Increase Your Creativity In Unpredictable Times- How To Embrace The Static In Life And Create Anyway

However wonderful we think the lives of others may be, however much we look on enviously at those who we think lead a perfect and flawless existence, the fact is we all have unpredictable events and unwanted difficulties in our lives.

Imagine your life running exactly as you want it to as being like receiving a signal from a radio station that’s crystal clear, resonant and completely uninterrupted.

Pleasant idea, but not very realistic. What actually happens is this:

From time to time a little (or a lot!) of static starts to seep through that clear perfect signal.

These are the times when something doesn’t go quite as you expected:

Maybe you get stuck on how to finish the final page of your new 25 chapter novel.

Or you get caught in the rain on the way to an important meeting with a new business contact.

Or one of your children falls ill suddenly throwing your plans for a creative weekend into disarray.

When these kind of events happen – all they’ll ALWAYS happen – we have essentially two choices.

Choice One: We can throw our hands in the air, stamp our feet, shout and scream that life isn’t fair and something always happens to curse our creative process, and we might as well give up creating because we’re never going to get anywhere.

Or,

Choice Two: We can embrace the static. We can accept the fact that yes there will be obstacles, unexpected twists and turns and challenges. And we can use this richness and unpredictability of life to draw from, to make our creative works deeper, more authentic, more courageous.

If you find you’re more inclined to take choice one, here are some tips to help you move to the more creative, healthy and productive choice two:

Build strong foundations: Have powerful creative habits in place to help you through the more erratic and unpredictable times. For example: create for a minimum 15 minutes at the same time each day.

Know that this will pass: Whatever form the static takes, it will pass. It’s a bump in the road, and yes it might change your direction a little temporarily. But you’ll still keep on travelling in the direction that’s right for you and your creativity.

Have a little slack in your routines: If you plan everything down to the last minute, then if something takes longer than expected, everything after it gets delayed. Instead give yourself a buffer of time, some slack in your routine just in case. If nothing unexpected does arise, use this slack time for something productive and creative.

These are a few tips to help you more easily embrace the static in your creative life, instead of going into a state of blind panic and everything grinding to a standstill.

Remember it’s often this unpredictability of life that makes the most interesting, dramatic stories, and the most touching and extraordinary works of creativity.

So embrace the static in YOUR life to add more depth and originality to what YOU create.

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