Be Creative And Proud Of It- 5 Reasons Why Being Creative Is Not A Dirty Secret

Do you proudly shout about your creativity from the rooftops?

Or instead do you keep it hidden away and only talk about being creative with a few carefully chosen trusted friends, as if you’re members of some secret taboo society?

If you’re more like the second description, maybe it’s time to come out of the creativity closet a little. At least open the door and have a peek around!

Here are 5 reasons why your creativity is a NOT a dirty secret and can be openly and proudly celebrated:

1. Being creative improves your health – When you regularly create, it gives you a channel to express your ideas and personality through. It allows you to flow and be more at peace with yourself.

When you don’t create, you become like a blocked pipe in a poor plumbing system – the blockage builds, gathers more debris and gunge and slowly decays. Not very healthy.

2. Being creative helps you evolve and grow – One of the best and easiest ways to learn more about yourself and what you like and don’t like is to create.

This way of learning and developing while you make something and express ideas that are important to you is unique to creativity. It’s the quickest and most thorough way of getting to the core of the real you and all your many talents and strengths.

3. Being creative allows you to give back to the world – Often, people feel that time spent on creative pursuits is selfish, even self indulgent. But this short term time on your own leads to long term gain for you and others.

Who knows what profound effect your creative work will have on the lives of others? You can’t tell how many people will be inspired by your example of following your creative passions. Who are you to deny them this opportunity?

4. Being creative makes you happier – For creative people, the choice isn’t really between “Do I create?” or “Do I not create?”. It’s more like “What do I create next?”. Creativity is a core part of who we are.

When you allow this fundamental part of yourself to be free, obviously it’s going to make you feel happier and more contented. And that in turn then has a positive impact on everyone you interact with day to day.

5. Being creative connects you to others – By being openly creative you send a clear message out to the world that this is part of who you are and what you do.

This then attracts and helps you connect to, other creative people. Whether through creative groups and communities you’re part of, or your audience, being creative gives you a way of connecting with others like you.

Any one of these 5 reasons on its own is a great motivation to be openly creative. Put them all together and you can see there really is no other way for you to be.

What can you do today to be more openly creative and stop hiding it like some shameful secret?

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