GH, it's not really nesessary to do all the exercises, you can go with the most exciting: namely, your first thoughts. Try to right down your first thought in the first 5 minutes upon awakening, and see where it leads you. It could very well be that once you start wrighting it would be hard to stop.
Mars/Venus is about courting? Or dating? Or is there anything for someone who lost hope in relationships?
To get through the darkest period of the night, act as if it is already morning.
The Talmud