Creativity doesn’t wait for the perfect moment

“Creativity doesn’t wait for the perfect moment. It fashions its own perfect moments out of ordinary ones.”

Bruce Garrabrandt, Artist, Author, Speaker   

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Where in your life do you experience the most creativity? Where are you and what are you doing during these special moments? I tend to experience many of these moments when I am cooking, coaching, and more recently, when playing with my grandchildren.

Adapting a recipe with new ingredients and spices, engaging in deep dialogue, and being open and playful during seemingly ordinary moments often generates both positive results and delight.  

Creative sparks are almost always the outcome of various elements coming together in new and different ways.

EXERCISE:

How can you combine seemingly ordinary moments and life ingredients into more creative ones? 

Consider welcoming other cooks into your kitchen to create something tasty today.

What small achievements can you celebrate today

What small achievements can you celebrate today? How?

—Calm App Reflection

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What make a good day a good day? How important is it for you to achieve something of great significance to place a gold star or even a check mark in the box for the day?

If our accomplishments need a certain critical mass each day, most of our calendars will appear a bit empty. Take a few hints from clever parenting charts, on which young children get stickers for eating their vegetables, putting away their toys, brushing their teeth, potty training, or simply for saying please and thank you.

EXERCISE:

What small achievements do you tend to overlook on a typical day?

In what ways can you acknowledge your efforts and progress today, and add a few more gold stars and happy faces to your calendar?