I recently started reading and doing The Work laid out in Julia Cameron’s masterpiece, The Artist’s Way.
Last Sunday I got to Chapter 4: Recovering a Sense of Integrity. One of the weekly exercises is Reading Deprivation.
The idea is simple and powerful. For one week I’ve stopped reading stuff like: the bajillion newsletter I’ve subscribed to; Yahoo news; Google’s RSS feed; the dozen or so Blog’s I frequent; the forums I belong to; the books on my To-Read Shelf; the, well, you get the point.
An interesting experiment.
I’ve realized just how much crap I read… that I don’t need to.
I’ve had a few small burst of creative ideas and energy.
I’ve enjoyed just staring out the window and watching the clouds scud across the sky as they turn orange, red, and purple following the setting Sun.
I’ve also been to see how I try to justify sneaking in a few ‘reads’.. "Oh! I just have to look at this e-mail to see if its important." HA!
I think I’ll do it again… next month.
Oh, and boy am I going to cancel a few subscriptions!
