CREATIVITY
Bills: Does Thinking About Yours Make You More Creative?
Or Less?
Does the sight of your latest credit card bill send you running to your laptop, eager to create the next viral post that will send excited hordes to your profile, bringing untold wealth and fame?
Yes?
Wrong answer.
Does the sight of your latest credit card bill send your creativity running to the corner, screaming as it goes, shriveling up into as tight a ball as it can, never to be seen again, at the thought of trying to create the next viral post that will send excited hordes to your profile, bringing untold wealth and fame?
Yes?
Wrong answer.
Am I saying that wanting to make money from your creativity is a bad thing, and never the twain shall meet?
Absolutely not.
Part of the reason I began writing again was to see if there was some financial benefit I could reap from my endeavours.
I am saying that coming from a place where money is the focus whilst being creative could be a creativity killer.
Or at the very least, you could produce work that is not you, not authentic, not something you can be proud of, just something to please some algorithm somewhere to earn a few dollars. You may even earn a lot of dollars.
However, this may not be sustainable if you are not working with your true creative heart.
Your creativity is a sacred beast, and as such, should be treated with honour and reverence.
Your creativity needs to be fed and nurtured. Loved.
Your creativity needs quality time with you. Alone.
Give your creativity space and room to expand and form.
Give your creativity time — as much as you can, as regularly as you can.
Give your creativity the respect and love it deserves. Don’t think about other things during your creative time.
Shut the door. Turn off your phone. Put on your noise-cancelling headphones. Leave the house entirely and go to your creative happy place.
Do what you have to do.
Just create.
Want more? Read this:
Are you ready to Ditch The Grind?
If you’re ready to escape the daily grind and write your success: The Wait is Over. Start Living — Danny Wolf.
To you, my reader, I wish you all that you dream of — thank you for being here — Kryssie xoxo.
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