(photo by Ashlee Raubach)
You know how they say it’s all about how you look at things?
That is so true.
I had a very uncreative day today. Sure, I worked with multiple clients, solved multiple client problems, and did quite good at it, but my creativity felt sapped. I wanted to do something else. I had other things on my mind.
And then it hit me.
I was missing the best part of creativity!
So what if I was on the clock and working on someone else’s branding all day. So what if I was editing someone’s prose and querying every other sentence because it made no sense whatsoever. Sometimes creativity masquerades as work: boring, tedious, punching the clock.
Oh how we are missing out if we look at it like this. The hardest work in the world does not have to be seen as work, if we apply a creative mindset to it. The most dull, boring, mind-numbing task can be a chance for our creativity to shine. Mine was shining today, even though I didn’t really pay much attention to it. I was glowing, responsive, on cue, rat-a-tat-tat rapid firing, neutrons clicking. I was ON.
And I missed most of it. I was caught up in punching the clock, racing time, checking my checklists, whining inside my head how I couldn’t wait to get done with this so I could move on to the good stuff.
This is the good stuff!
We are creative beings. We work in cubicles, home offices, retail, operate machinery. We are incredibly creative. We raise children, wash dishes, scrub floors, clean mold out of showers, run errands. We are vastly and uniquely creative.
We may be the most creative beings on the planet, but without the right mindset, we may as well be sheep chewing on grass staring at the horizon.
I don’t intend to be wildly innovative tomorrow when I brush my teeth or when I do the dishes or when I handle my conference call, but I intend to go in with the right mind. A creativity mindset. To enjoy, to live out, to pursue my passion, wherever and whenever I possibly can. To be happy for the chance to be so creative, to be alive, to have two hands and two feet, to have freedom to accomplish things, and for the breath to do it with.
It sounds all woowoo, I’m sure, but man, it was a great lesson for me today. If I’m making myself miserable, perhaps myself needs to change it up.
Action Tip: You were given creative gifts, including the gift of changing your outlook on your daily life. Will you express your creativity this way? Or will you block yourself, make yourself angry and miserable and refuse creativity as it comes to you?
Comments on this entry are closed.
{ 1 trackback }