An artist requires portraying a creative mind at all times. The Artist Way, by Julia Cameroon, provides readers with insight regarding morning pages. Morning pages refer to notes written consciously in the morning regarding. The notes usually provoke, clarify, comfort, cajole, prioritize, and synchronize the writer’s day (Penguin Random House Network, 2016). Further, morning pages also act as a substitute for expression by members of the public (Dameron, 2018). During this week, I wrote three morning pages for four days. The experience was amazing since I viewed the world from a different perspective in each of these days. People get provoked to doing great things when provided opportunities for success (Tamir, 2016). The notes created an atmosphere that provoked my urge to achieve my daily dreams.

Further, I did my artist date on Friday, which happened to be the final day of my morning notes for the week. Julia Cameroon describes the artist day as the idea of engaging in activities that nourishes someone, once every week (Bard, 2013). During the artist day, I evaluated the notes and found that creativity was high and that the notes provoked me to achieve my daily goals. I sat down and evaluated whether my weekly goals were achieved despite the daily challenges. To make the activity more interesting, I involved my best friend, who happened to spend most of the time together throughout the week. The feeling was good and exciting since I found that most of my plans were accomplished. People feel happy after achieving their goals since they get satisfied with themselves (McGonigal, 2016). Among the tasks assigned, I walked with my friend to a sight-seeing expedition. In the process, I found that exploring nature was awesome, more than I expected. Interestingly, understanding nature was one of my goals for the week, as indicated in the morning notes.

References

Bard, E. (2013). 99 IDEAS TO BRING “PLAY” INTO YOUR LIFE: THE MAGIC OF “THE ARTIST DATE.” Retrieved from http://whereverthewindtakesme.com/2013/03/20/99-ideas-to-bring-play-into-your-life-via-the-artist-date/

Dameron, E. (2018). The Case Against Morning Pages. Retrieved from https://writingcooperative.com/the-case-against-morning-pages-84782e759cd2

McGonigal, K. (2016). The upside of stress: Why stress is good for you, and how to get good at it. Penguin.

Penguin Random House Network. (2016). The Artist’s Way Morning Pages Journal. Retrieved from https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/349706/the-artists-way-morning-pages-journal-by-julia-cameron/9780143129417/

Tamir, M. (2016). Why do people regulate their emotions? A taxonomy of motives in emotion regulation. Personality and Social Psychology Review, 20(3), 199-222.