Why does creativity and imagination suffer sometimes?
Sometimes I’m just full of it ( no comments please ).
Sometimes it’s almost nonexistent.
So… why the change?
I guess lots of influences make for the perfect setting, or lack thereof. Staying in one place too long, not having new adventures in new places… this seems to be a big one. New places and adventures always seems to ignite creativity, and creativity unlocks the imagination. So the opposite must be true… the same old same old, no matter how nice, plainly reduces creativity and imagination.
I try very hard not to let anything bother me, but sometimes, some things just take a hold of you and there goes your inner child getting all serious. At this point in my life I actually resent having to be too serious about anything.
Working too long (too many hours per week), and working too hard (physically demanding) takes up too much of your “me time”. Too many work days and work hours greatly cuts into relax time, and time to enjoy new things… time to be inspired even if just by simple things like sitting on the beach.
There’s not much inspiration in the “same old, same old”.
Another negative factor… drama, tension, and stress. Who wants this? But, sooner or later there’s always something to create emotional distress. I hate this as much as having to be serious.
So… what’s the answer? Change things. New places, new adventures, less work, more relax time, no stress and no drama… especially major drama over less then minor crap. Yep, I said the word crap… but I did leave out an adjective to two preceding the word in question.
I need more beach, and more me time… and resent the fact that I can’t get it. This alone generally would not be a great problem. But add to this the unnecessary drama, with the same old same old, and being emotionally forced into serious… and personal wellbeing seems to suffer. Positive outlooks fade. Attitude and demeanor change as you bottle things up and start to have to begin forcing a smile. Then it’s a slippery path to everything negative. No inspiration, no imagination, and no creativity. No life for me. To revisit an old quote… “ I’m getting too old to have to, or want to deal with crap”. So here’s to a renewed outlook for today, tomorrow, next week, and the rest of the year. But if something doesn’t change on it’s own… then I’ll have to initiate a change. What that will be? Who knows… but change it will… change it must.
Pardon my venture into what amounts to writing and thinking myself into a better place… arriving at conclusions, and finding answers and solutions. I feel better already… well… maybe just a little. But the prognosis to good… I always get back to a good place, and things always seem to work out.
Hope y’all have a good day, and a better tomorrow.
