{"id":12,"date":"2017-05-29T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-05-29T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lyricwell.com\/blog\/?p=12"},"modified":"2024-11-16T20:57:04","modified_gmt":"2024-11-17T01:57:04","slug":"break-your-creative-block","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lyricwell.com\/blog\/break-your-creative-block\/","title":{"rendered":"Creative Exercises to Help Break Your Creative Block"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-58\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lyricwell.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/BreakYourCreativeBlock.png\" alt=\"Break Your Creative Block\" width=\"200\" height=\"319\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lyricwell.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/BreakYourCreativeBlock.png 200w, https:\/\/lyricwell.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/BreakYourCreativeBlock-188x300.png 188w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/>Welcome, and thank you for reading the LyricWell blog! To start things off, I am going to post eight weekly creative exercises. Each one is a chapter from my upcoming book <em>Break Your Creative Block<\/em>\u00a0and is designed to help you build creative habits into your life.\u00a0I\u2019ve put together these exercises to help you unlock your creative potential. Though there is no quick formula for developing creativity, these exercises are designed to help you take small, weekly steps in the right direction.<\/p>\n<h2>Stop\u00a0Mental Autopilot to Break Your Creative Block<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.48days.com\/is-your-good-life-making-you-stupid\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Doing\u00ad the same thing all the time keeps your mind on autopilot<\/a>, it\u2019s not actually thinking\/working\/creating. Doing something new or different will force your mind to start working. Most of the exercises, designed to push your creativity along by taking your mind off autopilot, can be done in 15 minutes or less and fit into one of the following categories:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"\/blog\/connect-the-dots-random-word-writing-exercise\/\">Writing (Connect the Dots A Random Word Writing Exercise)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/blog\/stretch-your-brain\/\">Non-dominant Side (Stretching\u2026 For Your Brain)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/blog\/stretching-boost-creativity\/\">Exercise\/Play\/Health (Time to Stretch)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/blog\/natural-creativity-starry-starry-night\/\">Imagination (Starry Starry Night)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/blog\/creating-topical-lists\/\">Thinking (Creating Topical Lists)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/blog\/reading-magazines-for-creative-ideas\/\">Reading (Reading Magazines for Creative Ideas)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/blog\/artistic-exercise-creativity\/\">Art (Use This Artistic Exercise to Release Your Inner Child and Build Creative Confidence)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/blog\/dont-think-outside-the-box\/\">Time Saving\/Productivity (Don\u2019t Think Outside the Box)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<span class='bctt-click-to-tweet'><span class='bctt-ctt-text'><a href='https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?url=https%3A%2F%2Flyricwell.com%2Fblog%2Fbreak-your-creative-block%2F&#038;text=Doing%C2%AD%20the%20same%20thing%20all%20the%20time%20keeps%20your%20mind%20on%20autopilot%2C%20it%E2%80%99s%20not%20actually%20thinking%2Fworking%2Fcreating...&#038;related' target='_blank'rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Doing\u00ad the same thing all the time keeps your mind on autopilot, it\u2019s not actually thinking\/working\/creating... <\/a><\/span><a href='https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?url=https%3A%2F%2Flyricwell.com%2Fblog%2Fbreak-your-creative-block%2F&#038;text=Doing%C2%AD%20the%20same%20thing%20all%20the%20time%20keeps%20your%20mind%20on%20autopilot%2C%20it%E2%80%99s%20not%20actually%20thinking%2Fworking%2Fcreating...&#038;related' target='_blank' class='bctt-ctt-btn'rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Share on X<\/a><\/span>\n<p>Check back every Monday morning to\u00a0get your weekly dose of creativity!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/2013\/11\/05\/creativity-quiz_n_4192687.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">How Creative Are You? Take this (somewhat silly) quiz to find out.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome, and thank you for reading the LyricWell blog! To start things off, I am going to post eight weekly creative exercises. 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