Common Creative Blocks & How To Overcome Them - "I Don't Know What To Create"
The harder you try, the more stuck and blocked you feel. Soon you feel so disillusioned and demoralised, you give up creating altogether, rather than face another exhausting battle.
Creative block appears in a number of different disguises, with a variety of reasons behind it.
The most valuable first step in overcoming creative block is to recognise when you're experiencing it, and what type of block it is.
Here's one of the most common forms of creative block and some tips to overcome it:
Creative Block: "I don't know what to create".
How you know when you're experiencing it:
Coming up with ideas for creative projects is one of the last of your worries.
You find it easy to produce a steady stream of possible projects to work on, in a number of different creative mediums.
In fact this type of creative block is very deceptive as it appears that your creativity is anything but blocked, and it's actually flowing like a raging river.
But the problem lies in actually choosing ONE project to work on, and seeing it through to its natural end. You've started dozens of different projects, only to find half way through it doesn't interest you anymore and it gets abandoned for a new, more exciting and more stimulating project.
How often have you found yourself thinking: "Now THIS is the project I REALLY want to be working on right now."
Tips to overcome this type of creative block:
The most important factor here is to pick a project, start creating and see it through to some kind of natural conclusion.
Feeling overwhelmed by the sheer number of projects and possibilities open to us is where most of us get really blocked.
So here's a simple 3 step process you can use time and time again:
1. Choose a project. Don't take too long in this, the aim is to pick SOMETHING and get creating, rather than spend all your creative energy in deliberating. Wherever you start, it's a great place to start.
2. Set a creative period and review date. For example commit to working for 15 mins each day on your chosen project for the next 14 days. Then on day 14 review your progress. Whenever you're creating, you're learning about yourself.
3. Review, adjust, create some more. When you reach your review date, look at where you are with your creative project, what's been going well, what you've discovered, what you'd like to change, and so on. Then set the next review date and carry on creating.
Feeling "I don't know what to create" is just one of the most common creative blocks we experience.
Experiment with the 3 step process above in your creative life and see how it helps you overcome this type of creative block. Very soon you'll begin to see how it can help you reduce this kind of creative block and unleash your creativity.
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