OCC Tips: 5 Tips to Inspire Your Innate Creativity

 

Finding an inner drive to stay motivated for real success can be quite challenging so here are some tips that will help inspire your innate creativity!

 

1. Embrace and Hone Your Natural Talents.

Everyone has some form of innate creativity.

It will, however, take some actions or occurrences to ignite the sparks of creativity in us. While we’re holed up inside due to social distancing, embracing and honing in on your natural talents can help boost creativity that can spill into other areas of our lives.

Whether you like painting, playing the piano, writing poetry, etc., you can try your hands on any of these things to pick up where you once left off. With significant consistency and accountability, you’ll be surprised at the results you can get.

 

2. Experiment with New Ideas.

Experimentation and inspiration can give birth to moments of creativity.

While you’re separated socially, you can consider experimenting with your ideas, inventing new things, or taking on unfamiliar challenges. As with most of the good things in life, trials, and errors will often lead you to the point of success. While trying to make changes or try new things, chances are you’ll discover something new or useful along the way.

 

3. Record Your Ideas.

The fusion of creativity and productivity is needed to bring your best ideas to life. With creativity, there are aha moments when your creative insights shine through.

Ideas will flow through your mind during your creative moments.

Make it a duty to record these ideas by writing them down inside a book, entering them inside an app on your phone or laptop, or just about any other way to store the information. When you have these ideas recorded down, planning further actions and decisions is always much easier.

 

4. Find Inspiration with Good Music.

According to Berkeley, music helps promote divergent thinking.

That study tries to explain how music helps in boosting creative thinking. This fact is down to the potential of happy music to improve learning, memory, and cognition, as shown in several studies. The happy songs you like can help boost your mood. Some people find that their creative drive increases when listening to music while working. If this works for you, why not do it?

 

5. Dedicate Time for Meditation.

According to BBC, the brain is most innovative when it’s resting.

This means that little moments of idleness and quiet reflection can help create sparks in your head. Taking this a step further, meditation can help make a big difference.

The process helps ease off tension, release fears, and give you time with yourself. Once your mind is in a state of relaxation and focus, the flow of creativity will be much more dynamic.

The stress of everyday life can take a toll on your creativity levels, and impact your work performance and productivity, as well as other aspects of your life. But you can still find some inspiration with some or all of the tips above, even while you’re holed up indoors and separated from family, friends, and work colleagues.