“Creativity feeds the soul”

1. Get out of your current environment.

Sometimes being stuck in one place makes me the opposite of creative. You can’t expect to be full of ideas if you seat on your couch every day.

-Go some place you haven’t been.

-exercise in fresh air.

-get out of your comfort zone. Push yourself to do something you haven’t tried before.

2. Work every day on a project you want to accomplish.

It can be 30 minutes or 1 hour. When you think, plan & do the work, you will feel excited every day. Even if you are super busy.

3. Inspire yourself first.

-create a ritual that you will do every day to keep your motivation up.

For example listen to a 15 min podcast on a topic you are passionate about.

4. Do the things you are afraid of.

Not only it will make you more confident, but it will make you trust yourself.

that thing was moving to London, climbing the highest mountain peak in Bulgaria; well not so scary but was scary for me: getting a driving license.

Everyone’s list is very different so find these for yourself.

5. Create new habits

When you start growing in one area of your life, you ultimately grow in other too! If you keep one new habit a day it will make you more alert and inspire you to take action.

6.Be present

Pay attention to your thought and people around you. We, creatives often get ideas from each other.

Put your phone down and focus on the moment.

7. Change up your routine.

Are you a graphic designer? Learn something new about interiors. Are you an artist? Check what fashion designer create. I mean break off your genre. Now we live in a fast changing world, where everything is overlapping.

8. Observe what works.

Try different things until you learn which creative discipline fits best for you. Sometimes designers focus on one thing too much. Variety will bring you ahead of the game. For example- motion graphics, 3D printing, new course.. try which one is your thing.

9. Read books & watch fiction.

If you are too focused on the “real” you will forget the magical. And this is where creativity happens. Give yourself the time to develop your mind though reading.

10. Free time for yourself.

I think last but most important point is that you need to free time - to feel better,alive and renew your energy.

Free time just for yourself- could be a morning walk, or a quiet evening, will move you miles ahead in your creative process. When I took months off, that is when I actually started paying attention to my creative work, that I would have never gotten into such depth before.

The moments when you create magic are the moments when you dedicate to yourself- to recharge, be quiet.

That is where brilliant creative ideas come from.

I hope I helped you or at least gave you some ideas on how to improve your creativity.

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