You Are A Creative

If you’ve been telling yourself you’re not a creative, stop.

Truth is, we’re all creatives to a degree. It’s our conditioning that determines the degree of its expression.

Think back to when you were a child. You were probably creating some pretty cool things: whether it be messy (yet strangely artistic) drawings, something interesting out of playdough, or even, fort-like sand castles on the beach.

What happens as we trawl through life is that school, society and work beats it out of us. It tells us to stop creating. It tells us to stop thinking out of the box.

Perhaps more accurately, it just removes any opportunity to be creative.

But here’s a way to turn the childhood lights on again: start coming up with ideas daily and write them down.

It can be about anything. For example:

• 10 ways to cook more efficiently
• 20 ways to train a specific muscle in a different way
• 50 article ideas you can start writing tomorrow

Or, what may be most apt: turn the way you do your next piece of work upside down. If there's a set way you normally work on a project, try coming up with ways to rewrite the rules.

You might just surprise yourself. Those people you think of as 'more creative' are probably the ones who've spent more time turning these lights back on.

(PS. I’m half way through the 30 day 'minimalist' challenge with my fiancé - today the goal is to get rid of 16 things! Check it out here to learn more.)