Creativity is both a practice and a process. Try it for seven days in a row with these creative ideas. Just one short task a day for five to ten minutes and who knows what could happen!
Day One
Write and practice a creativity affirmation. Whatever negative thought you have about your own creativity, take that exact thought and flip it to a positive thought you can feel in your whole being. Put the affirmation where you can see it daily: in your wallet, as a reminder in your daytimer, on your Outlook calendar, on a sign on your desk.
Day Two
Purchase a special creativity notebook. There are quite attractive ones at dollar stores or you can make a simple one. On the first page, do something to personalize it. Write your affirmation from yesterday on the second page.
Day Three
Search the word creativity in Google and make a note in your creativity notebook about one idea that sparks your imagination about something you’d like to do. Or look for creativity quotes and write two or three in your notebook.
Day Four
Write a short note to someone who inspires you with their ideas or creativity. How do they inspire you? Print a copy and put it into your notebook.
Day Five
Take yesterday’s letter, put it into an email and send it to yourself.
Know that whatever you said about the other person is also true about you.
Day Six
Share with a close trusted friend a creative idea that you’ve never told anyone about. Ask them to just listen without comment. Write something in your notebook about the conversation.
Day Seven
Celebrate in some way. Write something in your notebook about your celebration. Or add a picture or photograph. Make it meaningful to you.
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