Becoming more creative is like becoming more fit - you have to work at it.
I thought that some people are just more creative than others. Some people are just brimming with ideas, and see opportunities everywhere they look. They seem to be able to find a good idea in the bubblegum stuck to their shoe!
But I have changed my mind on this. I think that the more you practice being creative, the more creative you become.
The reason I say this is that for the last 4 months, I have been trying to be more creative and to come up with more ideas. Day after day I have been searching and looking for opportunity, ideas and inspiration. I have spent hours drawing mind maps and brainstorming, making lists of my skills, making lists of things that interest me, and trying to join the dots between my interests and my skills.
For months I noticed no change. And yes, it was frustrating. But over the last few weeks, I have noticed that I am coming up with more ideas, seeing more opportunity and becoming more creative in my thinking than ever before. Finally all the 'training' I have been doing is paying off! I am becoming more creatively 'fit'. But I imagine, that just like exercise, if I stop training my 'creative muscles' I will lose this fitness and become creatively stagnant again. Just like the benefits and the 'feel good factor' of exercise, I am loving this more creative feeling. So I plan to keep working at it!
What do you think? Is creativity something you can become better at?
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