Friday Five Minute Exercise - Recurring Frustrations

1. Set your clocks/timers for Five (5) Minutes.

2. Write about Recurring Frustrations. Write about the stresses in your life. What decisions can you make to eliminate recurring stress?

Get into as much detail as you can for the next five minutes.

3. Ready?

4. Go.

5. Finished? Review and be amazed.

I hope you had fun. Come back next Friday for a new writing prompt.

Was this exercise helpful?

Did you succeed with this writing exercise? Was it helpful? Were you able to write about a recurring frustration in your life? Was it helpful to write about it and find a solution to eliminating it from your life? Was this exercise helpful? Did you enjoy it?

Why or Why Not?

Friday Five Minute Exercise - Deepest Passions

1. Set your clocks/timers for Five (5) Minutes.

2. Write about your Deepest Passions. Do you know what your deepest passions are? Are you too stressed, tired, or busy completing the daily to-do list to search for your buried passions? Has your writing turned into endless deadlines instead of time for discovery?

Get into as much detail as you can for the next five minutes.

3. Ready?

4. Go.

5. Finished? Review and be amazed.

I hope you had fun. Come back next Friday for a new writing prompt.

Was this exercise helpful?

Did you succeed with this writing exercise? Was it helpful? Were you able to discover your deepest passions? Were you able to set aside the busy parts of your life and dig deep to find out exactly what your deepest passions are? Can you change your writing from just meeting deadlines to discovering the joy of writing?

Why or Why Not?

Friday Five Minute Exercise - Stress

1. Set your clocks/timers for Five (5) Minutes.

2. Write about Stress. Write about all the persons, things, and events that put pressure on you. Create a written plan to help you deal with the struggles that may impede your creativity. Be strong and relax at that same time -- let others know of your priority with writing. Work through some of the self-inflicted trains you have in your life that are related to guilt.

Get into as much detail as you can for the next five minutes.

3. Ready?

4. Go.

5. Finished? Review and be amazed.

I hope you had fun. Come back next Friday for a new writing prompt.

Was this exercise helpful?

Did you succeed with this writing exercise? Was it helpful? Were you able to find and write about your own ability to deal with stresses in your life that impede your creativity?  

Why or Why Not?