Creativity is a hamster’s wheel
You know, sometimes life can be tough. It can be tough for long periods. It's easy to lose track of what makes us happy, especially when 90 per cent of our time goes to a day job that helps pay the rent and those never-ending bills. It can leave us feeling a bit overwhelmed and frustrated. When we finally get home, we want a little distraction to unwind. So we tell ourselves: Just thirty minutes of resting, and then I’ll do something productive. But before we know it, three hours have flown by, and we’re still in the same spot, scrolling mindlessly on our phones. When bedtime comes, we promise ourselves that tomorrow will be different. But guess what? Tomorrow often ends up looking the same. Then another day passes, and another, and so a month goes by. Before we know it, it’s been nine months! Nine months is the same time it takes to create a baby, from the first cell to a complete human being. And we’ve spent that time just getting by, lost in our screens. I’m talking about myself, but I know I’m not alone in this experience. My creativity got stuck. As I’ve shared before, ever since I was a kid, I dreamed of living…