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i’ve only been doing it for a couple of days but it’s a really good brain warm-up & writing exercise!!! u can keep it short & sweet & there’s no pressure for it 2 b anything special. & it’s also fun trying to draw thematic & narrative links between such random words. it’s also helping me branch out with my starter word……. can’t have all my poems start with roast
Apr 28, 2024
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🖋it used to be my main hobby as a kid until i fell off & became brain rotted by the internet. of course my attention span is cooked and i usually get the feeling that I hate what I’m writing. it rlly feels like ,GRRRAHHHHH pulling teeth out, but i need it. once the poem is done it’s done & it usually only takes me maximum 20 mins. It’s like brain exercise to train the skill I lost. i may not love what I write all the time but i know it’s part of the process
i really use to come up w an original limerick or freestyle poem every morning while tying my shoes & now I can’t fathom how I ever put anything to paper. gotta start back up somewhere no pain no gain 💪
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i write music and poetry and one of my favorite ways to get out of a creative slump is to just get a shit ton of loose words in front of you. i got hundreds of these poetry magnets on my fridge (my mom used to collect them) but if you don’t want to spend money i’ve also cut individual words out of magazines and newspapers and kept them in a lil container. give yourself a prompt, or don’t- just let yourself feel like a toddler with a bunch of blocks and let the words take you wherever they’re gonna take you. limitation breeds creativity.
Jul 17, 2025
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🖊It doesn’t have to be good or take a long time! Get your thoughts out, experiment with words and maybe share with a friend.
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🫀romanticise ur blunders & ur missteps, bc that is just part of being a creature. if u saw a duckling fall flat on its face and scramble 2 its feet u wouldn't judge the freakin duckling, u would think it was the cutest thing ever. because it is. we r just organisms in big ungainly bodies, and that is part of our charm. tripping over ur own feet is maybe the most adorable thing u can do. like awwhh u tripped on the pavement </333
this extends 2 social interactions 2. messaging exes that u miss them, making a joke that doesn't land, mishearing/not knowing/forgetting something, etc??!!?! SO SWEET. genuinely such wonderful & important & adorable things 2 do.
i think this is maybe the best thing i've ever managed 2 train my brain 2 do. it isn't foolproof but it makes life a lot gentler.
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📝just about everything that happens to you will be interesting to your future self/your descendants/archaeologists. immortalise your to do lists, shopping lists, packing lists, things that loved ones say, things that strangers say, the phrases you hear that would make a good band name. brainstorm what to do on the weekend, list your cravings, the songs stuck in your head, transcribe birdsong, etc. i track my periods & my finances in my journal. sometimes if i really want to take a photo of something i'll restrain myself and draw it in my journal instead. sometimes i take notes for uni in there, or draft sewing patterns, or sketch when im bored. journals are self-portraits!!!!!!!