Today is the most productive day of your life. That's why you got here. Maybe it's 19:00 p.m. and you don't think about it the same as when you woke up this morning. You know the changes you must take to be more creative.
When you woke up, you thought of countless things you could do throughout the day. You like photography and you were going to go out to photograph, but not before doing a little running and a good breakfast with energy to face the wonderful Thursday that is coming. Some photographs, a beautiful landscape and when I return home, to work with it all. Turn on the computer, open Photoshop, Indesign or whatever program you use to expand the creativity that you carry within. How deep it is.
And it is that now that you have arrived here, surely you have done it for that many times that you review other people's works, you inform yourself, you question the trends in design that are on the table today. Or maybe not. And do it because still, at this time this Thursday, you have finished with all those dreams when you listen to the alarm clock and last five more minutes in bed. When you wake up, grab a bowl of cereal and lie on your huge sofa at home -or your parents- until it is time enough to spin breakfast with food and that's when, without hesitation, you sit in front of the screen from the computer to things happening. Not to work them.
First, Twitter. Let's see how my dear idols' day goes, a little bit of sports that I don't practice ... Now Facebook and so on, up to countless clicks that take until the time of entering Creativos in search of something useful, as always. From Creativos we will always give you the tools to work and devise concepts that make you exploit your creativity and boost your career. But we can't do everything.
Now, we are going to give some tools so that you can eliminate those damn customs that kill your creativity and your work.
We can list any of our proposals in a single phrase or word, if this is more useful to you. I recommend that you use a posit and write down each one of them, so that you never forget them.
Physical work
Although sometimes we say that our work is in front of a computer, the mind does not work if it does not visualize anything other than the wallpaper or the dirty glass that you left on the table.
These are objects that repeat and that limit the fronts that make a walk in the park possible.
Go for a walk, run, bike ... Clear your mind and enliven shapes and colors That obvious when you are inside your room. Escape from the routine doing photography, going to poetry recitals ... Wherever art is manifested, they create impulses in your brain that will make you experiment with forms that can be used for your next job.
Write, off the keyboard
Take a notebook, agenda, post-it, that you like and write. Anything, such as a journal, opinion articles, songs ... Release all the thoughts on your mind in your notebook and make room for new thoughts. Eliminate problems from your head.
The world you spin in
Sometimes, out of fear, love or other reasons, we are forced not to change friendships or not only that, nor to expand in other. Our environment may not be productive. Although it seems strange, the fact of meeting people who dedicate their time to the same thing as you or express it in similar ways, manages to inspire the person. I'm not saying that you block your contacts "non-productive”. But yes, expand your schedule.
Go to poetry venues, music concerts, create a circle of friends with whom you go to the movies. Something that with your lifelong circle, maybe you don't do.
Sleeping doesn't have to be resting
When we talk about rest, we are not just talking about going to sleep at the right time. You have to distribute your time at the times that are most productive for your creativity. Nor to nap on your sofa. If you indulge yourself, such as going to a Spa, a massage or traveling can be places of rest.
Places where you really feel that you disconnect from everything. Maybe just going to the mountains and listening to music is your time to relax, but do it outside of your workplace. Otherwise it will just be a mirage.
Eliminate distractions
Many times when designing and having a computer with an internet connection we face many continuous distractions.. Among them, within work. If you are a graphic designer and you have several fronts open, such as a brochure for a restaurant and a flyer for a nightclub, in the end we manage to be in both projects and in neither.
Once you've found and have all the resources to work, turn off Wi-fi, close your program tab with one of the jobs, and focus on a single design. Until the end.
Change
If you have been doing this for a while and it is no longer useful, you have to change your mentality. You may need other types of work or other types of actions for these utilities to work for you.
Also, if you continually do the same, governed in the same way. As well as you clear your mind, it can become a routine that you stop enjoying by doing it continuously. That is, if you always go to the same masseuse, at the same time, with the same person and the same massage, you may stop turning it into a break and do it as a routine or obligation.
So you have to change something. Do something out of the ordinary. If you've never skied and you have a chance, do it. If you live on the beach, it will be easier for you to surf, play in the sand, or even throw something in the sand.
These guidelines can help you, do you know any more?