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Emotional Intelligence is key to your creativity and overall success in life. It’s your unique and powerful ability to understand emotions. Within yourself and others for more effective mental states, actions and desired results across various areas of your life.
It happens. But losing that creative spark is more common than you think. So what do you do when that happens to you? Do something else creative, but not related to the thing you’re struggling with. Even if it’s another, easier, project or just reading. Part of your brain still whirs about the main problem without you pushing it too hard. I have no scientific proof of this, but it often works for me. Graphic designer? Pick up a paintbrush and work that canvas. Photographer? Put down the camera and write a short story. Marketer? Have you ever considered paper crafting? The very act of doing something completely different, something you’d never think to try will inspire you. That’s because doing something creative will help you become more mindful, which is ideal as it’s believed that mindfulness can reduce anxiety, stress and depression. The very things that could be stopping you from being awesome.
Clean your house or office— Speaking of mindfulness, if you’ve been staring at your screen for too long, get up and do some cleaning. Whether you put the laundry on, polish your desk or throw the hoover around – it’s not procrastination, it helps to refresh the brain.
Surround yourself with work that you find inspirational. Even if it is in a different medium to that which you yourself would normally work in. Great music, paintings, statues, anything. Whether it is made by yourself or by others, as long as you respond to it in some way- I often find this inspires me to get creative.