Duh, right?

I am always coming up with ideas for business but I tend to only express them in text, handwritten at that. But the recent Sketchnotes project has created an entirely new way for me to capture and express these ideas.

I suspect that part of it was being away from home, in familiar yet “new” surroundings, that encouraged me to see things in a slightly different light.

“Creativity involves breaking out of established patterns in order to look at things in a different way.” ~ Edward Debono

My daily patterns were certainly disrupted, from morning routines to diet. I feel like I have taken the first step up a ladder and not only is it not scary, but I can see better. And I am encouraged to take another step. So this post is dedicated to you,the amateur scrawlers of words and pictures. It is time to come out and be a real artist. Time to get out of your cozy nest and try something new.

Go outside and breathe the fresh air (it is Spring, you know).

Here is my suggestion to you: Make a list of the creative blocks that you believe are holding you back, just write them down on any old scrap of paper.
Then make a list of the creative things that you have always wanted to do, whatever they may be.

Now, look at the two lists. Is there anything on the ‘block’ list that is really holding you back?
Is there anything on the ‘creation’ list that does not have a valid, corresponding block?

Why not do that thing? Why not start doing it right now?

Share your ‘creation’ list in the forum, and let’s encourage each other to get started!