Inspiration can come to you in a flash. But it can also avoid you when you need it most.
GenuLines invites you to read on for some ways to get access to this thing called inspiration.
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Five Effective Ways to Find Inspiration
At a loss for inspiration? Here are five techniques you can use to try and coax something new and exciting out of your brain. They won’t always work, but give them a shot. They may just surprise you!
Go for a Walk
Walks are inspiring for many reasons. For starters, they allow us to take a break from what we’re doing and to change our environment.
In turn, this leads to new input. This can help us to gain a new perspective on whatever problem or task we’re wrestling with.
At the same time, walking is a monotonous task that allows our default mode network to kick in.
You could end up daydreaming, which is often, a source of great inspiration.
Ask the Right Questions
Sometimes, inspiration is merely asking the right questions. This can help to re-frame the problem and see it in a new way.
Let’s say you’re wondering how to solve a problem and you can’t come up with an answer. Make up a name.
Then try asking yourself how ‘Johnny’ would approach it. Likewise, instead of thinking about what you want something to be, decide what you don’t want it to be.
Take a Break
Sometimes, the best thing you can do to spark some creativity or solve a problem is to take a break. With a time-out, you stop trying to force the idea.
You ease your stress, and that lets ideas come to you much easier. This is why we’re often encouraged to sleep on big decisions.
Listen to Music
Music can be a great inspiration. It alters our mood and energy level and takes us to different places.
Often, you’ll find that music can leave you lost in thought. So try listening to some tracks while you mull over a subject, and see if that helps.
Talk it Over
You’ve seen ideas depicted as light bulbs. Or, as lightning strikes that show up in a flash, fully formed.
When you ask them most people admit that their best ideas formed slowly. They’ll tell you that they gestated for days, months, or even years before showing up.
Often, the best ideas come to us when we discuss them with other people. Even if we’re just thinking aloud, this can help us to see new perspectives.
And it can lead to new breakthroughs.
JohnK 1-28-2020
Overheard: “Things work out best for those who make the best of how things work out”
~John Wooden
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