and anxious
- Feel more sense of control in the face of obstacles
- Value fulfillment and meaningfulness over outcomes.
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Morning pages
Morning pages are 3 pages that record stream of consciousness thoughts, to help you untangle your mind.
The process is simple: you just have to sit down in the morning with paper and pen a...
Prime your brain the night before
- Identify your most challenging assignment
- Get through the tough assignment. Start working on the project at the end of the workday. But don't finish.
- Sleep. Let the brain do his thing.
- Wake up and dump your thoughts onto paper.
Stick to it
Writing morning pages is supposed to be simple.
To make sure you stick to your writing ritual, wake up and don’t do anything else. Grab a notebook and write the pages.
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“Toxic” People
Usually, such people think negatively, are self-centered, hypercritical, communicating with ulterior motives and life. Toxic people make you feel uncomfortable, guilty, and frustrated, and can r...
Pessimism
Unless you have clinical depression, pessimism is just a bad habit. Many adopt pessimism from childhood models or from a painful event and end up making it a part of their life.
Consume inspiring content, or record your achievements and things you are grateful for, and routinely look through these lists to remind yourself of your abilities in difficult moments.
Limiting Yourself
Feeling sorry for yourself, procrastinating and adopting a binary or pessimistic world view are common ways of self-limitation.
Work on your priorities and attitudes to find untapped opportunities. Being ready to face something new opens doors for you.
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Self-sabotage
Understand self-sabotage
Self-destructive behaviors can become habits and can continually undermine your success and happiness.
Self-sabotage is when we want something, but somehow we never accomplish it, because somewhere deep in our subconscious we’re fighting against that goal:
- Our disorganization distracts us.
- We’re constantly overthinking all of our decisions.
Recognize self-sabotaging habits
- Procrastination. Start setting deadlines and mini-deadlines to work toward your objective.
- Negative self-talk/negative thinking. Be patient with yourself; be kind to yourself. Work to build yourself up.
- Perfectionism. It is an impossible standard that keeps you from moving forward.
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