Making Creative Output A Practical Reality
If you want to bring your creative ideas to life, you'll know
that you need more than just inspiration. It takes planning and
persistent effort too. So if you're brimming with creative ideas but
struggling to develop them into tangible output, here are a couple of
techniques you can use to make creative output a practical reality.
1. Declutter your way to creativity
Clutter takes many different forms. The most obvious is the physical
clutter in your home. Less obvious, but just as constricting, are the
emotional and mental clutter you carry around in your head and in your
habits. I'm a great believer that the first step you need to take
towards greater creativity in your life is to create a space for it.
Sometimes you need to create space without knowing what will fill it.
Just clear the clutter and trust that something creative will appear
once there's space for it. In my experience it always does. Other times
you need to create space with a specific purpose or creative project in
mind.
The process of decluttering itself often involves tough decisions,
followed by a brief period of grieving for the ex-clutter. But once
you've got through that, you experience a fabulous lightness and sense
of possibility. This is the space in which your creativity can come out
to play.
- So if you stop for a moment and think about where the clutter is in
your life, what springs immediately to mind?
- If you were to clear one particular area or type of clutter in your
life, which one would free you up the most to get creative?
- What's the first step you need to take to get clearing and to create
some creative space for yourself?
2. Create structure to support your creativity
There's a fairly widely held belief that truly creative people need to
live unstructured, bohemian lives and that any hint of a routine will
kill their creative output. Now while that may be the ideal for a rare
few artists, for most people it removes the possibility of a support
system.
I believe that the structures and routines you build in your life are
the foundations which support your creativity. They can, of course, also
stifle it. So you need to make sure that you're building the right sort
of foundations. And that means designing your day-to-day routines
thoughtfully.
Ultimately you want your creativity to have some output. That involves
creating the space and the routines which will allow you to practise
your art regularly, whatever form it takes. The grander the scale of
your creative ambitions, the more space and disciplined structure you
will need.
- Have a think about how much time you want to spend each day (or each
week) on your creative projects.
- What routine or structure could you put in place to ensure that you
get the time you want?
- If you can't get all the time and space you want, how could you get at
least a part of it? What's the first step towards it?
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About the Author
Mary McNeil is an experienced, ICF-certified life
coach, natural born planner and declutterer extraordinaire! She works
with her clients on a variety of decluttering, success and creativity
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