Iām happily writing away, musing on how I want my day to go, pondering all that Iām grateful for and BOOM, Lizzoās here.
She tells me itās bad b*tch oāclock, itās thick-thirty(?) How sheās been through a lot, but sheās still feeling rather flirty. OK?
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But now is not the time, Lizzo.
You see, for my morning pages, I follow a method of continuously writing.
I let my thoughts land on the page completely unfiltered without worrying about what comes out.
And if my pen stops moving, itās a clear sign Iām getting caught up in the end product instead of prioritising the process <- not the point of the exercise.
So the answerās no, my dear beloved. I know you want me to stop and turn up the music, but I am committed to my craft. Maybe next time?
I turn back to my pages and I kid you not Reader, I canāt stop bloody writing āItās about damn timeā on repeat.
*sigh*
Mhm, OK Lizzo. You win.
You see, whatās happened is that even though Iām trying my best to ignore her, the lyrics of this toe-tapping tune have slipped their way into my thoughts.
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In this instance, itās obviously because Iām trying to write whilst also playing music with lyrics a.k.a Always a terrible idea.
But in the era of constant content consumption that we live in, I suspect this creative takeover happens a lot more than we realise.
When we innocently scroll trying to avoid writing that email newsletterā¦ weāre actually taking on other peoplesā ideas.
Weāre absorbing THEIR words, THEIR vibe and THEIR way of expressing themselves.
And then when we go to create our own stuff? We have nothing original to say.
Our brains are so full of everyone elseās thoughts, that thereās literally no room for our own ideas to grow.
But what I usually see happen as a result of this, is that when we feel uninspired, we end up spending even morrreeee time online in search of inspiration.
We scroll and scroll in the hopes that something will spark a moment of Genius and yet, the opposite is usually true.
The more of other peopleās content we consume, the less likely we are able to authentically express ourselves.
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Just imagine your brain as a kitchen sponge. If you soaked up a load of tea with that thing, you wouldnāt expect to be squeezing out orange juice in the sink, would you?
Iāve always found the same to be true with content creation.
What you feed your brain determines what your brain will produce.
And a diet of other peopleās processed thoughts isnāt a good fuel for your own originality.
Thatās why content consumption detoxes are vital to staying creatively free.
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Seek out something else that gets those creative juices flowing. (Walks, yoga and anything where I micro-sweat is usually my go-to.)
And if that fails?
You can try the ācontinuos writingā technique to get those creative wheels turning, where you just let your pen flow on the page without stopping, even if/especially when what youāre writing makes zero sense.
The point is simply to clear your head, observe your own thoughts with curiosity and see if any diamonds are hiding amongst the chaos.
Just donāt invite Lizzo, k Reader?
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B xoxo
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