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 forest garden of the mind.
I do my writing in the morning to take the most advantage of the clarity and focus and usually have after a good sleep.
There are several types of seeds and seedlings in my forest garden, but I prioritize developing essay and poems. I scout my writing inbox for any unfinished essay or poem and work on them.
If I am running out of essays or poems to work on, this means my writing prompts are running out and 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 poems and essays are important so I have something to share in a regular basis. But evergreen thought notes are also important because they 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).
Lastly, I process any photos I may have taken the previous day. Processing involves deleting bad shots.
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/