Unlock Creativity at Dawn: My Transformative Journey with Morning Pages

Discover how a simple daily ritual of writing can revitalise your creative spirit and bring joy to everyday life.

I first read about morning pages in some blog years ago. I didn’t know what it was, but just thought you sit down and write a page or more in the morning. This sounded like a great idea.

Me and my journals

I’ve been writing in my journal on and off since I was a child. It feels like it is a part of me. Others might talk to their friends or family, I write in my journal. I figure things out that way.

When I came across the concept of morning pages, without knowing or researching it more, I thought that this is nice and proceeded to do it. Every morning I’d write down what was in my head. Since the beginning of 2023, I did this in the same journal I’m now using as memory keeper, a Hobonichi cousin.

How it started

However a few months ago, thanks to social media, I started to slowly understand that this is much more. The concept is from a book called The Artist’s Way by Julia Camer…