Increase Creativity A-Z - H Is For Happiness - 3 Steps To Rediscover Your Creativity And Happin

Creativity and happiness are very closely intertwined, as anyone who creates knows.

When you create, it makes you happier. When you’re happier in your life, creating flows more easily.

When we’re very young children, we automatically create. We don’t know any other way.

Traits like curiosity, being inquisitive, playfulness and the need to experiment and try new things, all come as easily as breathing.

They’re simply second nature.

These kind of qualities come out in lots of different ways, like drawing, dancing, singing, playing, dressing up.

It’s all done very spontaneously and without pausing to worry about what it means or what you look like or what others might think.

Young children too, deal with their emotions in a more direct and spontaneous way. If they’re happy they smile and laugh, if they’re sad they cry. If they’re angry they scream, if they’re tired they sleep.

The way they feel is acted on instantly, dealt with, then they move on.

Unfortunately as we grow older we lose track of this innocence and spontaneity in our ability to create, and to express our emotions.

Our creativity gets buried in a steady avalanche of self-consciousness and confusion. We’re told “you can’t do that” and “you should do this”, and we’re expected to perform in areas we’re just not particular gifted in, or interested in.

But the reassuring fact is, though our creativity may be buried, it’s not lost or forgotten.

We may be less happy, less often, but we still know deep down exactly what MAKES us happy.

And so, we can reclaim both our creativity, and our happiness, those two vital and core human needs that we’re born with. The two essential elements we need for a fulfilling, productive and enjoyable life.

So what’s the secret to getting them back?

How can we rediscover the creativity and happiness we thought were lost and gone for good?

It’s not about knowledge. It’s actually about giving yourself permission.

Here are 3 steps to show how you can regain your creativity and your happiness:

Step 1. Believe you CAN be happy and creative again. We’re all capable of being more creative and happy than we realise. Deep down you know that. You just have to start believing it. And more importantly, you have to start LETTING YOURSELF believe it.

Step 2. Experiment and find what works for you. Try the kind of creative projects you’ve always been curious about, whatever your main creative medium is. You may stumble across a new way of creating that you absolutely love. Again, ALLOW YOURSELF PERMISSON to experiment and play. It’s ok, it’s what creative people do!

Step 3. Plan creativity regularly into your daily schedule. This is the cornerstone to all happy and creative lives. Creating regularly, having a set period of time each day to create. Once more it gives the strong message to yourself – and everyone else – that creativity is a fundamental element of your life. It’s vitally important to you, it’s a part of you.

These are 3 simple steps you can take, starting today, to regain some of the creativity and happiness you know you have inside you.

So, what are you waiting for..?

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