The Focus Bee Show (102) 3 Ways To Release Your Creativity
You might want to be more creative but feel stuck and blocked. This can happen for several reasons and there are a few ways to get un-stuck.
- Creativity can be blocked when: you are going through a challenging time in your life, when you have not rested or played enough, if you fear imperfection, after a period where you have created a lot!
- Journaling is a great method to help you to release and unleash your creativity. The morning pages, recommended by Julia Cameron for instance, can help you with reducing the judgment and being more accepting of your creativity. It can also give you more clarity on your work, your goals, your ideas, etc.
- Lack of rest impacts your creativity a lot! If your mind is always racing, then you don’t have the mental space to create! Taking a weekend away in nature, a day off, or unplugging for several days, might be all it takes to get the creative juices flowing again.
- Seek inspiration from books, videos, conversations, new experiences, podcasts etc. Sometimes all it takes is a dose of inspiration to spark a new idea or concept!
Creativity is a fascinating topic with so many different angles and aspects to it! If you are feeling stuck, remember that this is an indication that you need a break. Lack of creativity can be a great indication of how we are feeling, how our workload is etc. It is useful information that can raise our awareness and can be used to modify our environment. Once you are rested, play more, and journal, creativity will pour back into your life!
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The artist’s Way by Julia Cameron
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