Increase Creativity A-Z – U Is For Understanding: How To Find & Understand Your True Creative Self

Does creating for you sometimes feel like trying to tap dance in treacle?

Do you sometimes wonder what happened to the enjoyment of creating, and question why creating has recently been about as much fun as cleaning an abattoir with a toothbrush?

It’s easy to get lost in this kind of frustration and before we know, creating – something that’s meant to be a wonderful experience that makes us happy – ends up being a painful slog.

So what goes wrong, how does this happen?

One of the major pitfalls is that we end up simply not creating what we really want to be creating. It’s really that straightforward.

Instead of writing that wildly imaginative sci-fi fantasy novel, you’re churning through a legal thriller because your publisher says that’s what people are demanding right now.

Rather than work on your 9 part classical symphony, you’re reeling out lightweight pop fodder for the teen masses.

What you long to create has simply got lost. So how do you find it again?

How do you find and understand your unique creative self again?

Here are 5 ways to get back in touch with the real creative you:

1. Remember the last time you got lost in creating. When you so were absorbed in creating that you lost track of time and where you were. What were you creating?

2. Which 3 pieces of creative work are you most proud of having created? What are you most pleased with about them? How can you rediscover this in a new creative project?

3. What would you create if you had no limitations of time, space and money? How you can take the first step towards this in your current circumstances?

4. What are the creative projects in the past that have been most enjoyable to create? What was it about these that made them so much fun? How can you find that kind of enjoyment again?

5. Imagine you’re 100 years old and looking back over your creative life. What kind of creative legacy do you want to have left? Which particular pieces in the body of work you’ve created best express the real you?

Pick just one of the 5 tips listed above and start to explore it today.

Get closer to understanding the real creative you and what you love creating.

As well as seeing your enjoyment of creating rocket, you’ll also notice how you increase your creativity and productivity, simply because you’re creating in a way that you love to create.

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