morning paces

Julia Cameron's Morning Pages prescribe writing three pages of stream-of-consciousness thoughts each morning. Riffing on them, the morning paces I recently started earn me as much distance as I want soon after waking up. I start my days off on the right foot, making sure I get moving as a quick and early win. It's a healing and meditative practice too. I get to either process the thoughts circulating within my head or enjoy the whimsy of my empty mind. Bonuses include breathing in fresh air, surrounding myself with other early birds, and stimulating my senses beyond the confines of the indoors. In I finally am a morning workout-er, Bala noted the following change having tried working out in the morning versus the evening: Morning workouts are more about consistency – you can rack up progress even without a goal to working towards. That's my experience with my morning paces: progress without a goal. I'm not doing it for the numbers. I'm doing it for the vibes. Frankly, I don't even…