Even at our most creative moments, we could go further if it were not for that little voice inside our head.
And that little voice puts up roadblocks. Sometimes those roadblocks are real, but more often those roadblocks are completely constructed from nothing but irrational fear or the most basic of actions. Perhaps knowing that other people share many of the same silly roadblocks–and even knowing what some of them are–will help us all move through them.
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So today’s post is simple. Let’s put it out there. Just complete the sentence “I’d be more creative if…”
I’ll start us off. I’d be more creative if I more regularly created the quietness in my life that creativity requires.
Now it’s your turn.
[Why Do We Fail poster by Allen Ruppersberg]
…if I was independently wealthy.
…. if I didn’t have a 9-5 job.
…if I had the supportive network of professionals needed to develop my ideas with me. I try, but fail to be able to do it alone.
If I spent less time reading, thinking, browsing, talking. And more time making stuff.
Making stuff is the important bit. THEN edit to find the good stuff. Make more stuff. Edit. Make some more. Edit again. Make. Edit.
But when I edit my ideas, before I have made anything, I become creatively constipated.
Think less. Do more.
I’d be more creative if I did more things in the moment and asked questions later.