How do you fuel your creativity? Do you paint on a canvas or create music in your spare time? Do you like to draw or go for a run to be inspired? If I had one advice to give to you… it would be to keep creating.
Creativity is putting your imagination to work, and it’s produced the most extraordinary results in human culture. — Ken Robinson
Growing up I was always creating and surrounding myself with colors.
Throughout school, whenever I was given the opportunity to be creative with free-range, I took the opportunity. Of course, the idea of creating has changed over the last 20 years.
Millennials spend hours in a day consuming digital content. Creativity is no longer just in books, canvas, and music, but its everywhere for us to experience. It’s in the form of tweets, Instagram posts, Snapchats, Youtube; the list just goes on.
I get inspired by many things in my personal life. I like to review videos on Vimeo, swipe through travel Instagrams, visit someplace new, cook a recipe from Pinterest, and create new graphic designs in Adobe Photoshop.
- Create an inspiration board
- Travel more(even if it’s just around your neighborhood)
- Talk to people
- Learn a new skill
- Read a book
- Watch films
- Question things
- Take risks!
- Visit an art museum
- Be Curious
- Make lists of your ideas and thoughts
- Get away from technology
- Try free writing
- Carry a notepad everywhere
- Sing in the shower
- Listen to new music
- Surround yourself with creative people
- Take risks
- Read a page from the dictionary
- Write down your ideas
- Watch a creative Ted Talk
- Draw or doodle for fun
- Go on a walk
- Get an adult coloring book
- Pick up a new hobby
- Be open minded
- Spend time with nature
- Clean your desk or workspace
- Get lots of rest
- Drink your favorite coffee or tea
- Watch a foreign film
- Learn more about your family history
- Get feedback
- Allow yourself to make mistakes
- Do more of what makes you happy
- Finish something
- Complete a puzzle
- Collaborate with a friend, peer, or co-worker
- Create a creative marketing plan for a side hustle
- Take candid photos
- Paint on a canvas
- Plan a new hairstyle
Overall, creativity is one of the most important elements to living your life. Creativity is our imagination coming to life. It keeps that child within us forever inspired and motivated to think outside the box. It's our way of communicating our voices and the stories in our heads. Creativity keeps us going and shows us how truly unique we are. Creating turns into innovations, which turns into great ideas. you can't always wait for inspiration to strike. You have to stay curious.
