Five Ways to Bring More Creativity into Your Life
This is a guest post…
Many people have lives that are focused on everything BUT creativity. Many people have got neccessary obligations, meetings, work on the house or apartment, commitments and ongoing demands that come from every direction. With all this, who has time to be creative,and then who has the energy for it, even when we have the space?
Fortunately, even occasional amounts of time enjoyed in a creative mind-set can expand our creative vision, and as well give a greater sense of fulfillment to every aspect of your lives. If you feel that you’ve lost touch with your creative side and are wanting to recapture it again, there are very simple techniques you can employ to do so– even if time and motivation are in short supply.
Look at doing something new as often as possible. It’s so simple to let ourselves fall into a boring rut in our lives. We travel the same route to the same job and spend the day doing the same activities each day. Your mind goes in to a daze because of this repetition because you can accomplish most everything without conscious thought. Live your life long enough like this, it’s easy to forget that your life could be any different. Make a commitment to add at the minimum, a new activity to your routine each week. It could be as simple as attempting a new recipe, shopping at a different shop, or experimenting with an alternate vehicle journey. Challenge your routine and you awaken your mind– and your creativity.
Look at your world from a different viewpoint.
When did you last really LOOK at the people and objects surrounding you? Are you really seeing them, or do they blend away because you’re so concentrated on other things? For a few minutes each day, take the effort to really SEE everything around you. Notice your friend’s dazzling smile, the way the rays of the sun dances on the clouds and landscape and the scents carried by the breeze. Lie down in your garden and gaze up at the clouds, or turn round and examine the life in the grass beneath you. Examine all around you more closely and you’ll suddenly realize you’re “seeing” so much more than ever before.
Seek creative outlets more often. A reason many people shun creative pursuits is because we believe we don’t have time to do them. You don’t need loads of minutes in a day to benefit from a lot of enjoyment from engaging your creativity.
You might not be able to escape from all your “necessaries of the day” but you can absolutely fit in 10 or 15 minutes to write, paint, dance, sing, or stitch each day. You may believe that such a small period of time would not make any change, but those minutes can seem like hours when you’re doing something you genuinely love. You might even get the inspiration to reserve more time to be creative by reducing your TV time, stopping something you no longer enjoy, or even changing employment to get more free time.
Discover the streak of creative inspiration in all things. Have you ever thought how ideas for common items and inventions were made? Look around in your house, from artwork to the things in your kitchen drawer, and consider the ways that the inventors used to bring these things into your life. Who first thought of that nifty little gizmo that lets you open bottles and jars more safely? Who got the idea to put paper towels on a roll for easier storage and use? Can you think of any great inventions that would make people’s lives easier? Can you think of ways to improve on the products you see around you? Whether you take action on any of these ideas isn’t important; just by thinking more creatively, you will be tapping into your own creative inspiration.
Open your mind and let good stuff seep in. One of the reasons we feel shut off from our creative vision is because we don’t spend enough time feeding it with positive ideas. Take time to open and expand your mind. Read more, learn more, and open to the possibilities in your life.
Focus more of your attention on positive, uplifting material. Read books that inspire you, visit an art gallery and look closely at the beautiful creations on display, or listen to music that stimulates your senses. Before long, you’ll be itching to express your creativity.
Remember that there is no right or wrong way to tap into your creativity; go with whatever works best for you. Use these ideas as they are, adjust them to better suit your circumstances, or use them as jumping off points for your own creative ideas. Simply focusing more on creativity alone will help you to tap into your natural creative flow.
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