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29 Ways to Stay Creative (+ a few more)

by | Jun 29, 2011 | Musings, My life | 7 comments

A great list of suggestions by Paulzii.

It got me thinking… what would be on my own list that isn’t here? How about:

  1. Get Distracted
  2. Go for a walk – without music – and let my mind wander
  3. Sleep In. I’m useless when I’m tired
  4. Spend a few moments cuddling my cat and my husband, and bask in the joy that brings me
  5. Let Go. Read a book and forget what I ‘should’ be doing
  6. Browse. Inspirational blogs/sites like Pinterest always help inspire me!

What do you do to stay creative?

7 Comments

  1. Leslie
    Leslie on June 29, 2011 at 8:14 am

    Thanks for those great tips!! I really agree with your “let go” advice. I’m useless when I’m trying too hard. Also, for me it really changes from day to day – sometimes inspiration via Pinterest or blogs is helpful, but then sometimes it’s not or just leads to unhealthy comparison.
    Sitting down and free-writing for 30 minutes, running and walking, people watching, reading outside, going on photo walks, and watching creative movies are all things that help me stay creative.

  2. Julie
    Julie on June 29, 2011 at 11:44 am

    DEFINITELY no.25 – Stop trying to be someone else’s ‘perfect’ – you are you, and that is that.

    and collaboration? – LOVE it! so much fun, bouncing ideas off each other, and coming up with unexpected tangents!

    Quiet time too. I’ve got to have ME space, let the ideas percolate through.

    A Visual Diary. Draw your idea, write about it , draw it again. Develop your ideas, spend time thinking about them; HONE them.

    Un-pressurise yourself. Then pressure yourself – flux is a good thing!

  3. tess
    tess on June 29, 2011 at 12:07 pm

    love this list!
    sometimes going and having coffee with friends helps.
    Or just wandering round the shops – I get colour inspiration!

  4. Kelly
    Kelly on June 30, 2011 at 2:27 am

    Great lists!

    I hadn’t felt very creative recently (because of life stresses), but I finally just worked on something I hadn’t made time for & it really got the creativity going. That one little thing had removed a “road block” & now I can’t stop thinking of things I need/want to do. I guess my suggestion would be: let go of procrastination.

  5. Apryl
    Apryl on June 30, 2011 at 2:56 am

    I like to go for a walk listening to music. And then build stories in my head that play along with the music.

    And I love to go sit in a coffee shop with a notebook and pen and a coffee at hand and doodle and scribble notes. :o)

  7. Julie Rogers
    Julie Rogers on August 5, 2011 at 1:45 am

    I love this! It is very encouraging!

    I have been away for a while, but I am back, and catching up! 🙂 Looks like you had so much fun in the UK!