Creativity & Ideas
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  • A-C
  • D-F
  • G-L
  • M-S
  • T-Z
[ "AC" ]


BLOCKED & STUCK


Creative Blocks, Hitting Walls, Plateaus, Feeling Uninspired, Design Thinking, Getting Unstuck


BORED & RESTLESS


Boredom, Tedium, Crisis Of Agency,  Self-Regulation, Default Mode Network, Brain's Need For Discovery


CLARITY


Lateral Thinking, Elastic Thinking, Functional Fixedness, Divergent Thinking, Reframing


CONSTRAINTS


Restrictions, Limitations, "Shakes" Obstacles, Can If Thinking, Resourcefulness, "Stretching Mindsets"
[ "DG" ]


THE DIFFICULT YEARS


The Grind, The Long Game, Sticking At It, The Messy Middle, The Dip, Alive Vs Dead Time, Slow Hunches


ENGAGED & INSPIRED


Creative Process, Being Innovative, Creative Brains, Originality, Creative Ideas, "The Practice"


EUREKA!


Epiphanies, Aha Moments, Breakthroughs, Sudden Insight, Role Of Boredom, Slow Hunches, Ideas


FAILURE


Making Mistakes, Risk-Taking, Creative Errors, Fear Of Failure, Handling Setbacks, Feeling Behind
[ "HM" ]


IMAGINATION


Play, Innovation, Trial & Error, Experimentation, Daydreaming, Visualisation, Imagination & The Brain


INCLINATION & PASSION


Primal Inclinations, The "Element", Passion Paradox, Harmonious Passion, Following "Bliss",  "Life Task"


LEARNING CURVE


Active Recall, Disfluency, Accelerated Learning, Desirable Difficulties, Curiosity, Learning  & The Brain


LIZARD BRAIN


Fear & Creativity. Fear Of Failure, The Triune Brain, Fear-Setting, Self-Sabotage, Handling Fear Of Rejection
[ "NS" ]


THE PURGE


Expressive Writing, Self-Authoring, Journaling, Morning Pages, Bullet-Journaling, The Spark File


RESISTANCE


Avoiding Creativity, Putting Things Off, Discomfort, Fear Of Exposure, Unwillingness To Try, The Artist's Way


RISE & SHINE


Morning Rituals & Routines, Setting The Tone, Starting Day Well, Morning Pages, Two-Minute Mornings


STRUCTURE & ROUTINE


Time Management, Daily Routines, Having Structure In Life, External Triggers, Frameworks, Environment


SWITCHING OFF


Taking Breaks, Stillness, Mind-Wandering, Digital Minimalism, Unfocusing, Boredom, Rest, Time Outs
[ "TZ" ]


TAKING ACTION


Productivity Hacks, Bias For Action, Mental Models, Getting Things Done (GTD), The Zeigarnik Effect


(UN)SURE THING


Intolerance Of Uncertainty, Upside Of Ambiguity, Facing The Unknown, Creativity & The Unfamiliar, Play


WAIT...


Procrastination, The Art Of Delay, Stress-Relief, Putting Things Off, Peaks, Troughs & Recoveries, When To Wait


THE ZONE


The Flow State, Flow Triggers, Effortlessness, Peak Selves, Productivity Highs, Stages Of Flow
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