Day: June 8, 2022

Writing Advice - Craft & Process

Making First Moves

This morning I’m pondering the right first move to bed into my daily routine. Right now, I have about four first moves that will kick of my day, depending on which groove I’m in:  Getting up and journaling to park ideas;  Getting up and writing directly into the computer;  Getting up and doing the day’s Worlde, then posting it to my family chat;  Getting up and brain dumping my top-of-mind thoughts into an Omnifocus inbox, then doing a project review and building my diary for the day. Of the four, Wordle is the worst option. Logging in to finish a Worlde puzzle only takes about three minutes, but it puts me in a social mindset because the next step is going into chat, and from there it’s a short skip to spending the entire morning answering email and tooling around on social media. Journaling is probably my favourite kick-off, but the chain of events that follow that meditative writing often