A.S. Etaski
I get moving.
I'm an introspective introvert. My body and mind are not always explicitly aware of each other when I'm thinking, but they are nonetheless always linked. It's not exercise, though. That's high body stress, and it takes concentration. I can't exercise and write at the same time. Movement for my writer's block is automatic, where the ideas can still happen. It's walking, cleaning, traveling long distances, dancing in my living room. Accompanying music also helps.
I walked long distances growing up--I was one of the few kids I knew who walked 2 miles to and from school during good weather because I preferred to be alone thinking than take the bus. That's probably where the "movement = idea flow" came from, and it's been able to shatter any writer's block so far. I've proven to myself that a moving, healthy body helps when my mind gets sluggish, stressed, or blocked.
I'm an introspective introvert. My body and mind are not always explicitly aware of each other when I'm thinking, but they are nonetheless always linked. It's not exercise, though. That's high body stress, and it takes concentration. I can't exercise and write at the same time. Movement for my writer's block is automatic, where the ideas can still happen. It's walking, cleaning, traveling long distances, dancing in my living room. Accompanying music also helps.
I walked long distances growing up--I was one of the few kids I knew who walked 2 miles to and from school during good weather because I preferred to be alone thinking than take the bus. That's probably where the "movement = idea flow" came from, and it's been able to shatter any writer's block so far. I've proven to myself that a moving, healthy body helps when my mind gets sluggish, stressed, or blocked.
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