“When I’m upset, I don’t feel like doing anything but wallowing in it. But despite feeling that way, I brush my teeth, make healthy meals, take the kid out to play, do the dishes, pay the bills, take my vitamins, clean up, and go to bed early. These tasks are so mundane, but they help me to feel on top of things. When everyday responsibilities are done, my mind is less distracted.”
Derek Sivers, Hell Yeah or No
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“This physical aliveness and potency is one of the reasons why rituals are performed. Rituals prepare your body for the sacred and they release your energy, feelings and thoughts. They open the body to receive wisdom and clarity and to release and purge negativity.”
– Patsy Rodenburg, Presence: How to Use Positive Energy for Success in Every Situation
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Most of what I write is neither sacred nor profane. It’s simply mundane.
I must write the mundane to find out what is underneath.
I endure a slog through the slops of my mind before I find a fresh spring.
Most of what I write is boring.
In the morning I write three pages of whatever comes to mind à la Julia Cameron’s Morning Pages.
This work never sees the light of day. I’m writing a record of my mind’s struggle to rediscover itself.
After three pages I’m closer to being able to write what I think.
I’ve started to write the mundane out of my system. I’m digging a hole: I’ve gotten through the layers of shit and silt. Now I get to sift for precious metals, find gems worth keeping.
I can see a glint of something worth keeping.
Can you?
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