If I don’t have to work on a project during the writing block of the uninterrupted morning block of my daily routine, I jump right into the core of my creative practice: writing inside the talahardin. I do my writing in the morning to take the most advantage of the clarity and focus I usually have after a good sleep.
Notes with the tag seedlings appear automatically on my daily note in Obsidian. I work on them that day. After this, I scout my writing inbox for any unfinished note, essay, or poem and work on them.
If I am running out of notes to work on, I need to generate more prompts through the following:
- I review and process at least two previous diary entries and see if I could generate new prompts from them.
- I review and process seeds (snippets taken during a walk). I begin with yesterday then move my way backwards.
- I review insight notes.
- I review literature notes.
Throughout this process, my main goal is to move seeds and seedlings to evergreens. Evergreen notes are important so I have the building blocks I could use to create larger artifacts (see my creative artifacts). Evergreen thought notes, for example, are determine evergreen essay production and, more importantly, inform my project for intentional living. I strive to process at least one note every day.
By the end of my session, I push changes in my forest garden to its public version powered by Quartz and Github.
After this, I read. I attempt to read at least one page from a book or an article each day. If the material is theoretical, I make highlights, which I process into literature notes later (how to write literature notes).
References
Matuschak, A. (n.d.). My morning writing practice. Andyʼs Working Notes. Retrieved September 17, 2021, from https://notes.andymatuschak.org/My_morning_writing_practice
Rodriguez, C. (2020, December 28). Implementing a Spaced Repetition Writing System. https://cesarr.co/posts/implementing-a-spaced-repetition-writing-system/