Your Low-Stress Guide to Leveling-Up Your Bedtime Routine
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For three years, Ive committed to a daily writing routineoutsideof my work as a writer.
It anchors me when I feel adrift and helps me process challenging life experiences.
Mostly, it provides me with a deep sense of self and well-being.
My daily writing practice anchors me when I feel adrift and helps me process challenging life experiences.
Certainly, it isnt always easy or fun in the moment.
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I get itconfronting a blank page isnt easy (even for me, a professional writer).
But writing for no other reason than justto writecan initiate the door for introspection.
A vast body of scientificresearchhas also revealed several reasons to befriend the blank page.
Writing something down allows us to remember it better and have a record [to reference later].
3 different types of writing for processing emotions and boosting creativity
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Expressive writing helps give people more agency over their bodies and stories, says MacCombie.
Putting a negative experience down on the page helps them see it in a new light.
As a simple way to practice creative writing, find an old photo, and look at it intently.
When youre first getting started with a daily writing routine, begin small.
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Below are a few other tips that can help support your new ritual.
What memories or emotions does the word bring up for you?
The study cited above onwritings power to boost memoryalso found this specific benefit to be unique tohand-writing.
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