50 practical Tips to break out of Your Creativity Block
In this article you will learn the following
-What is creative block
-52 ways to break or overcome your Creativity-block
-20 probable Causes of creativity block — you can add your own
You will experience brain-fog, not getting any ideas, complete shut-down of creative juices — time to time — Irrespective of your brilliance, your level creativity, your genius-ness, your knowledge, your experience, your exposure and your expertise.
All of us would experience — feeling drained, being totally uninspired and going blank — numerous times in our lifetime.
These phenomenon can be called creativity-block.
Creativity-block will have different meaning and need different strategies to overcome them — for each one of us.
You can also turn your creativity-block into a huge opportunity — as it is an indicator of your internal processes, skills knowledge and expertise needing a refresh and restart — for magnanimous growth.
In this article I am giving few ideas — to stimulate your brain into creating many more different and personalized ideas to break your creativity-block.
52 ways to break or overcome your Creativity-block
1. Create a mind-map or a decision tree or issue tree
2. Use ChatGpt and other AI tools to get some answers -Search internet
3. Please understand Forcing creativity never work — you can never force creativity -Instead give yourself as well as your brain a decent break — you may get extraordinary results which may pleasantly surprise you
4. Try doing something that you are used to do with right hand — by using left hand
5. Ask questions of your specific challenge — on crowd-sourcing platforms like Quora
6. Have conversation with people who have completely different perspective than you
7. Read success stories of people — who overcame massive obstacles — learn how did they persistently kept on
8. Doodle-draw-build — do something with your hand
9. Walk away from your desk or work-space or your laptop
10. Nature — is a great booster or creativity — so get out — go to park — watch others, watch birds and tress , watch children play, walk on the grass bare-foot, sit close your eyes and observe your flow f thought without really doing
11. Go for a hike in wilderness
12. Do a mundane chore — do a task that is boring -Do a monotonous task
13. Do something randomly — in a new way
14. Do something that you have always wanted to do — do not know how to do — just go and do the way you feel like doing as per your gut-feelings
15. Expose yourself to new culture and new situations
16. Write something — just write a blog or a story or your own autobiography
17. Participate in games which challenges you and which needs — you to think out of box as well do in-box thinking
18. Play a musical instrument
19. Think and try-out a new recipe
20. Stop the urge to fight your creative block — as it has a purpose and also needs something to happen — you just cannot rush it
21. Think about solutions when you are sitting on the pot or cleaning
22. Understand that to break your creativity-block — you have you try out multiple things — and you will fail in many of them — it is perfectly alright — Allow yourself to fail
23. If the hugeness of the task facing you is creating this blank or your creativity-block — break it down into small-small parts — which are doable
24. When you must — Just start — don’t wait for all the information to come or to get a perfect solution or for inspiration to strike — just jump into action-mode
25. Explore and Find new sources of inspiration
26. Ask yourself -what would your role-model do when faced with your situation — apply what comes to your mind
27. Sleep fitfully — take afternoon nap
28. Listen to your body — relax — if you are feeling pressurized
29. Never lose focus on your big goal — relax but accept that Inspiration is for amateurs BUT FOR YOU -You have to just show up and get to work — to beat the perils of Procrastination
30. Push boundaries — use courage to try out new ideas
31. When you go to sleep tell your subconscious to get you the solution — don’t hurry — wait
32. Anything that you want as well as your challenges and obstacles — put it down on paper
33. Step away and try to observe your situations — objectively and in disassociated way
34. Resolve to Finish what you’ve started — never retread your steps
35. Expand your mind — Broaden your horizons -Look in unlikely places Expect the unexpected Explore other creative disciplines
36. Shake your Body — dance
37. Read/watch/listen to something that inspires you creatively
38. Shut out distractions
39. Exercise vigorously
40. Ask others for input
41. Get the most unpleasant YET most important work done during your peak times
42. Forget about the end result
43. Implement whatever idea comes to your mind — even if it is the worst idea
44. Sometimes, starting out by coming up with the worst solution can help you overcome inertia
45. Create your own deadlines which puts a little pressure
46. Use the technique of others — Give it the needed time to work
47. Seek from different sources of information
48. Find a sense of play — while working on your goals
49. Redefine the problem to find it more compelling
50. Fill your head with your view of the problem, review your notes, then go do something else, something mindless and mundane
51. Look for patterns in your episodes of creative block -Choose a better way to define and address your blocks
52. Come up with many solutions — not just one — then choose the best option
20 probable Causes of creativity block — you can add your own
1. Mental and psychological health issues — depression, anxiety
2. Depleted energy levels because of burnout
3. Lack of sleep
4. Stress — Stressors associated with day-to-day life such as financial worries, relationship difficulties, career concerns, family responsibilities
5. Perfectionism
6. Fear of failure
7. The death of a loved one or the end of a relationship or breakup
8. Financial insecurities
9. Self-doubt, both pertaining to ability and talent
10. Repeated rejection of your efforts
11. Deep insecurities and anxiety regarding the outcome of a project or task
12. Onset of an illness or medical condition
13. A sudden loss of meaning and purpose in one’s work
14. Negative self-talk or criticism
15. ISOLATION — but you might have disconnected socially
16. Your operating from SCARCITY MINDSET
17. Dysfunctional Work habits
18. Personal problems.
19. Having too much — which makes life easy
20. Having too many ideasThis article was originally published as “50 Easy Tips to Overcome Your Creativity Block “ in https://successunlimited-mantra.com/index.php/blog [1st]for more than 3000+ blogs, articles and answers on creating metamorphosis in every aspect of your life — personal, professional, business, mental, emotional, social, relationships — please visit all three links http://relationshipandhappiness.com/ [2nd] and https://www.quora.com/profile/Subhashis-Banerji [3rd]
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