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Does your creativity feel so underused that it might as well be unconscious?

Do you sometimes wonder if you should actually check the pulse of your creativity to make sure its still alive and breathing?

If so, here are 5 ways to give your creativity the kiss of life and let it start flourishing once more:

1. New surroundings, fresh inspiration . Theres nothing like a change of scene to shake up your perspective on the world and give your creativity something fresh to get its teeth into. You could visit somewhere where theres other creative work on display, such as a gallery, exhibition, or museum. Or just visit somewhere different to your usual surroundings, like a big city or a place right out in nature away from everyone.

2. Start a mini creative project. Pick a project that wont take too long, that you can create in one sitting. Maybe you could write a short poem, or create a small collage or design a header for a web page. Dont get hung up on the outcome, just create to enjoy it, and to warm up those creativity muscles for something bigger.

3. New creative supplies. Treat yourself and your creativity to some new supplies, whatever your main creative medium is. Sometimes just being in an art shop, or a specialist record store, or a second hand bookshop can get the juices flowing and give you all kinds of ideas, as well as reminding you how important a part creativity and art plays in your life.

4. Create the familiar. To get your creativity back into action, pick a project thats in a medium you're familiar with. If youre finding it difficult to create, the last thing you need is a complex new project in a form youre only just learning, itll give you too many barriers and too many reasons to give up. Choose something simple and familiar, just to get the blood flowing again, then you can work up to a bigger creative project or one in a new medium.

5. Exercise daily. The only way to be consistently creative is to create regularly, preferably every day. Once you form this habit, the possibilities for what you can create are limitless. Again, start small and take just 10 minutes a day for the next 10 days to create. It doesnt matter what you create, just create, 10 minutes at the same time each day for 10 days.

If your creativity is feeling in a slumber at best, and at worst completely comatose, pick one of the above 5 tips to gently awaken your creativity and get it moving again.

All of these ideas are scalable. You can start small to build your confidence, then work up to bigger things as you feel comfortable.

The most important aspect is to just pick one, get it going today, and give your creativity the kiss of life it needs to come alive once more.

These tips give you just 5 of the many ways you can be more creative.

I invite you to take a positive step to increase your creativity today by getting your free copy of the powerful and practical "Explode Your Creativity!" Action Workbook at http://www.CoachCreative.com

From Creativity Coach Dan Goodwin

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