It is extremely easy for people to take creativity as an added luxury, or an extra perk that takes place in one’s life, which is only obtainable after every single daily chore of ours has been done, and we have run out of option on our “to do list”.

To put it in simple words, we choose to be creative only when we believe that we have enough time on our hands, and try to be creative while dealing with twenty million other commitments that take up much of our time each and every day.

If you wish to be creative, than the abovementioned approach would just not work for you and would lead only to aggravation and no creativity obviously. In order to be creative, you need to first figure out what creativity means to you? How important is it? You first have to find out how valuable creativity is to your existence. Just imagine yourself as an alien from a totally different world and you are visiting Earth for the very first time. Obviously, as you are new, you would have no idea about the currency of this planet, you would not be able to differentiate between a $100 note and a $10 note. For this reason, you would have no value at all for both these notes.

But now, as you surely are not an alien, you have a clear idea about the difference that exists between both of them. You know that it is better to have a wallet that is full of $100 notes instead of $5’s because of the difference in their value, no matter what currency you are dealing with!   

Furthermore, it is also very important for you to know the worth of creativity itself. If this statement does not convince you, than simply try to imagine a life where no creative thought ever occurred, nothing was ever created, no paintings, no music – basically nothing at all. What would the world be like then? In the words of Henry David Thoreau, “The world is but a canvas to the imagination”.

Our existence, our world would be nothing but dark, gloomy and depressing. As soon as the real worth of creativity, its importance in our world and day to day lifestyle is realized, an individual would automatically gain motivation to start thinking creatively. This would also make you realize that you might be playing a major part in limiting creativity by not allowing it to exist simply because you have no idea about its real worth.

So for starters, you need to take some time out, measure out the importance of creativity, to yourself and to this entire world at large. Then follow your instincts and follow the course of action that you believe your creativity deserves. Give it time and let your creative juices flow! And remember, as Erich Fromm said, “The best way to have a good idea is to have lots of ideas”.