Why Creative People Need to Take Imagination Breaks
Think of it as permission to process and synthesize your imagination, in a cozy place, where normal rules aren’t the rule.
I must confess, there are sweet moments when my to-do list is a happy little dizzy fruit fly, with checkmarks and accomplishments.
Although, too many times, my to-do list is rather menacing. Especially when it grows super overwhelming, and then it turns into a bully telling me I should do more and, of course, strive harder to succeed.
Push. Push. Push. Nag. Nag. Nag.
As hard as I try to whittle down my to-do list, lately, it creeps up. I’m surprised at how it continues to grow like a bubbly blue Morning Glory. Which we know, despite its beauty, can suffocate whatever is on its path.
That’s when I know I must drift off, climb out a window while using the Morning Glory vine as a rope. And lower me to an imaginary path.
There, far away from the busyness of overdoing and overachieving, I gradually release the cement encasing my tucked-in and often too polite wings. The ah-ha’s started to percolate.
In this enchanted spot, I start to change. It’s a soulful place where one is guided through the reflections of…
