29 WAYS TO STAY CREATIVE

There's a very delightful, inspiring video that I watch every few days or so to help keep me on track creatively and in general. It's titled "29 Ways To Stay Creative".

This creator of this visual masterpiece, To-Fu Designs, compiles a list of quirky yet TRUE, sincere and accurate ways to get creative juices flowing. It is also doubles as legitimate instructions for aspiring and existing entrepreneurs. Aside from some of it's more frivolous suggestions like the one  that prompts us to  'sing in the shower' or 'read a page of the dictionary', if followed, the rest can help to make and sustain a successful entrepreneur. This list represents a culmination of all the lessons an aspiring entrepreneur could/should learn in order to carry out their various entrepreneurial endeavours.



1     - MAKE LISTS

2     - CARRY A NOTEBOOK EVERYWHERE

3     - TRY FREE WRITING

4     - GET AWAY... FROM THE COMPUTER

5     - QUIT BEATING YOURSELF UP                       

6     - TAKE BREAKS

7     - SING IN THE SHOWER

8     - DRINK COFFEE

9     - LISTEN TO NEW MUSIC

10    - BE OPEN

11    - SURROUND YOURSELF WITH CREATIVE PEOPLE

12    - GET FEEDBACK

13    - COLLABORATE                                           

14    - DON'T GIVE UP                                           

15    - PRACTICE, PRACTICE, PRACTICE

16    - ALLOW YOURSELF TO MAKE MISTAKES

17   - GO SOMEWHERE NEW

18   - COUNT YOUR BLESSINGS

19   - GET LOTS OF REST

20  - TAKE RISKS (Sometimes I feel like I need to do something drastic, that is, make the biggest, most risky leap; not considering whether or not or how hard I fall - just to break my dependence on the safe side of life. In truth, as I have mentioned before, the would-be quality of my work suffers because I tend to not be willing to break the mold and tackle things that I normally deem too risky or 'not done'. Still a work-in-progress though...

21   - BREAK THE RULES                                   

22   - DON'T FORCE IT

23   - READ A PAGE OF THE DICTIONARY

24   - CREATE A FRAMEWORK

25   - STOP TRYING TO BE SOMEONE ELSE'S PERFECT (It's true that some of us *points to self* sometimes only see ourselves in relation to others. We try our best sometimes to live up to others' standards and kill ourselves trying to impress others. I have news though..... we will NEVER in our lifetimes be satisfied with ourselves or our work if we aim to please anyone but ourselves first.

26   - GOT AN IDEA? WRITE IT DOWN

27   - CLEAN YOUR WORKSPACE

28  - HAVE FUN

29  - FINISH SOMETHING