Counter-Intuitive Ways To Connect With Your Creative Self

Hi, folks. How are you? Welcome to my live stream. I'm Nick the poet. I'm a creativity coach here at Cadre. And today I wanted to talk to you about some counterintuitive ways to connect with your creative self. Now, what does counterintuitive mean exactly? To me, it means doing something kind of different to get a result that we want, something that, you know, you might not think is necessarily connected to creativity. And so the first thing that I would recommend is morning pages. And so morning pages are from a book called the Artist's Way by Julia Cameron.

And she shares that we should write three pages longhand every morning. And they can be, it could be a gratitude list, it could be writing through, you know, a problem that you're experiencing. It could be a prayer, it could be a meditation. It could be free association, it could be any of these things, but just kind of, you know, letting your thoughts down on the page. And so three pages is the recommended amount. It takes a bit of time, but when I'm really doing that consistently, I've noticed a difference in my life.

You could also try some joining, some journaling, which my friend Foozaro calls joiniling. And this is to just write down kind of your to do list for the day, and you know how you can bring joy to the day. Hey, Jill and Mary. How you doing? Good to see you. Just talking about counterintuitive ways to connect with your creative self and shared about morning pages, which is a great way to do this. Just three longhand pages. Writing down your thoughts could be fears, worries, could be things you're joyful about, and that could be really beneficial.

Another thing that she recommends that I love is an artist date. And this is where you take your inner artist out on a date. So you could go see that movie that you've been wanting to see. You know, maybe you're a landscaper or you just want to, you know, improve the exterior of your house. You could go to Home Depot and look at it in a whole new way, pretended that you had an unlimited budget. You know, what would you get there to beautify the outside of your house? And so I think that's really important to.

Yeah, we absolutely have to get our thoughts in order to operate at our highest. That's so, it's so true. And for me, something about writing it out longhand just really, really helps. And so, yeah, take yourself on an artist date and want to really stress that you don't need to be an artist or a work in a creative field to connect with your creative self. I believe for firmly, deep down, with all of my being, that you, we are all very, very creative, and it shows up in such unique ways for people.

You know, maybe you're a banker, which doesn't seem like a super creative field, but maybe you have a passion for golf. Well, golf has all kinds of creativity and artistry in it. How am I going to hit the ball around the tree there? You know, that kind of thing. So just start thinking about ways that you can infuse creativity into every aspect of your life. Another thing that you can try is reconnecting with a childhood hobby. So maybe you loved collecting baseball cards. You know, whatever it is, reconnect with that part of you and see how it shows up into your inner life.

We need to really connect with that part of ourselves. For me, it was tennis. I love, love, love playing tennis growing up. And so when I play tennis, I feel that connection with my younger self, and I think that's important. And that can lead to new creative breakthroughs as well. And now bring creativity to your workplace in unusual ways. Maybe you could collaborate with a colleague that you otherwise wouldn't talk to. Maybe you could start a new project with them. Maybe you could just take a walk around the block, whatever it is.

How can you bring that creativity? Maybe you can even just drive a different way to work. Maybe you go the same route every day. But if you decide to take it the scenic route, that takes three minutes longer, maybe you're gonna get some thoughts about work on the way and be able to do your job differently. Next. Ask yourself the question, what would somebody who loves themselves do next? What would somebody who loves themselves do next? And this can lead us to creative thoughts. Cause we're gonna be taking care of ourselves.

So maybe when you ask yourself that question, you're like, I need a deep tissue massage right now. Or maybe it's something simple like, I'm gonna go take a walk around the block and see how that can help me feel better. You know, maybe it is calling a friend that you haven't talked to in over ten days. Jill and Mary say, I try to take a different way home. Yes, it's these little things that break us out of our stagnant bubble of routine. And it doesn't have to be anything major. We can follow our bliss within the context of our lives.

We don't have to move to Morocco. You know, I think that was in the movie almost famous where the Kate Hudson character, but she did go to Morocco at the end, so I don't know how that ended up. But anyways, thank you, Kelsey. Thank you so much. So, yeah, another thing is maybe volunteer for me. It's maybe write a poem, wear a different tie, or wear a tie. If you never wear a tie, meditate, dance in your kitchen, buy a gift, or better yet, make a gift for somebody. So these are all ways that we can connect, you know, with our creativity.

And like Kurt Vonnegut says, we, you know, being creative and being artistic isn't about being good. You know, obviously, it would be awesome to be a phenomenal singer, phenomenal guitarist, perfect actor, you know, multi million dollar creative investment banker. But really, the beauty, I think, of connecting with our creative selves comes with enhancing the ordinary and seemingly mundane moments of our life. So take this into your weekend. Please let me know how it goes. Let me know if you used any of these tips or got creative and combined them.

Shoot me an email. Nhansonadre IO. I'm wishing you a peaceful, positive, and prosperous weekend while remembering we all have a lot of work to do together. Okay, bye bye. It.