5 HABITS KEEPING YOU FROM YOUR BEST WRITING AND SMARTEST SELF
5 HABITS KEEPING YOU FROM YOUR BEST WRITING AND SMARTEST SELF
Waking up Late
Did you know that your theta waves are still active in the early morning? And did you know that theta waves allow you a better understanding of reality, release you from the confines of doubt and worry, connect you with your deepest spiritual self, allow you access to a wealth of creativity that is not available to you at other times of the day?
To put it simply, you are smarter in the early morning. What is more, this state of heightened spirituality, intelligence, flexibility and creativity is best utilized when you wake up just before the sun rises. Our bodies are designed to work with the cosmos. Science has proven that what is internal and biological is connected to what is external or cosmic. (ie. Circadian rhythms.)
Not only are you still in that enlightened state and still benefiting from the remnants of theta waves, the dawning of light is a phenomenon in itself. Virgin light should be looked upon. Receive it and all the goodness it has to offer you. There is divinity there. Harness that divinity and see where it leads your mind and your pen. Don’t waste your best thinking on the pillow. Get up and meet the side of you that is divine and brilliant!
Never Allowing Yourself To Be Bored.
The next time you’re sitting around with nothing to do, no friends to talk to, nothing good on TV, or no inspiration to write, DO NOT REACH FOR YOUR SMART DEVICE. Shut down all electronics and allow yourself to be bored.
Being bored isn’t fun but studies have shown that people who allow their brains to rest and go idle perform better on tests and intelligence activities than people who try to fill the void with surfing social media.
(Social media is 95% garbage for the mind. It does nothing to enlighten or help you as an artist. My advice it to allow yourself one day a week to check all your social media accounts. And be strict about this. Don’t worry; your virtual family can wait; and what you will find is that by placing this virtual life aside, REAL living awaits you and it’s freaking awesome!!!)
But I digress. Let me get back to being bored.
Letting your mind wander is about letting go of control, releasing your consciousness to be totally free. Not trying to think of anything at all, but just letting your consciousness bob and weave through random thoughts, you will find that shortly after this state of blahness, vivid and exciting ideas will come popping in. And your mind will be energized from its momentary rest. How amazing is that??
When you’re bored, let it happen. Walk around, whistle, take a shower, stare at the wall, daydream. This is all part of being the genius you were born to be. STAY AWAY FROM THE BLACK MEANINGLESS PIT OF SOCIAL MEDIA. IT IS DISTRACTING YOU FROM EFFERVESCENCE. IT IS DEPLETING YOUR WELLSPRING OF GENIUS.
Choosing Superficial Friendships Over Meaningful Ones.
We’ve all been there: “But those are the popular ones. They go out and get seen and everybody wants to hang out with them.”
You wanna hang with them? That’s fine, if they’re really your friends. But if you go out with them and they’re more concerned with taking selfies and checking in to Foursquare than looking you in the eye and having a meaningful conversation, they are not your friends. What is more, if they are judgmental and gossipy and vain they are not healthy for you.
Find people who feed your soul. Find people who are compassionate, who have stories to tell and who have good advice to give you when you’re down. Find people who like to learn about others, who care. People who let you in, and allow you to care about them.
Writers must feel alot. They must love and be emotionally involved in the people around them. I have all kinds of friends, and I don’t care how popular they are to the rest of the world. As long as they challenge me to use my heart and my mind, I value them. The more you live on an emotional level, the better an artist you will become.
Remember that writing doesn’t just happen at the desk. It happens all day long. What you feed your soul with when you are not at the desk will come into play on that paper, whether you want it to or not. FIND GOODNESS AND LOVE. It’s out there in plenty.
Comparing Yourself to Others.
I’ve been there before. I read an article written by a successful author and I say to myself, “He’s smarter than me. Maybe I’m not as good as I think. Maybe I’m not cut out to be a writer.”
Always remember that your story is one of a kind and God and His Universe is going to give you very specific insight into telling that story. You cannot be a genius at everything. Even Einstein stuck to what he knew and what inspired him. He was inspired by ENERGY.
Find your ENERGY and concern yourself with only that. Have you ever watched an Olympic race or an obstacle course challenge on a game show? The people who look right and left, worried about what the other guy is doing, rarely finish first. It’s the one who is inward, focused and concerned only with their own performance, who achieve their optimal potential, and many times win.
Yeah, that guy knows a thousand more historical facts than you, but he doesn’t know that girl living in your head with the broken heart. ONLY YOU DO!! Maybe that girl and her story have something profound to say. She’s waiting for you to stop worrying about what the next guy’s doing, and give your time to her.
Obsessing About Failure.
Failure is a part of life. We all have to fail. So just get over it. People are going to wish you failure, too. It’s just a part of the human condition. Don’t worry what people think. Don’t worry if you write the worst novel in the world; the achievement is that YOU ARE WRITING!!! You are daring to achieve a great dream. That is awesome in itself. And if you keep moving forward with this attitude you will eventually write that great story waiting inside you.
As soon as you let go of fear and worry and allow yourself to be present in each moment, you will boost your creativity. Creativity is a very precious and sensitive thing; it does not allow itself to be in the same room with fear and doubt. Creativity knows its own worth and so should you!!!!
Shut the door on worry, and beckon creativity in.
