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29 Ways to Stay Creative...And be Positive


Strong is the new beautiful. And speaking of strong, here's a pet peeve: reading and discovering how to live  a more positive life but not actually knowing how to apply it when it's needed.

Great speakers and writers of creative and positive life share huge amount of tips on how to make just that. However has it that few of the real challenges in learning what they preach doesn't come with learning but in maintaining what was learned.

Most readers have the tendencies to get mastered by their thoughts and not mastering the way they think. Hence, forgetting the motivating lessons on how to live a creative and positive life.


Here are 29 ways to keep on track:

  1. Make lists.
  2. Carry a notebook everywhere.
  3. Try free writing.
  4. Get away from the computer.
  5. Quit beating yourself up.
  6. Take breaks.
  7. Sing in the shower.
  8. Drink coffee.
  9. Listen to new music.
  10. Be open.
  11. Surround yourself with creative people
  12. Get feedback.
  13. Collaborate- don' do everything solo.
  14. Don't give up.
  15. Practice, practice, practice.
  16. Allow yourself to make mistakes.
  17. Go somewhere new.
  18. Count your blessings.
  19. Get lots of rest.
  20. Take risks.
  21. Break the rules
  22. Don't force it.
  23. Read a page of the dictionary.
  24. Create a framework.
  25. Stop trying to be someone else's perfect.
  26. Got an idea? Write it down.
  27. Clean your workspace.
  28. Have fun.
  29. Finish something.


Start by mastering your thoughts and doing things that help you master it, such as what's listed above. It may not free yourself from problems, or help you get rid of difficult people and difficult situations, but it will help you live. 

Because if you won't be able to master your thoughts you will always be in trouble.



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