When nature calls, you honor this call… right? But what can be done when the good old pipes are backed up? Yes… when your creativity is constipated, what can you do?
Creativity Booster Tip #1: Sit on your “toilet” every day, so you can reclaim your “power to create and manifest.” There’s no need to use a plunger or some brute force to get your creative flow rolling again. Simply choose your favorite place in your home (aka your sanctuary), free from visual, auditory, kinesthetic, gustatory (like food), and other distractions, and allow creativity to come to you. Conversely, if a white noise environment sparks your creativity, choose to write or create at your local coffee shop or to music at home.
Creativity Booster Tip #2: Jump around, do you know like the song by the band House of Pain? Do what I call a-bun-dance by dancing to your favorite songs or using your mini trampoline for 5-10 minutes. (You can find this inexpensive exercise equipment at your local store.)
Tip to boost creativity #3: For a minute, hangs like a rag doll; be sure to keep your knees slightly bent. This stretch gets blood flowing back to your brain and increases your energy, focus, and creativity.
Tip to boost creativity #4: Consider entertaining this belief… that there is no such thing as a creative block. It is simply a figment of your imagination. Once you release this belief, you will reconnect with your creativity, which resides in the third chakra (energy center) of your body.
Creativity Booster Tip #5: View the creative process as a practice rather than a game, where you win or lose, you’ll find it much easier to tap into your creative flow.
Tip to boost creativity #6: Befriend and tap into your Inner Perfectionist…at the right time: when you’re reviewing and editing your copy, for example, not when you’re writing.
Tip to boost creativity #7: Ask the Universe for ideas and inspiration. All you need is patience and the willingness to see and receive them once they reach you.
Tip to boost creativity #8: Be willing to dig deeper into your area of expertise and emotions. Once you do, you will notice that a source of ideas and information will emerge for you. Don’t worry about being physically and emotionally clean and tidy while you create. After all, the more complicated the process, the more masterpiece you can create!
Creativity booster #9: Use your favorite tool to create. That is, if you are a writer, you can always write using a pad of paper and a pencil fitted with an eraser. Or you can write your draft on your computer.
Creativity booster #10: Take a break from your creativity. Go on vacation or spend a long weekend and refrain from taking any work (including creativity-related) with you. Or change the scenery: drive to your local beach, hang out under a tree, fully breathe in all the beauty of your surroundings, and write your heart out. As the saying goes, a change is as good as a break.