A Half-Day Writing Routine
Designed by BearmoreBecause writer’s block is no one’s friend.
Get unstuck by wearing your body out first. Hard exercise, then a good meal and some reading before you put pen to paper. This is one way to get into writing: three hours that might surprise you.
The runsheet
Jiu-jitsu
Martial artsJiu-jitsu on the mat, a private lesson or open mat. Sub any martial art or hard movement for 40+ mins.
40 min activityBearmore’s thoughts on doing martial arts before eating (mindful)
This can be a good pairing if you rehydrate and let breath settle first, then a slow, balanced meal helps refuel without churning the stomach.
Mindful meal, sat down
Eating (mindful)Treat meals as the point rather than a chore between tasks, so eat slowly after training, sitting down with your phone away. Use what's actually in the kitchen.
20 min activityBearmore’s thoughts on doing eating (mindful) before reading (mindful)
This works well because any calm, satisfied state from mindful eating can carry into patient, engaged reading.
Settle with a book
Reading (mindful)Thirty minutes with something worth reading before you sit with the page. Fiction, journalism, anything that earns your attention.
30 min activityBearmore’s thoughts on doing reading (mindful) before creative writing
This is an excellent pairing because reading primes the rhythms and patterns of language, which writing then draws on without needing much warming up.
Tune into creative writing
Creative writingBy this point in the half-day you've already done something hard, eaten properly, and let a book settle you. Sit with the writing and see what comes out.
45 min activityTime well spent.
2h 48m spent doing something good for yourself.
The breakdown
Burst evaluation
Wellbeing focus
About this Burst
This Burst composes four anchors into a half-day spine: BJJ on the mat, a meal that gets the attention it deserves, a book to settle the head, and the page.