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).

Find a new locale.
Find a new locale.

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.
Update your creative space.

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.
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.
Go to a museum.

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 [...]

Cook.
Cook.

Cook.

Time in the kitchen is time well spent. It’s an opportunity to nourish your body, your family relationships and — you guessed it — your creativity. Every time you cook, you have an opportunity to [...]

Meditate.
Meditate.

Meditate.

It’s easy to shy away from meditation — to think it’s a faddish trend or something for those hippie yogis in your life. But there are lots of approaches to meditation, and sometimes it’s about [...]

Take a day (or two) off.
Take a day (or two) off.

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 [...]

Stargaze.
Stargaze.

Stargaze.

Step outside and look at the night sky. What do you see? What can you imagine? As we see chaos on Earth, we can find perspective in the stars. We can wonder and awe at [...]

Engage in exercise for creativity.
Engage in exercise for creativity.

Engage in exercise for creativity.

Here’s another reason to head for that run or bike ride this morning: It might make you more creative. That’s right: The healthy habit of exercising improves your heart and lung health, helps keep blood [...]

Watch a documentary about creativity.
Watch a documentary about creativity.

Watch a documentary about creativity.

The creative process is an amazing, complex endeavor. An empty canvas becomes an inspiring landscape. Blank sheet music fills with notes to a beautiful melody. A blank Word document transforms into a great novel. When [...]

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