Creativity Boosters
There are lots of ways you can give your creative juices a boost. Check out our ideas (and why we believe in these methods).
Have dinner with a friend.
Or lunch, coffee, happy hour — whatever you like. The point is to connect with someone (a friend, coworker, mentor, etc.) you don’t see every day. Working — and doing practically everything else — from [...]
Find a new locale.
Sometimes all you need to spark some creativity is a new view. If you’re used to working in an office or at the kitchen table and feeling like your ideas are stale, switch things up. [...]
Update your creative space.
It’s tough to feel creative when you work in a beige box (or in the corner of your bedroom where clean laundry goes to die). Whether you go to an office or work from home, [...]
Take an art class.
There’s nothing more quintessentially “creative” than art. But most of us never pick up a colored pencil, paintbrush or brick of sculpting clay after secondary school. Now’s the time, though. Taking an art class as [...]
Go to a museum.
Prepping for a big brainstorm or trying to solve an old problem in a new way? Pack a lunch, and take yourself on a field trip to a museum (no chaperone required!). It doesn’t even [...]
Take a day (or two) off.
Does it feel like it’s been forever since you had a day off? Is every day a bit of a slog? In the U.S., we are notoriously bad about taking time off. Even with a [...]
