Unleash Your Creativity NOW: 8 Practical Exercises You Can Do in 8 Minutes

Creativity is no longer a luxury. It is a critical survival skill that we need to adapt to rapid changes, solve complex problems, imagine new possibilities, and navigate uncharted waters ahead of us.

If you want to live a happy, productive, and fulfilled life, you need to provide yourself with more opportunities for:

·        Imagination and creativity

·        Curiosity, play, fun, and entertainment

·        Problem solving and idea creation

·        Reflection, note-taking, diary-keeping

·        Asset Creation activities

In other words, you need to scare yourself and challenge yourself each day. Every day is a new adventure. You can perhaps start a small creative project that you have always wanted to do, but you were terrified. You can perhaps start composing music, drawing, singing, dancing, or creating your own fashion line. What does your heart desire? Go for it.

Creativity is a muscle and it can be strengthened through practical exercises and experiments you can easily apply on a daily basis. Creating great ideas is a function of creating lots of ideas and connecting them together. It is not magic — it is just a lot of hard work. To improve your creativity, give your brain exercises and challenges every day. My goal is to provide you with these exercises.

In the 8*8 Creativity exercise series below, you will engage in a diverse set of creative exercises including personal branding, creativity, adventure, and dreaming. Below are the challenges:

·        Exercise 1: Come up with 8 scenarios to spice up your life

·        Exercise 2: Design Eight Fresh Activities Away From Devices and Screens

·        Exercise 3: Dream of Eight Things Only You Can Bring to the World

·        Exercise 4: Find Eight Things That Define Your Personal Brand

·        Exercise 5: Recount Eight Instances Where You Overcame Challenges

·        Exercise 6: Write about Eight Things That Recently Got You Excited

·        Exercise 7: Design Eight Adventures You Would Love to Experience

·        Exercise 8: Think of Eight Ways Your Life Could Go Wrong

You can find the digital collection of the 8*8 Creativity Series below.

Here are 8 short and sweet exercises you can finish in 64 minutes: Reflect, create, and enjoy!

These 8 exercises range from creating future adventures for your life to recounting your past experiences. In total, you can finish them in about one hour or so.

Do not put too much time and effort into these exercises. Make it practical. Grab a notebook and a pencil. Do not think too hard. Start brainstorming and writing right away. Try to achieve momentum. You can use a timer of 8 minutes for each exercise. Accordingly, you will finish them in 64 minutes. These exercises will help you exercise your creative and reflective muscles.