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Health & Fitness

12 Ways to Stay Creative, by Helena Sun

1.Β Β Β Β Β Β  "These are a few of my favorite things…"

a.Β Β Β Β Β Β  Make a list of the little things you enjoy (i.e. watching the Sound of Music, stargazing, velvet, smell of campfire, German chocolate cake…)

2.Β Β Β Β Β Β  "Your library is your portrait."β€”Holbrook Jackson

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a.Β Β Β Β Β Β  Go to the author section L-M, second row, 32nd book to your right, read it

3.Β Β Β Β Β Β  Learn an instrument…

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a.Β Β Β Β Β Β  Even though it has never been your forte

4.Β Β Β Β Β Β  Not handy with the camera?

a.Β Β Β Β Β Β  Go through your grandparents' photo albums

5.Β Β Β Β Β Β  Pick a random object in the room you're in and draw/write about it

a.Β Β Β Β Β Β  So much quintessential light in that ugly lamp!

6.Β Β Β Β Β Β  "I'm gonna pop some tags..."

a.Β Β Β Β Β Β  Go to Goodwill or a thrift shop to pick up a random record/CD/cassette and listen to it

7.Β Β Β Β Β Β  Pull a prank

a.Β Β Β Β Β Β  Even if it's lame, like flipping a clock upside down

8.Β Β Β Β Β Β  Shhhh.

a.Β Β Β Β Β Β  Watch a film on mute and make up the dialogue

9.Β Β Β Β Β Β  Azurmage

a.Β Β Β Β Β Β  Take buckets of paint and make a color. Might as well name it too.

10.Β Β  What's bugging you?

a.Β Β Β Β Β Β  Write a satire piece.

11.Β Β  Direct Lifetime movies in your head

a.Β Β Β Β Β Β  Go to the grocery store and make up stories about the people you see

12.Β Β  Stare at a blank piece of paper

a.Β Β Β Β Β Β  Until your eyes fall out

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