Tools for Concentration - Part I

My recent focus on concentration has caused me to reassess a couple of life tools I have already been using and how they’ve helped me maintain focus on my language study.

The first of these tools is what Julia Cameron calls “morning pages,” introduced in The Artist’s Way (I personally prefer The Artist’s Way at Work: Riding the Dragon). Morning pages are three pages (no more, and no less) of longhand stream-of-consciousness writing, written in the morning. The purpose of morning pages is to unload whatever clutter is floating around in your head. If that’s your journaling style, you’re already doing morning pages. If you journal with a filter, you’re not.

Three pages, every day.

I’ve been using morning pages off and on for a few years. They’re an excellent way to dump whatever you’re thinking about, whatever you’re obsessing about. Once your mind is clear (or at least lighter than when you started), you’re better able to concentrate on the thing in front of you. In my case, that’s learning Korean.

Tomorrow: Tools for Concentration - Part II

Posted by kangmi on May 22, 2005 at 2:01 AM0 comments

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