The Strange Powers of a Gratitude Journal

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When reading Julia Cameron’s The Artist’s Way, the first exercise to let the innate artist emerge was called the “morning pages”. As the name suggests, one was to write long form about whatever sprang to one’s mind.

This was done to let the subconscious out — the inner artist. I figured, why not give it a shot? I am a writer after all. It didn’t take long to see why Cameron suggested this…