Write It Down

There’s so much noise in our heads. Thoughts overlapping, unfinished ideas circling, random chatter that never quite shuts up. We carry all these unspoken words, half-formed thoughts, feelings we don’t fully understand. It’s like this endless stream of mental clutter that never stops. 

There’s a way to untangle it. Stream-of-consciousness writing, Julia Cameron’s Morning Pages in The Artist’s Way, offers a way to clear the mental fog. It’s a practice that’s changed the way I experience my mornings and my mind.

Doing Morning Pages every day has led to calmer days and more clarity in my thinking. Once all the muffled thoughts and the random worries are on the pages, you’re free with more clarity to focus on the day. There’s an immediate sense of release, like you’ve emptied your mind so you can actually make space for the day ahead. It’s like a mini therapy session with your subconscious, every morning. A way to process everything that’s been lingering in your mind and let it go, without carrying it with you through the day. 

This process is simple but powerful.

There is no right way to write. It’s not about making things sound good or trying to follow some perfect structure. It’s just letting your thoughts flow freely, without limits. No pressure, no judgement. It’s just for you. You’re not trying to impress anyone or write something coherent. You’re letting yourself go wherever your mind takes you, no boundaries. This is your moment to word-vomit all the things you’ve been holding onto, releasing everything that’s been running in the background of your mind. Over time, you start noticing patterns in your thinking, things that you’ve been repeating over and over again, whether consciously or not. You’ll likely get tired of complaining about the same thing and eventually do something about it.

Most importantly, it's the things you begin to uncover about yourself. Doubts you’ve buried deep down, ideas you didn’t even know were there, solutions, truths, just general insight straight from your own unconcious. The more you write, the more you’ll start to understand your patterns of thought. You’ll realise where you’ve been stuck and where you’ve been holding yourself back. 

So writing like this not clarify the mind, but it also taps into a part of you that’s hidden from your conscious ego, it connects you to your subconscious, accessing the full depth of your psyche.

It’s interesting to see how often the answers are already there, you’ve just been too distracted, too afraid to ask the questions, dive deep enough or just face them. This kind of writing allows you to ask those questions, answer them, and in doing so, find the clarity you’ve been craving.

There’s something deeply liberating about writing freely. It’s a practice that helps you let go of the fear of judgement, the pressure to be ‘perfect,’ and the constant need to present yourself a certain way. Be raw. Be yourself. Let it all out. Complain, vent, laugh, cry, write about whatever’s going on inside of you. Don’t worry about making it sound polished or perfect. Writing like this helps you tap into your authenticity and practise being completely real with yourself, even if that means confronting things you might rather avoid. Over time, you stop editing yourself, and you learn to embrace your full range of thoughts and emotions.

Even the days when you don’t feel like writing are actually the days you need it the most. The resistance is often a sign that there’s something deeper at work in your subconscious that needs attention. These are the moments when you have the chance to process something that might otherwise stay buried. It’s an act of alchemy, transforming raw, tangled emotions into something more manageable, more clear.

Don’t worry about manifesting negativity or ‘spilling’ too much. If it stays in your subconscious, affecting your behaviour and thoughts without your control, it’s more likely to cause chaos. But when you write it down, you’re bringing it into the physical world, where you can see it, acknowledge it, and set it free. Writing brings it all to the surface, allowing you to process things and allowing you to move through them. 

It’s a form of active meditation and the more you trust the process, the more you’ll see it guiding you toward new paths. The answers are already inside you, and writing helps you access them.

Over time, you’ll notice how the mind becomes quieter, the clutter less overwhelming. The more you allow yourself to write freely, the more it feels like a natural release, a space to process and let go of whatever you don’t need. It’s a continual practice in authenticity, vulnerability, and self-awareness. So, write it all down. Let it help you figure it out.