Saw this on a website. Wanted to share.
Easier than meditation, same benefits.
Give yourself a word limit. Write for 1, 2, or 3 pages, and then stop.
Keep writing until the time is up. Do not pause to stare into space or to read what you’ve written. Write quickly but not in a hurry.
Pay no attention to grammar, spelling, punctuation, neatness, or style. Nobody else should ever read what you produce here. The correctness and quality of what you write do not matter; the act of writing does.
If you get off the topic or run out of ideas, keep writing anyway. If necessary, write nonsense or whatever comes into your head: anything to keep the words flowing.
If you feel bored or uncomfortable as you’re writing, ask yourself what’s bothering you and write about that.
Notice the similarities to meditation. The specific limitation of time, the gentle persistence of staying on track during that time, being an observer rather than a critic of what’s happening in your head.
All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.
— Gandalf, J.R.R. Tolkien
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