5 Reasons Why Your Creativity Is Dying
There is bandwidth for your free thinking, but it is often filled with creativity killers.
Creative work is on the rise.
Today, more and more people — especially on the internet — can engage in edifying work that only the filigree of the human mind can do.
At the same time, we are also in the age of overwhelmed thinking, worry and anxiety.
Some things constantly inhabit our minds and stop our free-thinking. It’s as if we have a mental bandwidth, the flow of which is obstructed by worries.
Understand now why there is clutter that occupies the space of creativity in your head.
You Say “Yes” Without Thinking Twice
In other words, too much “yes” means bad time management.
Lots of job offers? Almost impossible deadlines? Sleepless nights?
Yes to everything.
We have great difficulty in making a decision based on time, as our mind tends to adopt a momentary cognitive bias.
When calculating time and workload for a task, we are often optimistic. When putting it into practice, we realize that the reality is different, but it is too late.
In doing so, we add an extra layer of worry to our routine that makes it difficult for the reflection and concentration necessary for creative work.
You Overthink Your Routine
It’s interesting how overthinking leads to procrastination.
Often perfectionism is slowness in disguise. After all, planning unpretentiously is far less tiring than actually making an idea a reality.
However, we do not recognize this behavior immediately.
We slowly got used to it.
Thus, we activate our brain’s reward mechanisms just for thinking about something, leading to a momentary state of satisfaction.
This creates a continual cycle of little achievement and a lot of speculation.
You’re Surrounded by Toxic People
I’ve lost count of how many times I’ve said it, but it’s always worth remembering: worry is something that occupies your mind before you can do something about it. Pre-occupation.
Worries come from all sides, but the most sinister one is from other people.
After all, it’s something we have virtually no control over.
Clients, co-workers and family members who have unrealistic expectations, disrespect personal boundaries, who impose measures that simply don’t match you.
In these situations, the best thing to do is to keep your distance, as one person can harm your entire life, as well as the quality of your relationship with everyone else.
You Overlook Your Health
Empirically, anyone knows: it’s easier to be creative when the body is at full capacity.
However, we are susceptible to adopting bad habits in exchange for momentary benefits, such as:
- Sleep deprivation in exchange for another job.
- Poor diet to compensate for stress.
- Lack of exercise for a few more hours of comfort in bed.
In the long run, the harms outweigh the benefits, and everything becomes more difficult.
You Manage Your Finances Badly
Today, people worry excessively about their debts. However, being in debt is something almost everyone goes through, and most of the time it’s a momentary state.
However, there are numerous other factors much more important than being or not with a negative account, which is often overlooked, such as:
- Prices for services and payment terms.
- Lack of financial planning and income goals.
- Low focus on saving money.
- Superfluous and unforeseen expenses.
The biggest killer of creativity is not knowing what to do to reach a satisfactory financial level — which invariably leads to genuine worry.
