{"id":3966,"date":"2022-08-17T18:38:07","date_gmt":"2022-08-17T16:38:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thewritingflow.com\/?p=3966"},"modified":"2022-09-20T09:34:33","modified_gmt":"2022-09-20T07:34:33","slug":"mindful-walking-and-writing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thewritingflow.com\/en\/mindful-walking-and-writing\/","title":{"rendered":"Mindful walking and writing: Getting fresh thoughts on paper"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"3966\" class=\"elementor elementor-3966\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-211de627 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"211de627\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4830e0b8\" data-id=\"4830e0b8\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-428056e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"428056e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Did I already tell you that I am writing a book? A non-fiction memoir to be precise.<\/p>\n<p>I have filled a fair share of notebooks since I started my creative writing for self-care journey in January 2019. Last year I decided that it is time to sift through these raw diamonds and to motivate myself I signed up for an intensive non-fiction writing workshop at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.writersstudio.at\/\">writer\u2019s studio in Vienna<\/a> between March and June 2022. Over the course of 4 months, I worked with a small group of fantastic women to transform our elusive book ideas into written words on the page. My book in its current draft has 5 chapters and back in June I more or less knew what I wanted to say and write in chapters 1-3. I had no clue whatsoever about chapters 4 and 5.<\/p>\n<p>Fast forward 2 months of sabbatical and kids being on vacation. Chapters 4 and 5 are still as elusive as it was a couple of months ago.<\/p>\n<p>But I have a plan.\u00a0I leave the summer house at quarter past six in the morning by bike. An hour later I lock it around a tree next to the Kystsi, the coastal hiking trail around Bornholm.\u00a0 \u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6d27f57 elementor-widget elementor-widget-table-of-contents\" data-id=\"6d27f57\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;headings_by_tags&quot;:[&quot;h4&quot;],&quot;marker_view&quot;:&quot;bullets&quot;,&quot;icon&quot;:{&quot;value&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;library&quot;:&quot;&quot;},&quot;hierarchical_view&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;min_height&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;min_height_tablet&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;min_height_mobile&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]}}\" data-widget_type=\"table-of-contents.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-toc__header\">\n\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-toc__header-title\">\n\t\t\t\tTable of Contents\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div id=\"elementor-toc__6d27f57\" class=\"elementor-toc__body\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-toc__spinner-container\">\n\t\t\t\t<i class=\"elementor-toc__spinner eicon-animation-spin eicon-loading\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-64328d5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"64328d5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Step 1: Start walking. Just walk. <\/h4>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-11061fbd elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"11061fbd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>There comes the moment, the split second, when you&#8217;ll realize that you are rushing, that you are walking too fast.\u00a0It took me 15 minutes this morning to get to that realization. It feels good to slow down.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c6d348f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"c6d348f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Step 2: Look for a place to sit\u2026<\/h4>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b4ef588 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b4ef588\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>\u2026take out your notebook and set the timer to 15 minutes.\u00a0Go!<br \/><br \/>Today, the goal is not to get somewhere, but to write. The many slugs (I had to look up this word in English, I have never heard it before!) on my way here by bike reminded me of the time my cousin and I (we were 11- years old or so) caught 3 fish with our nets, carried them in a bucket of water to the local supermarket, and tried to sell them. There is a morale to that story that I think could fit nicely into chapter 4. Way to go!\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-56484a3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"56484a3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/thewritingflow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/img_04455200-5.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-3994\" alt=\"Notebook and water bottle on a wooden table overlooking the sea\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thewritingflow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/img_04455200-5.jpg 900w, https:\/\/thewritingflow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/img_04455200-5-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">My first writing spot of the day<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5201d15 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"5201d15\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Step 3: Start walking again\u2026<\/h4>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-23808b6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"23808b6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>\u2026when the timer rings. This time set the timer to 30 minutes. Perhaps this time you notice more quickly if you are rushing. Slow down.\u00a0<\/p><p>After 20 minutes I find a spot that I cannot resist. And I am thirsty; brain needs water.\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6bc306d elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"6bc306d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/thewritingflow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/img_04455200-9.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-3995\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thewritingflow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/img_04455200-9.jpg 900w, https:\/\/thewritingflow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/img_04455200-9-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Sit and write here!, that rock is clearly calling me!<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b68e5e2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"b68e5e2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Step 4: Set the timer to 15 minutes and enjoy writing what comes into your mind.<\/h4>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9b6dad4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9b6dad4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>At the end of my 15 minutes, I have written five pages in my notebook and come up with new ideas for the flow of chapter 3 and its transition into chapter 4. Nice job!<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7f8d40d elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7f8d40d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Step 5: Off you go\u2026<\/h4>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-33b3cff elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"33b3cff\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>\u2026for another 30-minute walking session.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>27 minutes later I see this rock \u2013 mine to write on! I take off my shoes, they are full of sand from the trail passing right on the beach. On the beach there was a man with two small dogs.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGood morning\u201d, I said and he responded. Then he pointed at one of the dogs and said:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe is afraid of the cold water. She is visiting from Greece.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I laughed out loud and continued on the sandy path, my hiking boots full of sand.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-56df6ee elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"56df6ee\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Step 6: And here we go again\u2026<\/h4>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-81b8a5b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"81b8a5b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>\u202615 minutes of writing.<\/p>\n<p>After the timer has gone off and I put my boots back on, one of them almost falls down the rock, I think of the book<a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/12262741-wild\"> Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail<\/a> by Cheryl Strayed, which is inspirational in so many ways, not least for an aspiring memoir writer like myself.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-608d223 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"608d223\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/thewritingflow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/img_04455200-2.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-3991\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thewritingflow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/img_04455200-2.jpg 900w, https:\/\/thewritingflow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/img_04455200-2-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Luckily I managed to put my boots safely back on<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2c8f48d elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2c8f48d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Step 7: Timer to 30 minutes and continue walking. <\/h4>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d9418cd elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d9418cd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>After walking for a bit, I see the lighthouse of Svaneke in a distance. I recall the lovely coffee place called Syd-\u00d8st For Paradis I had been with my family a few days earlier. I hope they are open this early! I decide to walk until I reach the place, which I do at minute 31. Honestly, I could not have planned this any better!<\/p>\n<p>I decide to take a break from writing and to enjoy the view while eating breakfast. And to listen to the chatter and conversations around me.<\/p>\n<p>Two minutes later I take my pen and write. I just cannot not write at this point.<\/p>\n<p>My husband texts me while I am finishing up my thoughts. I now have a rough outline of the book chapter I wanted to work on. Who says mindfulness isn&#8217;t productive?!<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6bda3e9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"6bda3e9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/thewritingflow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/img_0019.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-3986\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thewritingflow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/img_0019.jpg 900w, https:\/\/thewritingflow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/img_0019-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Yes, this is jam on cheese! Welcome to culinary Denmark \ud83d\ude0b<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-13c4e90 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"13c4e90\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Step 8: Continue alternating writing and walking in your rhythm.<\/h4>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-43b95d8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"43b95d8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Keep the 30-15 rhythm if it suits you.<\/p>\n<p>I continue walking, now I have my notebook in hand as the thoughts are pouring in. I fall back into the 30-15 rhythm for another round. Next round I walk 15 minutes when I see this rock with the dove on. Mine! The clock is running. My family is almost ready to leave home. I already did 4 hours of my mindful walking and writing combo, but I just cannot get enough. I want to stay on this rhythm for longer; I love it! My writing muscle is definitely warmed up.<\/p>\n<p>Raindrops hit my face. I note down a thought, put my jacket on and continue.<\/p>\n<p>12.15 pm. I left the house 6 hours ago. 5 hours of walking and writing. 13.5 km are behind me. Next time I need to pack some chocolate. I am hungry.<\/p>\n<p>At 1 pm my family picks me up by car. I walked 16.5 km. 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