Increase Creative Flow - How To Avoid Gridlock And Give Your Creativity The Green Light

Creative block can feel like sitting stuck at a broken set of traffic lights on a sweltering summer day.

Nothing’s going anywhere, everything's overheating but you feel powerless, there's no way you can move, nowhere to go.

Whichever way you look there’s obstacles to your progress for as far your eyes can see.

Sound familiar to you at all?

There is an answer though, we don’t have to endure this kind of frustration.

Here are 5 top tips to avoid the snarl ups and give your creativity the green light permanently:

1. Be aware of alternative routes. Over time, we find the creative routines and ways that work well for us, and it makes sense to use these all the time they give favourable results.

But don’t get too reliant on just one way. Try alternative routes sometimes, don’t be afraid of tweaking, experimenting, see what ELSE works well. Then when your usual reliable method of creating isn’t working so well, you don’t have to panic and stop completely, just switch to a different lane for a while.

2. Keep your vehicle in prime condition. If your car was leaking water, had virtually no fuel and was in desperate need of a tune up, then when you approach any kind of difficulties on the roads, it’s going to soon breakdown.

It’s the same with your creativity. Keep your creativity topped up and tuned by creating regularly and in different ways, and it’s less likely to ever break down on you.

3. Stay informed of the conditions. On the roads, if you stay tuned in to the latest traffic announcements, you can avoid roadworks and trouble spots before you get caught up in them.

With your creativity, be aware of when you’re starting to feel demotivated, exhausted or uninspired, and make some changes as early as possible to keep your creativity fresh and flowing.

4. Take emergency supplies. If you did get trapped in a traffic jam, you’d appreciate having some fresh water and some snacks to keep you refreshed until you got moving again.

If you’re in full flow with your new painting and run out of aquamarine, or writing out in the country and your pen runs dry, it’s obviously going to disrupt your creative flow. Be prepared to avoid such frustrations by having spare materials ready and close to hand.

5. Support others on the same roads. In a traffic snarl up, if you saw a family sitting in their car in the sweltering sun with no water and you had plenty, you could reach out and offer them some of yours.

Helping others travelling a similar creative journey too can be very rewarding and actually inspire your own creativity. Brainstorm the options you could take to support fellow creative artists around you.

Use these 5 tips to help your creativity keep moving along, even when the conditions become more difficult and obstacles start to appear.

Which of these ideas can you put to use today to help get your creativity ticking over smoothly?

This is one of many ways to be more creative.

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