I was stoked to hear about 750words.com, a website that supports and encourages morning pages. Morning pages are 3 pages of unfiltered prose written daily to clear your mind and get your thoughts on paper.

I first heard about morning pages in college from an actress friend and later tried them for myself. I quit shortly thereafter since I was neither disciplined nor honest enough to keep up the habit. But after coming to Japan, and after reading Getting Things Done, I started doing a variation of them. If by a computer, I'd type in whatever thoughts were running through my mind; if away, I'd use my trusty moleskine. It worked well and helped me get rid of tons of mental clutter.

Though similar, noting everything that comes to mind, at any time, isn't the same as writing morning pages. So when I was reminded of them through 750words, I thought I'd give it a try. The results have been amazing. I can't type 3 pages without tapping into my subconscious and so I've been unlocking rants and thoughts trapped in the back of my mind. Putting them out there allows me to proceed throughout the rest of the day with a heightened sense of clarity.

This sort of web app also reminds me of the beauty of both creativity and technology. The application's single creator, Buster Benson, used both to bring forth to the world a valuable product which is already benefiting and impacting so many.