Are Your Creative Surroundings Seriously Stunting Your Creativity?

The creative environment you work in can have a major impact on your creativity.

We don’t all have the resources to build a custom art studio to serve our every creative need. But there are many things we can do to make our existing creative space more conducive to getting those juices flowing, and minimising creative blocks.

Here then are 5 key areas. Which are holding you back in YOUR creative environment?

1. Décor. How does the general décor inspire your creativity? Do you work best in a pale neutral room with simple decoration and lighting? Or do you prefer to create surrounded by your favourite pictures, books and objects that just by their presence allow you to create more freely and feel more inspired?

2. Sound. What aural environment suits you best? Are you happy to work with the background hum and throb of everyday life? Or do you prefer complete silence? Maybe you create best with particular music on or CDs that recreate natural sounds? Find what works best for you and stick with it.

3. Desk / Worktop. Most of us need a desk of some kind to create on, whether it’s just to write on or it’s custom built and fitted out with various tools and equipment. How effective is your desk in helping you create? Maybe it’s time to fix that wobbly leg or repaint the surface to make creating easier?

4. Equipment. How readily available is your creative equipment and your tools of creativity? Are they well organised and close to hand so you know exactly where everything is? If not, then maybe it’s worth spending some time rearranging your equipment so as to minimise any disruptions to your creative flow?

5. Location. Is your creative workspace somewhere you can go to create without major distraction? Is it located away from the kind of temptations that lead you to procrastinate? Where your creative work space is located can have a significant impact on what and how much you create there.

These are 5 of the key areas of your creative environment.

Which do you feel you could alter a little to make creating easier and more productive for you? Pick one area today and commit to making just one small change. Then do this for each of the other areas you feel could be enhanced.

A few minor but vital changes in your creative environment could make the difference between you creating abundantly or not even creating at all.

And if you're ready to kick-start your creativity today I invite you to download your free copy of the powerful and practical Explode Your Creativity! Action Workbook at http://www.CoachCreative.com.