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I love to be creative, but right now I am so busy doing work activities and other things on my priorities lists, that being creative falls by the wayside first.

What are some ways to sneak creativity into one's life?

Hi Jill:

I am going through same thing right now.

It is like I have to make myself take even 5 minutes to do something "fun & creative" while not worrying about stuff like work as you mentioned and of course my job hunting to replace my temp job that ends 1/28.

But what I find is that I get more accomplished when I do take a few minutes to do this.

Kind of weird, but I had read this years ago and really did not have to do it - thought they were dreaming - but it works.

I am not sure what "creative" means to you, but you see where I am going with this.

For example, some mothers (I was one when I had a minor at home), will get up a few minutes earlier than their husband and kids to read or exercise.

I would love to hear how other posters do this.

GREAT question Jill

Angela

Jilly, that�s a great question! I�ve found that one way is to develop the ability to have a totally blank mind as that allows your most creative thoughts to have the space to enter your mind.

See: Creative Thinking - How to Do It and Why

Joy, that is an excellent article, thank you.

I am getting together with some bellaonline friends at the beginning of next month and we are going to do some vision boarding, as well as make some kind of nature craft (like making yucca baskets).

So those are good ways to get in some creativity. But I still am drawing nothing on ways to sneak things in daily.

Jilly -

Do you have a small notepad that you can keep by your desk? How about setting a timer so that every hour or so you temporarily turn off your monitor and just doodle and draw on your notepad?

Tiny steps!

Doodling is a good idea!

Cool! I have a self esteem class I am taking though my local guidance clinic, and last session we did some art! We were asked to use paints, pastels or colored pencils to draw how we saw ourselves. I really enjoyed this project and got completely wrapped up in the experience. I will have to upload my art. (i used acrylic paints)

Every morning open 5 'creative' sites on your comp. Do not look at them right away. At teatime - look at one or two, same for lunch and same again in the afternoon. Write down urls etc of interesting sites on pieces of coloured paper which you keep in a box on your desk. Every two or so hours, randomly take a piece and visit that site.

Its good to be in the creativity all the time if you are addicted to it. I love it and always think of something new. Its the passion and try to make think deeper for better art and craft all around.

I recommend having at least one portable craft that you can take anywhere. Then you can take it out and work on it during short breaks or when you are stuck waiting for things. I tend to multi task with crafting and other things. I do crochet or other simple projects while I am talking with others or socializing with others. Pick a project you can do without thinking about it too much so you can still focus on the conversation. If I am talking on the phone for more than a few minutes, I put the phone on speaker phone so I can do things with my hands. You have to get a feel for what other people think of this. Some people are okay with it, but others will think you are being rude by not giving them your full attention. And it is probably not something that would be acceptable at work. I actually think better when I have something to do with my hands and people close to me know this. If I was not crafting I would just be fidgeting like mad while I am talking to them. ;) You can also try to make things that you have to do anyway more creative. For example, if you normally make dinner you can be more creative in your dinners. If you exercise regularly you can do an exercise that allows more freeform and creative movement.