25 Clever Ways to Boost Creativity Today
As a creative person, sometimes you fall short and hit a wall. Honestly, it sucks. You know you have so much to put out in the world with your talent and ideas, yet nothing comes to mind. I know I can relate to feeling this way on occasion. However, sometimes all you just need is a bit of inspiration to jumpstart your creative brain waves again. Here are 25 clever ways to boost your creativity today.
Try these 25 strategies to boost your creativity:
- Keep a journal. Some great ideas may come to you as you reflect on your day.
- Listen to music.
- Stay away from distractions.
- Make new definitions, erase stereotypes, and choose to see things differently.
- Once you’re refreshed, new ideas will come more easily.
- See a project or task from a different perspective.
- Create a mind map to visually represent the relationships between various ideas.
- Ask for help.
- Give yourself enough time to be creative on a project.
- Visualize yourself succeeding.
- Believe in yourself.
- Remember the reasons why you want to be creative.
- Make the decision to be more creative.
- Brainstorm new ideas.
- Ask “what if?”
- Think outside the box. There’s always more than one way of doing things.
- Think like a child. How would a child see the situation differently?
- Be confident in your abilities.
- Explore your artistic side. Draw, write, sculpt, or sing.
- Change your environment. Try a different setting to reflect on a project.
- Stay curious. Ask questions about everything.
- Study your subject and then study other people who are successful in that realm.
- Take small steps and notice the details
- Try new things. Step out of your comfort zone. Experiment.
- Steer clear of judging yourself or your ideas.
My Creative Process
One of the ways I love to explore my creativity is to try a variety of mediums. The best strategies that help keep me inspired include relaxing, dream interpretation, and traveling. Getting a change of scenery helps give me a fresh perspective and uplift my mood.
I’ve tried everything from ceramics and acrylic painting on canvas to digital graphic design using Canva. Canva is a great resource for creatives, bloggers, professionals, and more! You can create everything from long Pinterest graphics and social media post images to video recordings and presentations.
If you are not too artsy or tech-savvy, don’t worry. Canva makes it super easy for beginners to test out their skills with their platform. You can sign up for free or try their pro version with loads of additional features here.
Check out this quick preview of how I work in Canva to make graphic designs. Let me know if you’d be interested in a video tutorial of how I use Canva in the comments below.
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New Graphic Designs
Here are four new graphic design creations I’ve made this season so far. You can get a glimpse of my portfolio of work on my RedBubble shop here.
Final Thoughts
I hope this post filled with 25 clever ways to boost creativity today gave you some renewed motivation. Sometimes for us to create something new, we need to take a step back and look through a different lens.
Discovering new ways to inspire your creativity doesn’t have to be complicated.
Share your thoughts
Do you consider yourself a creative person? What is your favorite medium to express yourself? Do you enjoy painting, blogging, graphics, photography, etc? If you are not the creative type, what is one thing you would love to try just once? I’d love to know.
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